Dat Push

Push files, via Dat, to a server running a dat-archiver or dat-publish. Dat Push will send the files to your server over peer to peer networks.

Dat push (+ a compatible server) can be used for data publishing, file backup, or website deployment.

dat-push <server-key> --dir=[directory]

Features

• Push to Multiple Servers: Add more server keys to push to as many servers as you like. Redundancy!
• Fast pushes: After you push the first time, dat-push will only send the data that has changed. Speed!
• Peer to Peer: Data is sent encrypted over peer to peer networks (not using http). Data is sent directly between you and your servers. Networks!
• Instant Publishing: Combine dat-push with dat-publish to instantly publish your data or files to http and/or Dat networks. Sharing!

Installation

npm install -g dat-push

Usage

dat-push <server-key> <server-key> --dir=[directory]

• Run a dat-archiver or dat-publish server and copy the server key
• Run dat-push <your-server-key> (this will push current directory)
• Files are sent to your dat-archiver server!
• dat-push will exit when your server received all the files.

Dat push uses peer-network to connect to servers. (TODO: Notes about security).

API

dat-push can also be used in other node modules to push Dats. See cli.js for example usage.

var datPush = DatPush(opts)

Options:

{
  dir: '/data', // directory to push, required
}

datPush.push(serverKey, [cb])

Push your directory to dat-archiver sever with key serverKey. Callback when finished pushing.

datPush.once('connect', key)

Connected to dat-archiver server.

datPush.once('dat-open')

Dat folder ready to push to archiver. datPush.dat is populated so you can check if its a new dat (datPush.dat.resume) or get the key (datPush.dat.archive.key).

datPush.once('replication-ready', key)

About to replicate. datPush.dat.archive is finalized at this point. File size, or other metrics, available.

datPush.once('replicating', key)

Replication to dat-archiver server started.

datPush.on('progress', key, remote, total)

Block(s) uploaded to remote server. remote / total will give you % uploaded.

datPush.once('upload-finished', key)

Upload is finished. Emitted same time as callback is called.

datPush.dat

dat-js instance of Dat folder.

License

MIT