bojack

# BoJack [](https://travis-ci.org/marceloboeira/bojack) [](http://waffle.io/marceloboeira/bojack) > A non-reliable in-memory key-value store.

Installation

Requirements

• The latest version of Crystal (0.18.x).
• LLVM development files.

Steps

1. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/marceloboeira/bojack
2. Switch to repo-directory: cd bojack
3. Build: make install (sudo for linux users)

Showtime

1. Run: bojack server -p 5000
2. Run: bojack client -p 5000

$ bojack client -p 5000
> set foo bar
bar
> get foo
bar
> ping
pong

Usage

|command|description|params|example|return| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |set| sets a key with the given name and value | key, value | set foo bar | the value of the key "bar" | |get| gets the value of the given value | key | get foo | the value stored at the key, "bar" | |delete| deletes the given key | key, * | delete foo, delete * | the value at the deleted key "bar" or every key in the database, if "*" is given instead of a key | |append| add one or more values to the end of a list | key, value | append list foo,bar | the list resulted | |pop| retrieve the last item of the list | key | pop foo | the last value stored at the list, "foo" | |size| return the number of stored items | -- | size | the value of stored keys in memory | |ping| checks the server | -- | ping | pong if everything is correct |

Contributing

Found a bug? Have a suggestion? Please open an issue.

Want to contribute? Make sure you follow the guide.