ArangoManager

A Go library providing utilities and abstractions for working with ArangoDB.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation
• Quick Start
• Main Components
  • Session
  • Database
  • ResultSet
  • Result
  • Transaction
• Testing with TestArango
• Query Package
• Collection Package
• Command Line Integration
  • Flag Package
• Advanced Usage
• License

Features

• Connection management and session handling
• Database operations (create, find, drop)
• Collection operations (create, find, truncate)
• Query execution with support for parameters
• Result set handling
• Transaction support with ACID guarantees
• Index management (geo, hash, persistent, skiplist)
• Graph operations
• User management with access control

Installation

go get github.com/dictyBase/arangomanager

Quick Start

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "time"

    "github.com/dictyBase/arangomanager"
)

func main() {
    // Connect to ArangoDB
    connParams := &arangomanager.ConnectParams{
        User:     "root",
        Pass:     "password",
        Database: "mydb",
        Host:     "localhost",
        Port:     8529,
        Istls:    false,
    }
    
    // Create session and database connection
    session, db, err := arangomanager.NewSessionDb(connParams)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("failed to connect: %s", err)
    }
    
    // Execute a query
    query := "FOR u IN users FILTER u.name == @name RETURN u"
    bindVars := map[string]interface{}{
        "name": "John",
    }
    
    result, err := db.GetRow(query, bindVars)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("query failed: %s", err)
    }
    
    if !result.IsEmpty() {
        var user struct {
            Name  string `json:"name"`
            Email string `json:"email"`
        }
        if err := result.Read(&user); err != nil {
            log.Fatalf("failed to read result: %s", err)
        }
        fmt.Printf("User: %s, Email: %s\n", user.Name, user.Email)
    }
    
    // Execute operations in a transaction for ACID compliance
    txOptions := &arangomanager.TransactionOptions{
        WriteCollections: []string{"users"},
    }
    tx, err := db.BeginTransaction(context.Background(), txOptions)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("failed to begin transaction: %s", err)
    }
    
    // Execute a transaction operation
    updateQuery := "UPDATE { _key: @key } WITH { lastLogin: @time } IN users"
    txBindVars := map[string]interface{}{
        "key": "user123",
        "time": time.Now(),
    }
    
    if err := tx.Do(updateQuery, txBindVars); err != nil {
        tx.Abort()
        log.Fatalf("transaction operation failed: %s", err)
    }
    
    // Commit the transaction
    if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("failed to commit transaction: %s", err)
    }
}

Main Components

Session

The Session type manages the connection to the ArangoDB server:

// Create a new session
session, err := arangomanager.Connect(host, user, password, port, isTLS)

// Get a database instance
db, err := session.DB("myDatabase")

// Create a new database
err := session.CreateDB("newDatabase", nil)

Database

The Database type provides methods for interacting with an ArangoDB database:

// Execute a query returning multiple rows
rs, err := db.SearchRows(query, bindVars)

// Execute a query returning a single row
row, err := db.GetRow(query, bindVars)

// Count results from a query
count, err := db.CountWithParams(query, bindVars)

// Execute a modification query
err := db.Do(query, bindVars)

// Create a collection
coll, err := db.CreateCollection("myCollection", nil)

// Find or create a collection
coll, err := db.FindOrCreateCollection("myCollection", nil)

// Create indices
idx, created, err := db.EnsureHashIndex("myCollection", []string{"field1"}, opts)

// Begin a transaction
txOptions := &arangomanager.TransactionOptions{
    ReadCollections:  []string{"users"},
    WriteCollections: []string{"orders"},
}
tx, err := db.BeginTransaction(context.Background(), txOptions)

ResultSet

The Resultset type handles query results with multiple rows:

rs, err := db.SearchRows(query, bindVars)
if err != nil {
    // handle error
}
defer rs.Close()

// Check if result is empty
if rs.IsEmpty() {
    // handle empty result
}

// Iterate through results
for rs.Scan() {
    var item MyType
    if err := rs.Read(&item); err != nil {
        // handle error
    }
    // process item
}

Result

The Result type handles query results with a single row:

res, err := db.GetRow(query, bindVars)
if err != nil {
    // handle error
}

// Check if result is empty
if res.IsEmpty() {
    // handle empty result
}

// Read data into struct
var item MyType
if err := res.Read(&item); err != nil {
    // handle error
}

Transaction

The TransactionHandler type provides methods for working with ArangoDB transactions for ACID-compliant operations:

// Configure transaction options
txOptions := &arangomanager.TransactionOptions{
    ReadCollections:  []string{"users"},
    WriteCollections: []string{"orders"},
}

// Begin a transaction
tx, err := db.BeginTransaction(context.Background(), txOptions)
if err != nil {
    // handle error
}

// Execute a write operation within the transaction
writeQuery := "INSERT { username: @username, created_at: @timestamp } INTO users"
bindVars := map[string]interface{}{
    "username":  "johndoe",
    "timestamp": time.Now(),
}
if err := tx.Do(writeQuery, bindVars); err != nil {
    tx.Abort() // abort on error
    // handle error
}

// Execute a query and get results within the transaction
readQuery := "FOR o IN orders FILTER o.user_id == @user_id RETURN o"
readBindVars := map[string]interface{}{"user_id": 123}
result, err := tx.DoRun(readQuery, readBindVars)
if err != nil {
    tx.Abort() // abort on error
    // handle error
}

// Process results within the transaction context
// ...

// Commit the transaction when done
if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
    // handle commit error
}

Transaction Features:

• ACID-compliant transactions (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability)
• Access to transaction ID and status information
• Transaction-bound query execution
• Automatic transaction context handling
• Explicit transaction commit and abort operations

Testing with TestArango

The testarango package provides utilities for writing tests against ArangoDB without affecting your production databases.

Features

• Creates isolated, disposable test databases for your tests
• Automatically cleans up after tests complete
• Configurable via environment variables or direct parameter passing
• Works with any running ArangoDB instance

Usage

Set up the test environment in your TestMain:

package mypackage

import (
    "log"
    "os"
    "testing"

    "github.com/dictyBase/arangomanager/testarango"
)

var testArangoDB *testarango.TestArango

func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
    // Create a test database
    ta, err := testarango.NewTestArangoFromEnv(true)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("failed to connect to test database: %s", err)
    }
    testArangoDB = ta
    
    // Run tests
    code := m.Run()
    
    // Clean up the test database
    db, err := ta.DB(ta.Database)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("error getting database: %s", err)
    }
    if err := db.Drop(); err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("error dropping database: %s", err)
    }
    
    os.Exit(code)
}

func TestSomething(t *testing.T) {
    // Use the test database
    session, db, err := arangomanager.NewSessionDb(&arangomanager.ConnectParams{
        User:     testArangoDB.User,
        Pass:     testArangoDB.Pass,
        Host:     testArangoDB.Host,
        Port:     testArangoDB.Port,
        Database: testArangoDB.Database,
    })
    
    // Run your tests with session and db
    // ...
}

Requirements

• A running ArangoDB instance
• An existing user with administrative privileges (to create test databases)
• Environment variables set:
  • ARANGO_HOST: ArangoDB host
  • ARANGO_USER: ArangoDB username
  • ARANGO_PASS: ArangoDB password
  • ARANGO_PORT: (Optional) ArangoDB port, defaults to 8529

Query Package

The query package provides powerful utilities for building ArangoDB Query Language (AQL) filter statements, especially for handling complex filtering requirements with logical operations.

Features

• Parse filter strings into structured Filter objects
• Generate AQL filter statements with support for:
  • Standard comparison operators (==, !=, >, <, >=, <=)
  • String pattern matching (=~, !~)
  • Date comparison operators (prefixed with $, e.g., $==, $>)
  • Array operation operators (prefixed with @, e.g., @==, @=~)
  • Complex logical expressions with AND/OR operations

Usage

Parsing Filter Strings

// Parse a filter string with multiple conditions
// Format: field operator value[logic]
// where logic is "," for OR and ";" for AND
filters, err := query.ParseFilterString("created_at$>=2023-01-01;status==active,status==pending")
if err != nil {
    // handle error
}

Generating AQL Filter Statements

// Create a field mapping for the query
fieldMap := map[string]string{
    "created_at": "doc.created_at",
    "status": "doc.status",
}

// Generate AQL filter statement with qualified field names
aqlStatement, err := query.GenQualifiedAQLFilterStatement(fieldMap, filters)
if err != nil {
    // handle error
}

// Use the filter in your AQL query
queryString := fmt.Sprintf(`
    FOR doc IN collection
        %s
        RETURN doc
`, aqlStatement)

// Execute the query with the database
resultset, err := db.SearchRows(queryString, nil)

Using Statement Parameters

// For more control, use StatementParameters
params := &query.StatementParameters{
    Fmap: fieldMap,
    Filters: filters,
    Doc: "doc",  // document variable name in FOR loop
}

// Generate AQL filter statement
aqlStatement, err := query.GenAQLFilterStatement(params)
if err != nil {
    // handle error
}

Supported Operators

Type	Operators	Example
Standard	==, !=, >, <, >=, <=	status==active
String	=~ (contains), !~ (not contains)	name=~John
Date	$==, $>, $<, $>=, $<=	created_at$>=2023-01-01
Array	@==, @!=, @=~, @!~	tags@==important

Logical Operations

• Use , between conditions for OR logic
• Use ; between conditions for AND logic

Example:

status==active;created_at$>=2023-01,created_at$<=2023-12

This translates to: (status equals "active") AND ((created_at >= 2023-01) OR (created_at <= 2023-12))

Collection Package

The collection package provides functional programming utilities for working with slices and collections in Go. These utilities enable more expressive and concise code when manipulating data.

Features

• Generic collection functions with full type safety
• Functional programming patterns like map, filter, and reduce
• Support for sequences and iterators
• Curried functions for partial application and composition
• Tuple types for multi-value returns

Usage Examples

Transforming Data with Map

// Transform a slice of strings to uppercase
names := []string{"john", "alice", "bob"}
upperNames := collection.Map(names, strings.ToUpper)
// Result: ["JOHN", "ALICE", "BOB"]

Filtering Data

// Filter a slice to only include even numbers
numbers := []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}
evenNumbers := collection.Filter(numbers, func(n int) bool {
    return n%2 == 0
})
// Result: [2, 4, 6, 8]

Partitioning Data

// Partition users by age (adults and minors)
users := []User{
    {Name: "John", Age: 30},
    {Name: "Alice", Age: 16},
    {Name: "Bob", Age: 25},
    {Name: "Emma", Age: 17},
}

isAdult := func(u User) bool { return u.Age >= 18 }
adults, minors := collection.Partition(users, isAdult)

Function Composition with Pipe

// Create a pipeline of operations
result := collection.Pipe3(
    inputData,
    func(data []int) []int { return collection.Filter(data, isEven) },
    func(data []int) []int { return collection.Map(data, multiply) },
    func(data []int) int { return sum(data) },
)

Using Tuples for Multi-Value Returns

// Create and use a tuple
userStats := collection.NewTuple2("active_users", 1250)
fmt.Printf("Metric: %s, Value: %d\n", userStats.First, userStats.Second)

Available Functions

• Map: Transform elements using a mapping function
• Filter: Select elements that match a predicate
• Partition: Split a collection based on a predicate
• Include: Check if an element exists in a collection
• Pipe2/3/4: Create functional pipelines
• MapSeq: Transform iterator sequences
• RemoveStringItems: Remove specific strings from a slice
• IsEmpty: Check if a collection is empty
• CurriedXXX: Curried versions of the above functions for partial application

Command Line Integration

Flag Package

The command/flag package provides convenient CLI flag definitions for ArangoDB connections, making it easy to integrate ArangoManager with command-line applications built with urfave/cli.

Features

• Pre-defined flag sets for ArangoDB connection parameters
• Environment variable support for all parameters
• Sensible defaults for common settings
• Compatible with urfave/cli command-line application framework

Usage

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "os"
    
    "github.com/dictyBase/arangomanager"
    "github.com/dictyBase/arangomanager/command/flag"
    "github.com/urfave/cli"
)

func main() {
    app := cli.NewApp()
    app.Name = "my-arango-app"
    app.Usage = "Example application using ArangoDB"
    
    // Add ArangoDB flags to your application
    app.Flags = flag.ArangodbFlags()
    
    app.Action = func(c *cli.Context) error {
        // Parse connection parameters from CLI flags
        connParams := &arangomanager.ConnectParams{
            User:     c.String("arangodb-user"),
            Pass:     c.String("arangodb-pass"),
            Database: c.String("arangodb-database"),
            Host:     c.String("arangodb-host"),
            Port:     c.Int("arangodb-port"),
            Istls:    c.Bool("is-secure"),
        }
        
        // Connect to ArangoDB
        session, db, err := arangomanager.NewSessionDb(connParams)
        if err != nil {
            return cli.NewExitError(fmt.Sprintf("failed to connect: %s", err), 1)
        }
        
        // Your application logic here...
        fmt.Printf("Connected to database: %s\n", c.String("arangodb-database"))
        
        return nil
    }
    
    if err := app.Run(os.Args); err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
}

Available Flag Sets

The package provides two main flag sets:

1. ArangoFlags() - Basic connection flags:

   • --arangodb-pass, --pass (required): ArangoDB password, can be set via ARANGODB_PASS env var
   • --arangodb-user, --user (required): ArangoDB username, can be set via ARANGODB_USER env var
   • --arangodb-host, --host (default: "arangodb"): ArangoDB host, can be set via ARANGODB_SERVICE_HOST env var
   • --arangodb-port (default: "8529"): ArangoDB port, can be set via ARANGODB_SERVICE_PORT env var
   • --is-secure: Flag for secured endpoint

2. ArangodbFlags() - Extended flags that include all basic flags plus:

   • --arangodb-database, --db (required): ArangoDB database name, can be set via ARANGODB_DATABASE env var
   • Sets --is-secure to true by default

Advanced Usage

See the GoDoc for full API documentation.

License

BSD-2-Clause