Overview

CloudStore makes it possible to

Save data and media files to a secure online location
Keep your data persistent across devices and apps
Keep your data safe with password protection and unguessable file paths

CloudStore uses unique API keys to allow access to the CloudStore service.

Initializing CloudStore

Before you can use CloudStore in your project you need to initialize it like this:

const cloud = app.CreateCloudStore( key, server, options )

Query Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
key	yes	A string id to identify the data to store. This value is case sensitive.
server	no	The name of the server. You can send null as the value.
options	no	The options parameter is an object where you can pass global passwords for accessing either the Data files or Media files in the cloudstore. The passwords must be set in the CloudStore dashboard.

Below is an example:

var options = { dataPass: "bingo", mediaPass: "bobbo" };
const cloud = app.CreateCloudStore( "<YOUR_CLOUDSTORE_KEY>", null, options )

You must replace <YOUR_CLOUDSTORE_KEY> with your unique CloudStore API key which you would have received when registering with droidscript.cloud/

Data

Saving data

cloud.Save( key, value, callback, password )

Query Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
key	yes	A string id to identify the data to store. This value is case sensitive.
value	yes	The data to store. You can store a string, integer, or even pass a JavaScript object.
callback	no	A function that returns a response object: response. If response.error is null, you can access the data through response.data.
password	no	Password to write over the data file if already exists (Passwords are set in the CloudStore admin dashboard). If a password has been set and you do not pass the correct value, you will get an error.

Example

//Save some data.
cloud.Save( "Shopping_List", {"Apples":8,"Oranges":6}, onSave )

//Handle the response.
function onSave( response )
{
    if( response.error ) console.log( "Error: " + response.error + ", " + response.message )
    else console.log( response.message )
}

Loading data

cloud.Load( key, callback, password )

Query Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
key	yes	A string id to identify the data to store. This value is case sensitive.
callback	no	A function that returns a response object: response. If response.error is null, you can access the data through response.data.
password	no	Password to access the data file (Passwords are set in the CloudStore admin dashboard). If a password has been set and you do not pass the correct value, you will get an error.

Example

//Load some data.
cloud.Load( "Shopping_List", onLoad )

//Handle the response.
function onLoad( response )
{
    if( response.error ) console.error( "Error: " + response.error + ", " + response.message )
    else console.log( JSON.stringify(response.data) )
}

Merging data

cloud.Merge( key, value, callback, password )

The Merge function allows you to merge and update existing data objects. If the data object you are trying to merge with does not exist, it will create a new object.

The function recursively merges values passed from the source object, replacing existing data and adding new data. It will also recursively merge arrays.

Parameter	Required	Description
key	yes	A string id to identify the data to merge
value	yes	A JavaScript data object containing the data you want to merge with the source object. If no source object exists, a new object will be created
callback	no	A function that returns a response object: response. If response.error is null, you can access the data through response.data.
password	no	Password to access data file if one is set

Example

App 1

// Save some data.
cloud.Save( "Shopping_List", {"Apples":8,"Oranges":6}, onSave )

function onSave( response )
{
    if( response.error ) console.log( "Error: " + response.error + ", " + response.message )
    else console.log( response.message )
}

App 2

// Update our Shopping List by adding a new item and changing existing items.
cloud.Merge( "Shopping_List", {"Apples":8,"Oranges":10,"Bananas":8}, onMerge )

// Handle the response.
function onMerge( response )
{
    if( response.error ) console.log( "Error: " + response.error + ", " + response.message )
    else {
        // Data merged successfully    
        console.log( response.message )

        // Lets now reload the data to see if our object has changed
        cloud.Load( "Shopping_List", onLoad )        
    }
}

// Handle the response.
function onLoad( response )
{
    // You should now see your new Shopping_List with 10 Oranges and 8 Bananas
    if( response.error ) console.error( "Error: " + response.error + ", " + response.message )
    else console.log( JSON.stringify(response.data) )
}

Listing Data Files

cloud.List( filter, callback )

The List function allows you to get a comma separated list of all your data files that match the filter.

For example, if you had two data files with the keys "steve1" and "steve2" and called the List function like this:

cloud.List( "steve", callback )

You would get back a comma separated string that looked like this: "steve1,steve2".

Parameter	Required	Description
filter	yes	A string containing the word you want to search for. This is case sensitive. If you pass and empty string "", it will return all your data files.
callback	yes	A function that returns a response object: response. If response.error is null, you can access the data through response.data.

Example

cloud.List( "Shopping", onList )

//Handle the response.
function onList( response )
{
    if( response.error ) console.log( "Error: " + response.error + ", " + response.message )
    else console.log( response.data )
    // 
}

response.data will show a comma separated list of all files matching your filter

Deleting data

cloud.Delete( key, callback, password )

The Delete function allows you to delete existing data objects from the CloudStore.

You delete cloudstore objects by sending the id of the item you wish to remove. If you try removing an object that does not exist, it will return with an error NoFile.

Parameter	Required	Description
key	yes	A string id to identify the data store to delete. This is case sensitive.
callback	no	A function that returns a response object: response. If response.error is null, you can access the data through response.data.
password	no	The value for the edit password set in the CloudStore admin dashboard

Example

cloud.Delete( "Shopping_List", onDelete )

//Handle the response.
function onDelete( response )
{
    if( response.error ) console.log( "Error: " + response.error + ", " + response.message )
    else console.log( response.message )
}

Password Protection

You can control read and write access to your data files by setting a password to each file in the CloudStore admin dashboard.

To see an example of this in action please see the section Dashboard below.

Media

CloudStore allows you to store media files (text and image files) in the cloud so they can be accessed across multiple apps and stay persistent event when your app is removed from your device.

To access your media files across multiple apps, you must use the same api key in each app

Upload

cloud.Upload( data, filename, type, callback, password )

The Upload function allows you to upload a file to the cloud. You can set permissions for editing files in the admin dashboard

Parameter	Required	Description
data	yes	A base64 formatted string OR a file in a blob format.
filename	yes	The filename you want it stored as. This will be case sensitive when reading. Do not use spaces in your filenames.
type	no	The file type being uploaded (e.g. "image/jpg" or "text")
callback	no	A function that returns a response object. If response.error is null, response.data will return a json string with 'name', 'folder', 'id', 'mimetype' and 'size'.
password	no	A password if one has been set in the admin dashboard

There are no limitations to what file types can be uploaded, so long as they can be turned into a blob. Alternatively if you have a file already in a blob format, you can pass this directly in to the data parameter.

Example

// Let's assume you want to upload an image to the CloudStore
// You must upload images as a string in a format such as base64
cloud.Upload( file_data, "jazz3.jpg", "image/jpg", onUpload )

function onUpload( response )
{
    if( response.error ) console.log( "Error: " + response.error + ", " + response.message )
    else console.log( response.data )
}

File Location

You can copy the full path to your file in the CloudStore admin dashboard. For more information on this read the section on Media Files below.

Media paths are unique and unguessable (non sequential) for safe sharing publically or privately.

Password Protection

You can control edit access to your media files by setting a password to each file in the CloudStore admin dashboard.

If a password has been set on a media file then you must include the password as the final parameter in the Upload function call.

An example can be seen in the following section.

Dashboard

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Navigate to https://droidscript.cloud/cloudstore/admin.html
Log in using your Username and Password - Passwords are auto generated and are sent to you via email
You should now be at the droidscript.io dashboard

User Info

The user info panel displays all your configuration data including your API key and Media path to access your media files

Data Files

The data files panel displays all your uploaded data files. If you click on the names of the files, you will see information on usage and size appear in the panel to the right of the list.

Password Protection

It is possible to control view and edit access to data files inside the admin dashboard.

To the right of each file is a checkbox. Select a checkbox and you will see the delete and padlock icons highlighted.

If you press the padlock icon you will see a dialog box appear allowing you to set a password for view or edit access to all selected files

Set the password to enable edit control. Now you will need to pass this password as the final parameter when using the Merge or Save functions.

Try not to hard code the password in your application. Use a prompt to capture the password.

Example

Here we set an edit password to our Shopping_List data file

Now let's see what happens if we try merging new items into our shopping list without appending the password to our Merge function

function btnMerge_OnTouch()
{
    cloud.Merge( "Shopping_List", { plums:5 }, onMerge )
}

function onMerge( response )
{
    if( response.error ) console.error( "Error: " + response.error + ", " + response.message )
    else console.log( JSON.stringify(response.data) )
}

If you try to run the code above you will get the following response in response.error: Locked.

Now let's send the correct password as the final parameter in the Merge function like so:

function btnMerge_OnTouch()
{
    cloud.Merge( "Shopping_List", { plums:5 }, onMerge, "12345" )
}

function onMerge( response )
{
    if( response.error ) console.log( "Error: " + response.error + ", " + response.message )
    else console.log( JSON.stringify(response.data) )
}

If you now run this code you will see the message Entry saved.

Media Files

The media files panel lists all your uploaded media files. Like the data files panel, if you click on the filenames it will show you details about the uploaded file including a preview snapshot of the file if it's an image file.

File Location

To find the full path of your media file simply highlight your file and press the copy link button in the right panel.

Media paths are unique and unguessable (non sequential) for safe sharing publically or privately.

Password Protection

It is possible to control edit access to files uploaded to the CloudStore dashboard.

To the right of each file is a checkbox. If you select one or more files using the checkboxes you will see the delete and padlock icons highlighted.

If you press the padlock icon you will see a dialog box appear allowing you to set a password for edit access to all selected files

Set the password to enable edit control. Now whenever a user tries to edit this file they will need to pass along the password to each function call.

Don't hard code passwords in your application. Use a prompt to capture the password.

Example

We want to protect our uploaded file "jazz3.jpg" from being overwritten by unauthroised users.

To do this we: - Assign a password to the file using our admin dashboard - Now whenever we want to override the file, we must include the password as our final parameter in the Upload function

For thie example we have assigned the password as 12345

// Let's assume you want to upload an image to the CloudStore
// You must upload images as a string in a format such as base64
cloud.Upload( file_data, "jazz3.jpg", "image/jpg", onUpload, "12345" )

function onUpload( response )
{
    if( response.error ) console.error( "Error: " + response.error + ", " + response.message )
    else console.log( response.data )
}

If you run this code you should get a response back with the messsage: File Uploaded

You can see you uploaded file in your using our admin dashboard