README.md
In dbflobr: Read and Write Files to SQLite Databases

dbflobr

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dbflobr reads and writes files to SQLite databases as flobs. A flob is a blob that preserves the file extension.

To install the latest release from CRAN

install.packages("dbflobr")

To install the developmental version from GitHub

# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("poissonconsulting/dbflobr")

library(dbflobr)

# convert a file to flob using flobr
flob <- flobr::flob(system.file("extdata", "flobr.pdf", package = "flobr"))
str(flob)
#> List of 1
#>  $ /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.1/Resources/library/flobr/extdata/flobr.pdf: raw [1:133851] 58 0a 00 00 ...
#>  - attr(*, "class")= chr [1:2] "flob" "blob"

# create a SQLite database connection 
conn <- DBI::dbConnect(RSQLite::SQLite(), ":memory:")

# create a table 'Table1' of data
DBI::dbWriteTable(conn, "Table1", data.frame(IntColumn = c(1L, 2L)))

DBI::dbReadTable(conn, "Table1")
#>   IntColumn
#> 1         1
#> 2         2

# specify which row to add the flob to by providing a key 
key <- data.frame(IntColumn = 2L)

# write the flob to the database in column 'BlobColumn'
write_flob(flob, "BlobColumn", "Table1", key, conn, exists = FALSE)

DBI::dbReadTable(conn, "Table1")
#>   IntColumn      BlobColumn
#> 1         1            <NA>
#> 2         2 blob[133.85 kB]

# read the flob
flob2 <- read_flob("BlobColumn", "Table1", key, conn)
str(flob2)
#> List of 1
#>  $ BlobColumn: raw [1:133851] 58 0a 00 00 ...
#>  - attr(*, "class")= chr [1:2] "flob" "blob"

# delete the flob
delete_flob("BlobColumn", "Table1", key, conn)

DBI::dbReadTable(conn, "Table1")
#>   IntColumn BlobColumn
#> 1         1       <NA>
#> 2         2       <NA>

# close the connection
DBI::dbDisconnect(conn)