feat(node): expose seek, tell, bounded read, readRanges and close on BlobFile (#4348)

Closes #4300.

The TypeScript `BlobFile` only had `size()`, `read()` and `readRange()`,
while the Rust `BlobFile` behind it also has `seek`, `tell`,
`read_up_to`, `read_ranges` and `close`. This exposes those on the Node
binding:

- `read(maxBytes?)` reads at most `maxBytes` from the cursor (Rust
`read_up_to`). Without the argument it reads to the end, as before.
- `readRanges([{ start, end }, ...])` reads several half-open ranges and
returns one buffer per range, in order. Like `readRange`, it does not
move the cursor.
- `seek(position)` and `tell()` move and report the cursor.
- `close()` releases the handle, and `isClosed()` reports it. Every
read, `seek` and `tell` after `close()` fails with "blob file is already
closed". A second `close()` does nothing. The binding keeps its own
`closed` flag, the same way the Python `BlobFile` does.

Offsets and lengths are `bigint`, like `readRange` and `size()`.
`BlobRange` is exported as a type.

The new tests in `table.test.ts` cover chunked reads with
`read(maxBytes)`, `seek` and `tell`, a negative seek position,
`readRanges` order and cursor, a `readRanges` end past the blob size,
and reads after `close()`. The Node docs under `docs/src/js` are
regenerated with `pnpm run docs`.

I left the `ReadableStream`/async iterator idea from the issue out of
this PR. The AbortSignal work in #4288 touches the same methods, so it
can follow on top of this.
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Bilal Atique
2026-09-29 11:32:30 -05:00
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@@ -10,16 +10,50 @@ A lazy handle to blob bytes. Create one with [Table.fetchBlobFiles](Table.md#fet
## Methods
### close()
```ts
close(): Promise<void>
```
Releases the handle. Reads after `close()` fail. Calling it again does
nothing.
#### Returns
`Promise`&lt;`void`&gt;
***
### isClosed()
```ts
isClosed(): boolean
```
Returns true after [BlobFile.close](BlobFile.md#close).
#### Returns
`boolean`
***
### read()
```ts
read(): Promise<Buffer>
read(maxBytes?): Promise<Buffer>
```
Reads from the cursor to the end and advances the cursor.
Reads from the cursor and advances the cursor.
A second call returns an empty buffer. [BlobFile.readRange](BlobFile.md#readrange) does
not move the cursor.
Reads to the end when `maxBytes` is omitted, or at most `maxBytes` bytes
otherwise. Returns an empty buffer at the end of the blob.
[BlobFile.readRange](BlobFile.md#readrange) does not move the cursor.
#### Parameters
* **maxBytes?**: `bigint`
#### Returns
@@ -49,6 +83,45 @@ Fails when `end` is past the blob size. Does not move the cursor.
***
### readRanges()
```ts
readRanges(ranges): Promise<Buffer[]>
```
Reads several half-open byte ranges. Returns one buffer per range, in
the order given.
Fails when any `end` is past the blob size. Does not move the cursor.
#### Parameters
* **ranges**: [`BlobRange`](../type-aliases/BlobRange.md)[]
#### Returns
`Promise`&lt;`Buffer`[]&gt;
***
### seek()
```ts
seek(position): Promise<void>
```
Moves the cursor to `position`, in bytes from the start of the blob.
#### Parameters
* **position**: `bigint`
#### Returns
`Promise`&lt;`void`&gt;
***
### size()
```ts
@@ -60,3 +133,17 @@ Returns the blob size in bytes.
#### Returns
`bigint`
***
### tell()
```ts
tell(): Promise<bigint>
```
Returns the cursor position in bytes.
#### Returns
`Promise`&lt;`bigint`&gt;
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- [AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics](type-aliases/AnalyzePlanDistributedMetrics.md)
- [BaseTokenizer](type-aliases/BaseTokenizer.md)
- [BlobOptions](type-aliases/BlobOptions.md)
- [BlobRange](type-aliases/BlobRange.md)
- [Data](type-aliases/Data.md)
- [DataLike](type-aliases/DataLike.md)
- [FieldLike](type-aliases/FieldLike.md)
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[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
***
[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / BlobRange
# Type Alias: BlobRange
```ts
type BlobRange: object;
```
A half-open byte range `[start, end)` for [BlobFile.readRanges](../classes/BlobFile.md#readranges).
## Type declaration
### end
```ts
end: bigint;
```
### start
```ts
start: bigint;
```