lancedb/nodejs/lancedb/connection.ts

// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors

import {
  Data,
  Schema,
  SchemaLike,
  TableLike,
  fromTableToStreamBuffer,
  isArrowTable,
  makeArrowTable,
} from "./arrow";
import {
  Table as ArrowTable,
  fromTableToBuffer,
  makeEmptyTable,
} from "./arrow";
import { EmbeddingFunctionConfig, getRegistry } from "./embedding/registry";
import { Connection as LanceDbConnection } from "./native";
import { sanitizeTable } from "./sanitize";
import { LocalTable, Table } from "./table";

export interface CreateTableOptions {
  /**
   * The mode to use when creating the table.
   *
   * If this is set to "create" and the table already exists then either
   * an error will be thrown or, if existOk is true, then nothing will
   * happen.  Any provided data will be ignored.
   *
   * If this is set to "overwrite" then any existing table will be replaced.
   */
  mode: "create" | "overwrite";
  /**
   * If this is true and the table already exists and the mode is "create"
   * then no error will be raised.
   */
  existOk: boolean;

  /**
   * Configuration for object storage.
   *
   * Options already set on the connection will be inherited by the table,
   * but can be overridden here.
   *
   * The available options are described at https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/
   */
  storageOptions?: Record<string, string>;

  /**
   * The version of the data storage format to use.
   *
   * The default is `stable`.
   * Set to "legacy" to use the old format.
   *
   * @deprecated Pass `new_table_data_storage_version` to storageOptions instead.
   */
  dataStorageVersion?: string;

  /**
   * Use the new V2 manifest paths. These paths provide more efficient
   * opening of datasets with many versions on object stores.  WARNING:
   * turning this on will make the dataset unreadable for older versions
   * of LanceDB (prior to 0.10.0). To migrate an existing dataset, instead
   * use the {@link LocalTable#migrateManifestPathsV2} method.
   *
   * @deprecated Pass `new_table_enable_v2_manifest_paths` to storageOptions instead.
   */
  enableV2ManifestPaths?: boolean;

  schema?: SchemaLike;
  embeddingFunction?: EmbeddingFunctionConfig;
}

export interface OpenTableOptions {
  /**
   * Configuration for object storage.
   *
   * Options already set on the connection will be inherited by the table,
   * but can be overridden here.
   *
   * The available options are described at https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/
   */
  storageOptions?: Record<string, string>;
  /**
   * Set the size of the index cache, specified as a number of entries
   *
   * @deprecated Use session-level cache configuration instead.
   * Create a Session with custom cache sizes and pass it to the connect() function.
   *
   * The exact meaning of an "entry" will depend on the type of index:
   * - IVF: there is one entry for each IVF partition
   * - BTREE: there is one entry for the entire index
   *
   * This cache applies to the entire opened table, across all indices.
   * Setting this value higher will increase performance on larger datasets
   * at the expense of more RAM
   */
  indexCacheSize?: number;
}

export interface TableNamesOptions {
  /**
   * If present, only return names that come lexicographically after the
   * supplied value.
   *
   * This can be combined with limit to implement pagination by setting this to
   * the last table name from the previous page.
   */
  startAfter?: string;
  /** An optional limit to the number of results to return. */
  limit?: number;
}
/**
 * A LanceDB Connection that allows you to open tables and create new ones.
 *
 * Connection could be local against filesystem or remote against a server.
 *
 * A Connection is intended to be a long lived object and may hold open
 * resources such as HTTP connection pools.  This is generally fine and
 * a single connection should be shared if it is going to be used many
 * times. However, if you are finished with a connection, you may call
 * close to eagerly free these resources.  Any call to a Connection
 * method after it has been closed will result in an error.
 *
 * Closing a connection is optional.  Connections will automatically
 * be closed when they are garbage collected.
 *
 * Any created tables are independent and will continue to work even if
 * the underlying connection has been closed.
 * @hideconstructor
 */
export abstract class Connection {
  [Symbol.for("nodejs.util.inspect.custom")](): string {
    return this.display();
  }

  /**
   * Return true if the connection has not been closed
   */
  abstract isOpen(): boolean;

  /**
   * Close the connection, releasing any underlying resources.
   *
   * It is safe to call this method multiple times.
   *
   * Any attempt to use the connection after it is closed will result in an error.
   */
  abstract close(): void;

  /**
   * Return a brief description of the connection
   */
  abstract display(): string;

  /**
   * List all the table names in this database.
   *
   * Tables will be returned in lexicographical order.
   * @param {Partial<TableNamesOptions>} options - options to control the
   * paging / start point (backwards compatibility)
   *
   */
  abstract tableNames(options?: Partial<TableNamesOptions>): Promise<string[]>;
  /**
   * List all the table names in this database.
   *
   * Tables will be returned in lexicographical order.
   * @param {string[]} namespace - The namespace to list tables from (defaults to root namespace)
   * @param {Partial<TableNamesOptions>} options - options to control the
   * paging / start point
   *
   */
  abstract tableNames(
    namespace?: string[],
    options?: Partial<TableNamesOptions>,
  ): Promise<string[]>;

  /**
   * Open a table in the database.
   * @param {string} name - The name of the table
   * @param {string[]} namespace - The namespace of the table (defaults to root namespace)
   * @param {Partial<OpenTableOptions>} options - Additional options
   */
  abstract openTable(
    name: string,
    namespace?: string[],
    options?: Partial<OpenTableOptions>,
  ): Promise<Table>;

  /**
   * Creates a new Table and initialize it with new data.
   * @param {object} options - The options object.
   * @param {string} options.name - The name of the table.
   * @param {Data} options.data - Non-empty Array of Records to be inserted into the table
   * @param {string[]} namespace - The namespace to create the table in (defaults to root namespace)
   *
   */
  abstract createTable(
    options: {
      name: string;
      data: Data;
    } & Partial<CreateTableOptions>,
    namespace?: string[],
  ): Promise<Table>;
  /**
   * Creates a new Table and initialize it with new data.
   * @param {string} name - The name of the table.
   * @param {Record<string, unknown>[] | TableLike} data - Non-empty Array of Records
   * to be inserted into the table
   * @param {Partial<CreateTableOptions>} options - Additional options (backwards compatibility)
   */
  abstract createTable(
    name: string,
    data: Record<string, unknown>[] | TableLike,
    options?: Partial<CreateTableOptions>,
  ): Promise<Table>;
  /**
   * Creates a new Table and initialize it with new data.
   * @param {string} name - The name of the table.
   * @param {Record<string, unknown>[] | TableLike} data - Non-empty Array of Records
   * to be inserted into the table
   * @param {string[]} namespace - The namespace to create the table in (defaults to root namespace)
   * @param {Partial<CreateTableOptions>} options - Additional options
   */
  abstract createTable(
    name: string,
    data: Record<string, unknown>[] | TableLike,
    namespace?: string[],
    options?: Partial<CreateTableOptions>,
  ): Promise<Table>;

  /**
   * Creates a new empty Table
   * @param {string} name - The name of the table.
   * @param {Schema} schema - The schema of the table
   * @param {Partial<CreateTableOptions>} options - Additional options (backwards compatibility)
   */
  abstract createEmptyTable(
    name: string,
    schema: import("./arrow").SchemaLike,
    options?: Partial<CreateTableOptions>,
  ): Promise<Table>;
  /**
   * Creates a new empty Table
   * @param {string} name - The name of the table.
   * @param {Schema} schema - The schema of the table
   * @param {string[]} namespace - The namespace to create the table in (defaults to root namespace)
   * @param {Partial<CreateTableOptions>} options - Additional options
   */
  abstract createEmptyTable(
    name: string,
    schema: import("./arrow").SchemaLike,
    namespace?: string[],
    options?: Partial<CreateTableOptions>,
  ): Promise<Table>;

  /**
   * Drop an existing table.
   * @param {string} name The name of the table to drop.
   * @param {string[]} namespace The namespace of the table (defaults to root namespace).
   */
  abstract dropTable(name: string, namespace?: string[]): Promise<void>;

  /**
   * Drop all tables in the database.
   * @param {string[]} namespace The namespace to drop tables from (defaults to root namespace).
   */
  abstract dropAllTables(namespace?: string[]): Promise<void>;
}

/** @hideconstructor */
export class LocalConnection extends Connection {
  readonly inner: LanceDbConnection;

  /** @hidden */
  constructor(inner: LanceDbConnection) {
    super();
    this.inner = inner;
  }

  isOpen(): boolean {
    return this.inner.isOpen();
  }

  close(): void {
    this.inner.close();
  }

  display(): string {
    return this.inner.display();
  }

  async tableNames(
    namespaceOrOptions?: string[] | Partial<TableNamesOptions>,
    options?: Partial<TableNamesOptions>,
  ): Promise<string[]> {
    // Detect if first argument is namespace array or options object
    let namespace: string[] | undefined;
    let tableNamesOptions: Partial<TableNamesOptions> | undefined;

    if (Array.isArray(namespaceOrOptions)) {
      // First argument is namespace array
      namespace = namespaceOrOptions;
      tableNamesOptions = options;
    } else {
      // First argument is options object (backwards compatibility)
      namespace = undefined;
      tableNamesOptions = namespaceOrOptions;
    }

    return this.inner.tableNames(
      namespace ?? [],
      tableNamesOptions?.startAfter,
      tableNamesOptions?.limit,
    );
  }

  async openTable(
    name: string,
    namespace?: string[],
    options?: Partial<OpenTableOptions>,
  ): Promise<Table> {
    const innerTable = await this.inner.openTable(
      name,
      namespace ?? [],
      cleanseStorageOptions(options?.storageOptions),
      options?.indexCacheSize,
    );

    return new LocalTable(innerTable);
  }

  private getStorageOptions(
    options?: Partial<CreateTableOptions>,
  ): Record<string, string> | undefined {
    if (options?.dataStorageVersion !== undefined) {
      if (options.storageOptions === undefined) {
        options.storageOptions = {};
      }
      options.storageOptions["newTableDataStorageVersion"] =
        options.dataStorageVersion;
    }

    if (options?.enableV2ManifestPaths !== undefined) {
      if (options.storageOptions === undefined) {
        options.storageOptions = {};
      }
      options.storageOptions["newTableEnableV2ManifestPaths"] =
        options.enableV2ManifestPaths ? "true" : "false";
    }

    return cleanseStorageOptions(options?.storageOptions);
  }

  async createTable(
    nameOrOptions:
      | string
      | ({ name: string; data: Data } & Partial<CreateTableOptions>),
    dataOrNamespace?: Record<string, unknown>[] | TableLike | string[],
    namespaceOrOptions?: string[] | Partial<CreateTableOptions>,
    options?: Partial<CreateTableOptions>,
  ): Promise<Table> {
    if (typeof nameOrOptions !== "string" && "name" in nameOrOptions) {
      // First overload: createTable(options, namespace?)
      const { name, data, ...createOptions } = nameOrOptions;
      const namespace = dataOrNamespace as string[] | undefined;
      return this._createTableImpl(name, data, namespace, createOptions);
    }

    // Second overload: createTable(name, data, namespace?, options?)
    const name = nameOrOptions;
    const data = dataOrNamespace as Record<string, unknown>[] | TableLike;

    // Detect if third argument is namespace array or options object
    let namespace: string[] | undefined;
    let createOptions: Partial<CreateTableOptions> | undefined;

    if (Array.isArray(namespaceOrOptions)) {
      // Third argument is namespace array
      namespace = namespaceOrOptions;
      createOptions = options;
    } else {
      // Third argument is options object (backwards compatibility)
      namespace = undefined;
      createOptions = namespaceOrOptions;
    }

    return this._createTableImpl(name, data, namespace, createOptions);
  }

  private async _createTableImpl(
    name: string,
    data: Data,
    namespace?: string[],
    options?: Partial<CreateTableOptions>,
  ): Promise<Table> {
    if (data === undefined) {
      throw new Error("data is required");
    }
    const { buf, mode } = await parseTableData(data, options);

    const storageOptions = this.getStorageOptions(options);

    const innerTable = await this.inner.createTable(
      name,
      buf,
      mode,
      namespace ?? [],
      storageOptions,
    );

    return new LocalTable(innerTable);
  }

  async createEmptyTable(
    name: string,
    schema: import("./arrow").SchemaLike,
    namespaceOrOptions?: string[] | Partial<CreateTableOptions>,
    options?: Partial<CreateTableOptions>,
  ): Promise<Table> {
    // Detect if third argument is namespace array or options object
    let namespace: string[] | undefined;
    let createOptions: Partial<CreateTableOptions> | undefined;

    if (Array.isArray(namespaceOrOptions)) {
      // Third argument is namespace array
      namespace = namespaceOrOptions;
      createOptions = options;
    } else {
      // Third argument is options object (backwards compatibility)
      namespace = undefined;
      createOptions = namespaceOrOptions;
    }

    let mode: string = createOptions?.mode ?? "create";
    const existOk = createOptions?.existOk ?? false;

    if (mode === "create" && existOk) {
      mode = "exist_ok";
    }
    let metadata: Map<string, string> | undefined = undefined;
    if (createOptions?.embeddingFunction !== undefined) {
      const embeddingFunction = createOptions.embeddingFunction;
      const registry = getRegistry();
      metadata = registry.getTableMetadata([embeddingFunction]);
    }

    const storageOptions = this.getStorageOptions(createOptions);
    const table = makeEmptyTable(schema, metadata);
    const buf = await fromTableToBuffer(table);
    const innerTable = await this.inner.createEmptyTable(
      name,
      buf,
      mode,
      namespace ?? [],
      storageOptions,
    );
    return new LocalTable(innerTable);
  }

  async dropTable(name: string, namespace?: string[]): Promise<void> {
    return this.inner.dropTable(name, namespace ?? []);
  }

  async dropAllTables(namespace?: string[]): Promise<void> {
    return this.inner.dropAllTables(namespace ?? []);
  }
}

/**
 * Takes storage options and makes all the keys snake case.
 */
export function cleanseStorageOptions(
  options?: Record<string, string>,
): Record<string, string> | undefined {
  if (options === undefined) {
    return undefined;
  }
  const result: Record<string, string> = {};
  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(options)) {
    if (value !== undefined) {
      const newKey = camelToSnakeCase(key);
      result[newKey] = value;
    }
  }
  return result;
}

/**
 * Convert a string to snake case. It might already be snake case, in which case it is
 * returned unchanged.
 */
function camelToSnakeCase(camel: string): string {
  if (camel.includes("_")) {
    // Assume if there is at least one underscore, it is already snake case
    return camel;
  }
  if (camel.toLocaleUpperCase() === camel) {
    // Assume if the string is all uppercase, it is already snake case
    return camel;
  }

  let result = camel.replace(/[A-Z]/g, (letter) => `_${letter.toLowerCase()}`);
  if (result.startsWith("_")) {
    result = result.slice(1);
  }
  return result;
}

async function parseTableData(
  data: Record<string, unknown>[] | TableLike,
  options?: Partial<CreateTableOptions>,
  streaming = false,
) {
  let mode: string = options?.mode ?? "create";
  const existOk = options?.existOk ?? false;

  if (mode === "create" && existOk) {
    mode = "exist_ok";
  }

  let table: ArrowTable;
  if (isArrowTable(data)) {
    table = sanitizeTable(data);
  } else {
    table = makeArrowTable(data as Record<string, unknown>[], options);
  }
  if (streaming) {
    const buf = await fromTableToStreamBuffer(
      table,
      options?.embeddingFunction,
      options?.schema,
    );
    return { buf, mode };
  } else {
    const buf = await fromTableToBuffer(
      table,
      options?.embeddingFunction,
      options?.schema,
    );
    return { buf, mode };
  }
}