I don't know if this is expected behavior or not. But it feels off for me.
It will cause issues when using defaultData multiple times.
(ex. multiple lowdb instances using the same defaultData)
ISSUES:
defaultData is used as a reference for data in lowdb object.
- when
data in lowdb is updated the defaultData object content is also updated.
- please check the example typescript code below.
import {JSONFilePreset} from "lowdb/node"
const defaultData = {
name: "ALICE",
}
const db = await JSONFilePreset("test.json", defaultData)
// db.data should be ALICE
console.log(db.data.name === "ALICE") // true
// update db.data to BOB
db.data.name = "BOB"
// db.data now is BOB
console.log(db.data.name === "BOB") // true
// defaultData should still be ALICE
console.log(defaultData.name === "ALICE") // false
// defaultData becomes BOB instead (unexpected)
console.log(defaultData.name === "BOB") // true
SOLUTION:
- deep clone object
- using
structuredClone fixed it.
const db = await JSONFilePreset("test.json", structuredClone(defaultData))
I don't know if this is expected behavior or not. But it feels off for me.
It will cause issues when using defaultData multiple times.
(ex. multiple lowdb instances using the same defaultData)
ISSUES:
defaultDatais used as a reference fordatainlowdbobject.datainlowdbis updated thedefaultDataobject content is also updated.SOLUTION:
structuredClonefixed it.