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diff --git a/docs/reference/blobs/client.rst b/docs/reference/blobs/client.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..75c3d997 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/reference/blobs/client.rst @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Client-side blobs +================= + +On the client-side, blobs can be managed using the BlobManager API. The +BlobManager is responsible for managing storage of blobs both in local and +remote storages + +All data is stored locally in the ``blobs`` table of a SQLCipher database +called ``{uuid}_blobs.db`` that lies in the same directory as the Soledad +Client's JSON documents database. Both databases are encrypted with the same +symmetric secret. All actions performed locally are mirrored remotelly using +the :ref:`http-blobs-api`. + +The BlobManager supports *namespaces* and *flags* and can list local and remote +blobs, possibly filtering by flags and ordering by date (increasingly or +decreasingly). It has helper methods to send or fetch all missing blobs, thus +aiding in synchronization of local and remote data. + +When uploading, the content of the blob is encrypted with a symmetric secret +prior to being sent to the server. When downloading, the content of the blob is +decrypted accordingly. |