From 9dd3ebe6bad0bfe05840782c805e961cf4a96c6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: drebs Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 15:12:56 -0300 Subject: [doc] move sphinx up to root of docs dir --- docs/sphinx/attachments.rst | 77 --------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 77 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 docs/sphinx/attachments.rst (limited to 'docs/sphinx/attachments.rst') diff --git a/docs/sphinx/attachments.rst b/docs/sphinx/attachments.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 098f634f..00000000 --- a/docs/sphinx/attachments.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,77 +0,0 @@ -Document Attachments -==================== - -.. contents:: Contents: - :local: - -The content of a Soledad document is assumed to be JSON. This is particularly -bad for storing larger amounts of binary data, because: - -* the only way to store data in JSON is as unicode string, and this uses more - space than needed for binary data storage. - -* the process of synchronization of Soledad documents depends on completing the - transfer and decryption of the content of all new/updated documents before - synchronized documents are available for use. - -Document attachments were introduced as a means to store large payloads of -binary data and have them be synchronized separate from the usual Soledad -document synchronization process. - -Example -------- - -The attachments API is currently available in the `Document` class, and the -document needs to know about the store to be able to manage attachments. When -you create a new document with soledad, that document will already know about -the store that created it, and can put/get/delete an attachment: - -.. code-block:: python - - from twisted.internet.defer import inlineCallbacks - - @inlineCallbacks - def attachment_example(soledad): - doc = yield soledad.create_doc({}) - - state = yield doc.get_attachment_state() - dirty = yield doc.is_dirty() - assert state == AttachmentStates.NONE - assert dirty == False - - yield doc.put_attachment(open('hackers.txt')) - state = yield doc.get_attachment_state() - dirty = yield doc.is_dirty() - assert state | AttachmentState.LOCAL - assert dirty == True - - yield soledad.put_doc(doc) - dirty = yield doc.is_dirty() - assert dirty == False - - yield doc.upload_attachment() - state = yield doc.get_attachment_state() - assert state | AttachmentState.REMOTE - assert state == AttachmentState.SYNCED - - fd = yield doc.get_attachment() - assert fd.read() == open('hackers.txt').read() - -Implementation --------------- - -The current implementation of document attachments store data in a separate -SQLCipher database in the client (using SQLite's BLOB type) and in the -filesystem in the server. Encryption of data before it's sent to the server is -the same used by normal Soledad synchronization process (AES-256 GCM mode). - -Document attachment API ------------------------ - -.. autoclass:: leap.soledad.client._document.AttachmentStates - :members: - :undoc-members: - -.. autointerface:: leap.soledad.client._document.IDocumentWithAttachment - :members: - :undoc-members: -- cgit v1.2.3