# MongoDB::GridFSBucket - phpMan ## NAME [MongoDB::GridFSBucket] - A file storage abstraction ## VERSION version v2.2.2 ## SYNOPSIS $bucket = $database->gfs; # upload a file $stream = $bucket->open_upload_stream("foo.txt"); $stream->print( $data ); $stream->close; # find and download a file $result = $bucket->find({filename => "foo.txt"}); $file_id = $result->next->{_id}; $stream = $bucket->open_download_stream($file_id) $data = do { local $/; $stream->readline() }; ## DESCRIPTION This class models a GridFS file store in a MongoDB database and provides an API for interacting with it. Generally, you never construct one of these directly with "new". Instead, you call "gfs" (short for "get_gridfsbucket") on a [MongoDB::Database] object. ## USAGE Data model A GridFS file is represented in MongoDB as a "file document" with information like the file's name, length, and any user-supplied metadata. The actual contents are stored as a number of "chunks" of binary data. (Think of the file document as a directory entry and the chunks like blocks on disk.) Valid file documents typically include the following fields: * _id – a unique ID for this document, typically a BSON ObjectId. * length – the length of this stored file, in bytes * chunkSize – the size, in bytes, of each full data chunk of this file. This value is configurable per file. * uploadDate – the date and time this file was added to GridFS, stored as a BSON datetime value. * filename – the name of this stored file; the combination of filename and uploadDate (millisecond resolution) must be unique * metadata – any additional application data the user wishes to store (optional) * md5 – DEPRECATED a hash of the contents of the stored file (store this in "metadata" if you need it) (optional) * contentType – DEPRECATED (store this in "metadata" if you need it) (optional) * aliases – DEPRECATED (store this in "metadata" if you need it) (optional) The "find" method searches file documents using these fields. Given the "_id" from a document, a file can be downloaded using the download methods. API Overview In addition to general methods like "find", "delete" and "drop", there are two ways to go about uploading and downloading: * filehandle-like: you get an object that you can read/write from similar to a filehandle. You can even get a tied filehandle that you can hand off to other code that requires an actual Perl handle. * streaming: you provide a file handle to read from (upload) or print to (download) and data is streamed to (upload) or from (download) GridFS until EOF. Error handling Unless otherwise explicitly documented, all methods throw exceptions if an error occurs. The error types are documented in [MongoDB::Error]. ## ATTRIBUTES database The [MongoDB::Database] containing the GridFS bucket collections. bucket_name The name of the GridFS bucket. Defaults to 'fs'. The underlying collections that are used to implement a GridFS bucket get this string as a prefix (e.g "fs.chunks"). chunk_size_bytes The number of bytes per chunk. Defaults to 261120 (255kb). write_concern A [MongoDB::WriteConcern] object. It may be initialized with a hash reference that will be coerced into a new [MongoDB::WriteConcern] object. By default it will be inherited from a [MongoDB::Database] object. read_concern A [MongoDB::ReadConcern] object. May be initialized with a hash reference or a string that will be coerced into the level of read concern. By default it will be inherited from a [MongoDB::Database] object. read_preference A [MongoDB::ReadPreference] object. It may be initialized with a string corresponding to one of the valid read preference modes or a hash reference that will be coerced into a new [MongoDB::ReadPreference] object. By default it will be inherited from a [MongoDB::Database] object. Note: Because many GridFS operations require multiple independent reads from separate collections, use with secondaries is strongly discouraged because reads could go to different secondaries, resulting in inconsistent data if all file and chunk documents have not replicated to all secondaries. bson_codec An object that provides the "encode_one" and "decode_one" methods, such as from BSON. It may be initialized with a hash reference that will be coerced into a new BSON object. By default it will be inherited from a [MongoDB::Database] object. max_time_ms Specifies the maximum amount of time in milliseconds that the server should use for working on a query. By default it will be inherited from a [MongoDB::Database] object. Note: this will only be used for server versions 2.6 or greater, as that was when the $maxTimeMS meta-operator was introduced. disable_md5 When true, files will not include the deprecated "md5" field in the file document. Defaults to false. ## METHODS find $result = $bucket->find($filter); $result = $bucket->find($filter, $options); $file_doc = $result->next; Executes a query on the file documents collection with a filter expression and returns a [MongoDB::QueryResult] object. It takes an optional hashref of options identical to "find" in [MongoDB::Collection]. find_one $file_doc = $bucket->find_one($filter, $projection); $file_doc = $bucket->find_one($filter, $projection, $options); Executes a query on the file documents collection with a filter expression and returns the first document found, or "undef" if no document is found. See "find_one" in [MongoDB::Collection] for details about the $projection and optional $options fields. find_id $file_doc = $bucket->find_id( $id ); $file_doc = $bucket->find_id( $id, $projection ); $file_doc = $bucket->find_id( $id, $projection, $options ); Executes a query with a filter expression of "{ _id => $id }" and returns a single document or "undef" if no document is found. See "find_one" in [MongoDB::Collection] for details about the $projection and optional $options fields. open_download_stream $stream = $bucket->open_download_stream($id); $line = $stream->readline; Returns a new [MongoDB::GridFSBucket::DownloadStream] that can be used to download the file with the file document "_id" matching $id. This throws a [MongoDB::GridFSError] if no such file exists. open_upload_stream $stream = $bucket->open_upload_stream($filename); $stream = $bucket->open_upload_stream($filename, $options); $stream->print('data'); $stream->close; $file_id = $stream->id Returns a new [MongoDB::GridFSBucket::UploadStream] that can be used to upload a new file to a GridFS bucket. This method requires a filename to store in the "filename" field of the file document. Note: the filename is an arbitrary string; the method does not read from this filename locally. You can provide an optional hash reference of options that are passed to the [MongoDB::GridFSBucket::UploadStream] constructor: * "chunk_size_bytes" – the number of bytes per chunk. Defaults to the "chunk_size_bytes" of the bucket object. * "metadata" – a hash reference for storing arbitrary metadata about the file. open_upload_stream_with_id $stream = $bucket->open_upload_stream_with_id($id, $filename); $stream = $bucket->open_upload_stream_with_id($id, $filename, $options); $stream->print('data'); $stream->close; Returns a new [MongoDB::GridFSBucket::UploadStream] that can be used to upload a new file to a GridFS bucket. This method uses $id as the _id of the file being created, which must be unique. This method requires a filename to store in the "filename" field of the file document. Note: the filename is an arbitrary string; the method does not read from this filename locally. You can provide an optional hash reference of options, just like "open_upload_stream". download_to_stream $bucket->download_to_stream($id, $out_fh); Downloads the file matching $id and writes it to the file handle $out_fh. This throws a [MongoDB::GridFSError] if no such file exists. upload_from_stream $file_id = $bucket->upload_from_stream($filename, $in_fh); $file_id = $bucket->upload_from_stream($filename, $in_fh, $options); Reads from a filehandle and uploads its contents to GridFS. It returns the "_id" field stored in the file document. This method requires a filename to store in the "filename" field of the file document. Note: the filename is an arbitrary string; the method does not read from this filename locally. You can provide an optional hash reference of options, just like "open_upload_stream". upload_from_stream_with_id $bucket->upload_from_stream_with_id($id, $filename, $in_fh); $bucket->upload_from_stream_with_id($id, $filename, $in_fh, $options); Reads from a filehandle and uploads its contents to GridFS. This method uses $id as the _id of the file being created, which must be unique. This method requires a filename to store in the "filename" field of the file document. Note: the filename is an arbitrary string; the method does not read from this filename locally. You can provide an optional hash reference of options, just like "open_upload_stream". Unlike "open_upload_stream", this method returns nothing. delete $bucket->delete($id); Deletes the file matching $id from the bucket. This throws a [MongoDB::GridFSError] if no such file exists. drop $bucket->drop; Drops the underlying files documents and chunks collections for this bucket. ## SEE ALSO Core documentation on GridFS: <>. ## AUTHORS * David Golden <> * Rassi <> * Mike Friedman <> * Kristina Chodorow <> * Florian Ragwitz <> ## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is Copyright (c) 2020 by MongoDB, Inc. This is free software, licensed under: The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004