OpenKeyval.org is a service for easily storing and retrieving key/value pairs via HTTP. The service is open to anyone, no registration or authentication required.
This CLI is powered by Pyopenkeyval.
$ sudo python setup.py install
Python 2.5 and lower require simplejson to be installed.
Since OpenKeyval has no concept of authentication, it's recommended you
"namespace" your keys. In other words, the key "testing" is extremely
likely to be read/overwritten. However, the key "joseph_testing"
is slightly less likely to be read/written, and the key
"j293husoekb3ubosez_testing" is even less likely to be read/written. To
namespace your keys, append the following to your ~/.bashrc (Linux)
or ~/.bash_profile (OS X)
$ export OKV_PREFIX="mykeyprefix_"
where "mykeyprefix" is a word-character string beginning with a letter.
While the trailing underscore is not necessary, it will help retain readability if you intend to use your data in other applications.
Now we're ready to actually set, get, and delete data.
$ okv set -k someKey -v someVal
$ okv get -k someKey
someVal
$ okv del -k someKey
$ okv get -k someKey # No result, data deleted!
What if you don't want to use your OKV_PREFIX? Just pass -n.
$ okv get -n -k someKey # This looks for exactly "someKey"
$ okv get -k someKey # This looks for "mykeyprefix_someKey"
- Custom notification APIs
- State transfer when data security doesn't really matter.
Namespacing your keys isn't for security, it's for convenience. Assume any data you put onto OpenKeyval is available to anyone. If you don't care that your data is available to anyone, this is a neat way to share simple data between websites.