ekoDB Rust Client Library

Official Rust client library for ekoDB - A high-performance database with intelligent caching, real-time capabilities, AI integration, and automatic optimization.

Features

• ✅ Async/Await: Built on Tokio for high-performance async operations
• ✅ Type-Safe: Strong typing with Rust's type system and comprehensive error handling
• ✅ Auto-Retry: Automatic retry with exponential backoff for transient failures (429, 503, timeouts)
• ✅ Connection Pooling: Efficient HTTP connection management
• ✅ Query Builder: Fluent API for building complex queries with operators, sorting, and pagination
• ✅ Search: Full-text search, vector search, and hybrid search with scoring
• ✅ AI Chat: Natural language queries with context-aware AI responses (OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity)
• ✅ Schema Management: Define and enforce data schemas with validation
• ✅ WebSocket Support: Real-time queries and subscriptions with automatic reconnection
• ✅ Batch Operations: Efficient bulk inserts, updates, and deletes
• ✅ TTL Support: Automatic document expiration with time-to-live
• ✅ Key-Value Operations: Simple key-value store operations
• ✅ Collection Management: Create, list, count, and delete collections
• ✅ Token Caching: Automatic authentication token management and refresh

Installation

Add this to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
ekodb_client = "0.1"
tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }

Quick Start

use ekodb_client::{Client, QueryBuilder, Record};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    // Create a client (automatically handles authentication)
    let client = Client::builder()
        .base_url("http://localhost:8080")
        .api_key("your-api-key")
        .build()?;

    // Insert a record
    let mut record = Record::new();
    record.insert("name", "John Doe");
    record.insert("age", 30);
    record.insert("email", "john@example.com");

    let result = client.insert("users", record).await?;
    println!("Inserted: {:?}", result);

    // Query with the builder
    let query = QueryBuilder::new()
        .gte("age", 18)
        .eq("status", "active")
        .limit(10)
        .build();

    let users = client.find("users", query).await?;
    println!("Found {} users", users.len());

    Ok(())
}

Configuration

Environment Variables

You can configure the client using environment variables:

export API_BASE_URL="http://localhost:8080"
export API_BASE_KEY="your-api-key"

# Run example
cargo run -p ekodb_client --example simple_crud

use std::env;

let client = Client::builder()
    .base_url(env::var("API_BASE_URL")?)
    .api_key(env::var("API_BASE_KEY")?)
    .timeout(Duration::from_secs(30))
    .max_retries(3)
    .build()?;

Examples

CRUD Operations

use ekodb_client::{Client, FieldType, Record};

// Insert
let mut user = Record::new();
user.insert("name", "Alice");
user.insert("age", 25);
let inserted = client.insert("users", user).await?;

// Extract ID from response
let user_id = if let Some(FieldType::String(id)) = inserted.get("id") {
    id.clone()
} else {
    return Err("No ID returned".into());
};

// Find by ID
let user = client.find_by_id("users", &user_id).await?;

// Update
let mut updates = Record::new();
updates.insert("age", 26);
let updated = client.update("users", &user_id, updates).await?;

// Delete
client.delete("users", &user_id).await?;

Query Builder

use ekodb_client::QueryBuilder;
use serde_json::json;

// Simple queries
let query = QueryBuilder::new()
    .eq("status", "active")
    .gte("age", 18)
    .lt("age", 65)
    .build();

let results = client.find("users", query).await?;

// Complex queries with sorting and pagination
let query = QueryBuilder::new()
    .in_array("status", vec![json!("active"), json!("pending")])
    .regex("email", r".*@example\.com$")
    .sort_desc("created_at")
    .limit(20)
    .skip(0)
    .build();

let results = client.find("users", query).await?;

Batch Operations

use ekodb_client::BatchBuilder;

// Create records for batch insert
let mut user1 = Record::new();
user1.insert("name", "Alice");
user1.insert("email", "alice@example.com");

let mut user2 = Record::new();
user2.insert("name", "Bob");
user2.insert("email", "bob@example.com");

// Build and execute batch
let batch = BatchBuilder::new()
    .insert("users", user1)
    .insert("users", user2)
    .build();

let results = client.batch_insert("users", &batch.operations).await?;
println!("Batch completed: {} successful, {} failed",
    results.successful.len(), results.failed.len());

WebSocket Operations

// Connect to WebSocket
let ws_client = client.websocket("ws://localhost:8080/ws").await?;

// Query via WebSocket
let results = ws_client.find_all("users").await?;
println!("Found {} users via WebSocket", results.len());

// Query with filters
let query = Query::new().filter("status", json!({"$eq": "active"}));
let active_users = ws_client.find("users", query).await?;

TTL (Time-To-Live) Support

// Insert with 1 hour TTL
let record = Record::new()
    .with("name", "Session Data")
    .with("token", "abc123");

client.insert_with_ttl("sessions", record, "1h").await?;

// Insert with 5 minutes TTL
client.insert_with_ttl("cache", data, "5m").await?;

// Supported TTL formats: "30s", "5m", "1h", "2d"

Key-Value Operations

// Set a key-value pair
client.kv_set("session:user123", json!({
    "userId": 123,
    "username": "john_doe"
})).await?;

// Get a value
let session = client.kv_get("session:user123").await?;

// Delete a key
client.kv_delete("session:user123").await?;

// Set with TTL
client.kv_set_with_ttl("cache:product:1", product_data, "1h").await?;

Search Operations

use ekodb_client::SearchQuery;

// Basic text search
let search = SearchQuery::new("programming")
    .min_score(0.1)
    .limit(10);

let results = client.search("articles", search).await?;
for result in results.results {
    println!("Score: {:.4} - {:?}", result.score, result.record.get("title"));
}

// Search with field weights
let search = SearchQuery::new("rust database")
    .fields(vec!["title".to_string(), "description".to_string()])
    .weights(vec![("title".to_string(), 2.0)].into_iter().collect())
    .limit(5);

let results = client.search("articles", search).await?;

AI Chat Integration

use ekodb_client::{ChatMessageRequest, CollectionConfig, CreateChatSessionRequest};

// Create a chat session
let session_request = CreateChatSessionRequest {
    collections: vec![CollectionConfig {
        collection_name: "documentation".to_string(),
        fields: vec![],
        search_options: None,
    }],
    llm_provider: "openai".to_string(),
    llm_model: Some("gpt-4".to_string()),
    system_prompt: Some("You are a helpful assistant.".to_string()),
    parent_id: None,
    branch_point_idx: None,
    max_context_messages: Some(10),
    bypass_ripple: Some(false),
};

let session = client.create_chat_session(session_request).await?;

// Send a message
let message = ChatMessageRequest::new("What is ekoDB?");
let response = client.chat_message(&session.chat_id, message).await?;

println!("AI Response: {}", response.responses[0]);
println!("Context snippets: {}", response.context_snippets.len());

Schema Management

use ekodb_client::{FieldTypeSchema, Schema};

// Create a collection with schema
let schema = Schema::new()
    .add_field("title", FieldTypeSchema::new("String").required())
    .add_field("email", FieldTypeSchema::new("String").required())
    .add_field("age", FieldTypeSchema::new("Integer"))
    .add_field("status", FieldTypeSchema::new("String"));

client.create_collection("users", schema).await?;

// Get schema
let schema = client.get_schema("users").await?;
for (name, field) in &schema.fields {
    println!("Field: {} - Type: {}", name, field.field_type);
}

Collection Management

// List all collections
let collections = client.list_collections().await?;
println!("Collections: {:?}", collections);

// Count documents in a collection
let count = client.count("users").await?;
println!("Total users: {}", count);

// Check if collection exists
let exists = client.collection_exists("users").await?;

// Delete a collection
client.delete_collection("old_data").await?;

Error Handling

use ekodb_client::Error;

match client.insert("users", record).await {
    Ok(result) => println!("Success: {:?}", result),
    Err(Error::RateLimit { retry_after_secs }) => {
        println!("Rate limited. Retry after {} seconds", retry_after_secs);
    }
    Err(Error::Auth(msg)) => {
        println!("Authentication failed: {}", msg);
    }
    Err(Error::NotFound) => {
        println!("Record not found");
    }
    Err(e) => {
        println!("Error: {}", e);
    }
}

Supported Data Types

ekoDB supports the following data types:

Primitive Types

• String - Text data
• Integer - 64-bit signed integers
• Float - 64-bit floating point numbers
• Number - Flexible numeric type (Integer, Float, or Decimal)
• Boolean - True/false values
• Decimal - High-precision decimal numbers for financial calculations
• Null - Explicit null values

Date/Time Types

• DateTime - ISO-8601 formatted timestamps
• Duration - Time durations (e.g., "30s", "5m", "1h")

Identifier Types

• UUID - Universally unique identifiers (auto-validated)

Collection Types

• Object - Nested structures (HashMap)
• Array - Ordered collections
• Set - Unordered collections (automatically deduplicated by server)
• Vector - Vector embeddings for similarity search

Binary Types

• Binary - Binary data (base64 encoded)
• Bytes - Raw byte arrays

Running Examples

The library includes 13 comprehensive examples demonstrating all features:

# Set environment variables
export API_BASE_URL="http://localhost:8080"
export API_BASE_KEY="your-api-key"

# Run individual examples
cargo run --example client_simple_crud
cargo run --example client_batch_operations
cargo run --example client_kv_operations
cargo run --example client_collection_management
cargo run --example client_document_ttl
cargo run --example client_simple_websocket
cargo run --example client_websocket_ttl
cargo run --example client_query_builder
cargo run --example client_search
cargo run --example client_schema_management
cargo run --example client_chat_basic
cargo run --example client_chat_sessions
cargo run --example client_chat_advanced

Available Examples

Basic Operations

1. client_simple_crud - Basic CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
2. client_batch_operations - Bulk insert, update, and delete operations
3. client_kv_operations - Key-value store operations with TTL
4. client_collection_management - Collection listing, counting, and deletion
5. client_document_ttl - Documents with automatic expiration

Real-time & WebSocket

6. client_simple_websocket - Real-time queries via WebSocket
7. client_websocket_ttl - WebSocket queries with TTL documents

Advanced Queries & Search

8. client_query_builder - Complex queries with operators, sorting, and pagination
9. client_search - Full-text search, vector search, and hybrid search

Schema & Data Modeling

10. client_schema_management - Define and enforce data schemas

AI Chat Integration

11. client_chat_basic - Simple AI chat with context search
12. client_chat_sessions - Multi-turn conversations with session management
13. client_chat_advanced - Advanced chat features with streaming and context control

All examples are located in examples/rust/examples/ directory.

API Reference

Client Methods

Document Operations

• insert(collection, record) - Insert a document
• insert_with_ttl(collection, record, ttl) - Insert with expiration
• find_by_id(collection, id) - Find document by ID
• find(collection, query) - Query documents with filters
• find_all(collection) - Get all documents in collection
• update(collection, id, updates) - Update a document
• delete(collection, id) - Delete a document

Batch Operations

• batch_insert(collection, records) - Bulk insert documents
• batch_update(collection, updates) - Bulk update documents
• batch_delete(collection, ids) - Bulk delete documents

Query Building

• QueryBuilder::new() - Create a new query builder
• .eq(field, value) - Equal to
• .ne(field, value) - Not equal to
• .gt(field, value) - Greater than
• .gte(field, value) - Greater than or equal
• .lt(field, value) - Less than
• .lte(field, value) - Less than or equal
• .in_array(field, values) - In array
• .nin(field, values) - Not in array
• .regex(field, pattern) - Regex match
• .sort_asc(field) / .sort_desc(field) - Sorting
• .limit(n) / .skip(n) - Pagination
• .build() - Build the query

Search Operations

• search(collection, search_query) - Full-text search
• SearchQuery::new(query) - Create search query
• .fields(fields) - Specify fields to search
• .weights(weights) - Field weights for scoring
• .min_score(score) - Minimum relevance score
• .limit(n) - Maximum results

AI Chat Operations

• create_chat_session(request) - Create a new chat session
• chat_message(chat_id, message) - Send a chat message
• get_chat_messages(chat_id, query) - Get message history
• list_chat_sessions(query) - List all chat sessions
• update_chat_session(chat_id, request) - Update session configuration
• delete_chat_session(chat_id) - Delete a chat session

Schema Management

• create_collection(collection, schema) - Create collection with schema
• get_schema(collection) - Get collection schema
• update_schema(collection, schema) - Update collection schema
• Schema::new() - Create a new schema
• .add_field(name, field_type) - Add field to schema
• FieldTypeSchema::new(type) - Create field type
• .required() - Mark field as required

Key-Value Operations

• kv_set(key, value) - Set a key-value pair
• kv_set_with_ttl(key, value, ttl) - Set with expiration
• kv_get(key) - Get value by key
• kv_delete(key) - Delete a key

Collection Operations

• list_collections() - List all collections
• count(collection) - Count documents in collection
• collection_exists(collection) - Check if collection exists
• delete_collection(collection) - Delete entire collection

WebSocket Operations

• websocket(url) - Connect to WebSocket endpoint
• ws_client.find(collection, query) - Query via WebSocket
• ws_client.find_all(collection) - Get all via WebSocket

Best Practices

Connection Management

// Create one client instance and reuse it
let client = Client::builder()
    .base_url(&base_url)
    .api_key(&api_key)
    .timeout(Duration::from_secs(30))
    .max_retries(3)
    .build()?;

// The client is thread-safe and can be cloned cheaply
let client_clone = client.clone();

Error Handling

use ekodb_client::Error;

match client.insert("users", record).await {
    Ok(result) => {
        // Handle success
    }
    Err(Error::RateLimit { retry_after_secs }) => {
        // Wait and retry
        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(retry_after_secs)).await;
    }
    Err(Error::Auth(msg)) => {
        // Handle authentication error
    }
    Err(e) => {
        // Handle other errors
    }
}

Performance Tips

1. Use Batch Operations - For multiple inserts/updates/deletes, use batch operations instead of individual calls
2. Reuse Client - Create one client instance and reuse it across your application
3. Set Appropriate Timeouts - Configure timeouts based on your use case
4. Use Pagination - For large result sets, use .limit() and .skip() to paginate
5. Index Fields - Use schema management to define indexes on frequently queried fields
6. Cache Tokens - The client automatically caches authentication tokens

Collection Cleanup

All client examples follow a cleanup convention to prevent test pollution:

// At the end of your example/test
println!("\n=== Cleanup ===");
client.delete_collection(collection).await?;
println!("✓ Deleted collection");

Troubleshooting

Authentication Errors

If you see authentication errors:

• Verify your API key is correct
• Check that the ekoDB server is running
• Ensure the API key is registered with the server

Connection Timeouts

If requests are timing out:

• Increase the timeout: .timeout(Duration::from_secs(60))
• Check network connectivity
• Verify the server URL is correct

Rate Limiting

The client automatically retries on rate limits (429), but you can also handle them manually:

if let Err(Error::RateLimit { retry_after_secs }) = result {
    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(retry_after_secs)).await;
    // Retry the operation
}

License

This project is licensed under either of:

• MIT License (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
• Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)

at your option.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Resources

• API Reference
• GitHub Repository
• Examples
• crates.io Package