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<h1 align="center" >heed</h1>
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A Rust-centric [LMDB](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Memory-Mapped_Database) abstraction with minimal overhead. This library enables the storage of various Rust types within LMDB, extending support to include Serde-compatible types.
## Simple Example Usage
Here is an example on how to store and read entries into LMDB in a safe and ACID way. For usage examples, see [heed/examples/](heed/examples/). To see more advanced usage techniques go check our [Cookbook](https://docs.rs/heed/latest/heed/cookbook/index.html).
```rust
use std::fs;
use std::path::Path;
use heed::{EnvOpenOptions, Database};
use heed::types::*;
fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let env = unsafe { EnvOpenOptions::new().open("my-first-db")? };
// We open the default unnamed database
let mut wtxn = env.write_txn()?;
let db: Database<Str, U32<byteorder::NativeEndian>> = env.create_database(&mut wtxn, None)?;
// We open a write transaction
db.put(&mut wtxn, "seven", &7)?;
db.put(&mut wtxn, "zero", &0)?;
db.put(&mut wtxn, "five", &5)?;
db.put(&mut wtxn, "three", &3)?;
wtxn.commit()?;
// We open a read transaction to check if those values are now available
let mut rtxn = env.read_txn()?;
let ret = db.get(&rtxn, "zero")?;
assert_eq!(ret, Some(0));
let ret = db.get(&rtxn, "five")?;
assert_eq!(ret, Some(5));
Ok(())
}
```
## Building from Source
You can use this command to clone the repository:
```bash
git clone --recursive https://github.com/meilisearch/heed.git
cd heed
cargo build
```
However, if you already cloned it and forgot to initialize the submodules, execute the following command:
```bash
git submodule update --init
```