czheo / qdb.py

Python Implemented Quine DB

qdb.py

Python Implemented Quine DB

Inspired by https://github.com/gfredericks/quinedb

Quine DB is a quine that is also a key/value store. If your database can't print its own source code, can you really trust it?

What is a quine?

• Definition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quine_(computing)
• Example: https://github.com/mame/quine-relay

Usage

Print the source code

> python qdb.py

Set key => value

> python qdb.py set quine db

Get key

> python qdb.py get quine
db

Delete key

> python qdb.py delete quine

Dump key => value pairs

> python qdb.py dump
quine 	=>	 db
db 	=>	 quine

Flush DB

> python qdb.py flushdb