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Storage

Storage backends decide where generated files are written. Kubb ships a filesystem backend and an in-memory one. Use createStorage to build your own.

createStorage

createStorage takes a builder function (options: TOptions) => Storage and returns a factory (options?: TOptions) => Storage. Call the returned factory to instantiate the storage, optionally with options.

memory-storage.ts
typescript
import {  } from 'kubb/kit'

export const  = (() => {
  const  = new <string, string>()
  return {
    : 'memory',
    async () {
      return .()
    },
    async () {
      return .() ?? null
    },
    async (, ) {
      .(, )
    },
    async () {
      .()
    },
    async () {
      const  = [....()]
      return  ? .(() => .()) : 
    },
    async () {
      if (!) return .()
      for (const  of .()) if (.()) .()
    },
  }
})

TIP

Use memoryStorage for tests and dry runs. Use fsStorage for normal development and CI/CD.

Storage interface

The Storage interface is the shape every backend implements. A Storage instance is what the engine consumes at build time and returns from driver.storage.

Method Params Returns Purpose
hasItem() key: string Promise<boolean> Check whether an item exists
getItem() key: string Promise<string | null> Retrieve an item's content
setItem() key: string, value: string Promise<void> Write an item
removeItem() key: string Promise<void> Delete an item
getKeys() base?: string Promise<string[]> List keys, optionally filtered by prefix
clear() base?: string Promise<void> Delete all items, optionally scoped by prefix

fsStorage

fsStorage is the built-in filesystem storage backend. Kubb uses it by default when no storage option is set in the config. It creates output directories automatically and respects output.path.

memoryStorage

memoryStorage is the built-in in-memory storage backend. It writes nothing to disk, so it suits plugin tests, CI validation, and dry runs.

NOTE

Both fsStorage and memoryStorage are exported from kubb/kit and can be passed directly to the storage field at the root of your config.