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+// VulcanizeDB
+// Copyright © 2020 Vulcanize
+
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package ipfseth
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
+	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
+)
+
+var errNotSupported = errors.New("this operation is not supported")
+
+var (
+	hasPgStr    = "SELECT exists(select 1 from public.blocks WHERE key = $1)"
+	getPgStr    = "SELECT data FROM public.blocks WHERE key = $1"
+	putPgStr    = "INSERT INTO public.blocks (key, data) VALUES ($1, $2) ON CONFLICT (key) DO NOTHING"
+	deletePgStr = "DELETE FROM public.blocks WHERE key = $1"
+)
+
+type Database struct {
+	db *sqlx.DB
+}
+
+func NewKeyValueStore(db *sqlx.DB) ethdb.KeyValueStore {
+	return &Database{
+		db: db,
+	}
+}
+
+func NewDatabase(db *sqlx.DB) ethdb.Database {
+	return &Database{
+		db: db,
+	}
+}
+
+// Has satisfies the ethdb.KeyValueReader interface
+// Has retrieves if a key is present in the key-value data store
+func (d *Database) Has(key []byte) (bool, error) {
+	mhKey, err := MultihashKeyFromKeccak256(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	var exists bool
+	return exists, d.db.Get(&exists, hasPgStr, mhKey)
+}
+
+// Get satisfies the ethdb.KeyValueReader interface
+// Get retrieves the given key if it's present in the key-value data store
+func (d *Database) Get(key []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	mhKey, err := MultihashKeyFromKeccak256(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var data []byte
+	return data, d.db.Get(&data, getPgStr, mhKey)
+}
+
+// Put satisfies the ethdb.KeyValueWriter interface
+// Put inserts the given value into the key-value data store
+func (d *Database) Put(key []byte, value []byte) error {
+	mhKey, err := MultihashKeyFromKeccak256(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = d.db.Exec(putPgStr, mhKey, value)
+	return err
+}
+
+// Delete satisfies the ethdb.KeyValueWriter interface
+// Delete removes the key from the key-value data store
+func (d *Database) Delete(key []byte) error {
+	mhKey, err := MultihashKeyFromKeccak256(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = d.db.Exec(deletePgStr, mhKey)
+	return err
+}
+
+// DatabaseProperty enum type
+type DatabaseProperty int
+
+const (
+	Unknown DatabaseProperty = iota
+	Size
+	Idle
+	InUse
+	MaxIdleClosed
+	MaxLifetimeClosed
+	MaxOpenConnections
+	OpenConnections
+	WaitCount
+	WaitDuration
+)
+
+// DatabasePropertyFromString helper function
+func DatabasePropertyFromString(property string) (DatabaseProperty, error) {
+	switch strings.ToLower(property) {
+	case "size":
+		return Size, nil
+	case "idle":
+		return Idle, nil
+	case "inuse":
+		return InUse, nil
+	case "maxidleclosed":
+		return MaxIdleClosed, nil
+	case "maxlifetimeclosed":
+		return MaxLifetimeClosed, nil
+	case "maxopenconnections":
+		return MaxOpenConnections, nil
+	case "openconnections":
+		return OpenConnections, nil
+	case "waitcount":
+		return WaitCount, nil
+	case "waitduration":
+		return WaitDuration, nil
+	default:
+		return Unknown, fmt.Errorf("unknown database property")
+	}
+}
+
+// Stat satisfies the ethdb.Stater interface
+// Stat returns a particular internal stat of the database
+func (d *Database) Stat(property string) (string, error) {
+	prop, err := DatabasePropertyFromString(property)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	switch prop {
+	case Size:
+		pgStr := "SELECT pg_database_size(current_database())"
+		var byteSize string
+		return byteSize, d.db.Get(&byteSize, pgStr)
+	case Idle:
+		return string(d.db.Stats().Idle), nil
+	case InUse:
+		return string(d.db.Stats().InUse), nil
+	case MaxIdleClosed:
+		return string(d.db.Stats().MaxIdleClosed), nil
+	case MaxLifetimeClosed:
+		return string(d.db.Stats().MaxLifetimeClosed), nil
+	case MaxOpenConnections:
+		return string(d.db.Stats().MaxOpenConnections), nil
+	case OpenConnections:
+		return string(d.db.Stats().OpenConnections), nil
+	case WaitCount:
+		return string(d.db.Stats().WaitCount), nil
+	case WaitDuration:
+		return d.db.Stats().WaitDuration.String(), nil
+	default:
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unhandled database property")
+	}
+}
+
+// Compact satisfies the ethdb.Compacter interface
+// Compact flattens the underlying data store for the given key range
+func (d *Database) Compact(start []byte, limit []byte) error {
+	return errNotSupported
+}
+
+// NewBatch satisfies the ethdb.Batcher interface
+// NewBatch creates a write-only database that buffers changes to its host db
+// until a final write is called
+func (d *Database) NewBatch() ethdb.Batch {
+	return NewBatch(d.db)
+}
+
+// NewIterator satisfies the ethdb.Iteratee interface
+// it creates a binary-alphabetical iterator over a subset
+// of database content with a particular key prefix, starting at a particular
+// initial key (or after, if it does not exist).
+//
+// Note: This method assumes that the prefix is NOT part of the start, so there's
+// no need for the caller to prepend the prefix to the start
+func (d *Database) NewIterator(prefix []byte, start []byte) ethdb.Iterator {
+	return NewIterator([]byte{}, []byte{}, d.db)
+}
+
+// Close satisfies the io.Closer interface
+// Close closes the db connection
+func (d *Database) Close() error {
+	return d.db.DB.Close()
+}
+
+// HasAncient satisfies the ethdb.AncientReader interface
+// HasAncient returns an indicator whether the specified data exists in the ancient store
+func (d *Database) HasAncient(kind string, number uint64) (bool, error) {
+	return false, errNotSupported
+}
+
+// Ancient satisfies the ethdb.AncientReader interface
+// Ancient retrieves an ancient binary blob from the append-only immutable files
+func (d *Database) Ancient(kind string, number uint64) ([]byte, error) {
+	return nil, errNotSupported
+}
+
+// Ancients satisfies the ethdb.AncientReader interface
+// Ancients returns the ancient item numbers in the ancient store
+func (d *Database) Ancients() (uint64, error) {
+	return 0, errNotSupported
+}
+
+// AncientSize satisfies the ethdb.AncientReader interface
+// AncientSize returns the ancient size of the specified category
+func (d *Database) AncientSize(kind string) (uint64, error) {
+	return 0, errNotSupported
+}
+
+// AppendAncient satisfies the ethdb.AncientWriter interface
+// AppendAncient injects all binary blobs belong to block at the end of the append-only immutable table files
+func (d *Database) AppendAncient(number uint64, hash, header, body, receipt, td []byte) error {
+	return errNotSupported
+}
+
+// TruncateAncients satisfies the ethdb.AncientWriter interface
+// TruncateAncients discards all but the first n ancient data from the ancient store
+func (d *Database) TruncateAncients(n uint64) error {
+	return errNotSupported
+}
+
+// Sync satisfies the ethdb.AncientWriter interface
+// Sync flushes all in-memory ancient store data to disk
+func (d *Database) Sync() error {
+	return errNotSupported
+}
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