etherpad-lite/doc/database.md

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Database structure

Keys and their values

groups

A list of all existing groups (a JSON object with groupIDs as keys and 1 as values).

pad:$PADID

Contains all information about pads

  • atext - the latest attributed text
  • pool - the attribute pool
  • head - the number of the latest revision
  • chatHead - the number of the latest chat entry
  • public - flag that disables security for this pad
  • passwordHash - string that contains a bcrypt hashed password for this pad

pad:$PADID:revs:$REVNUM

Saves a revision $REVNUM of pad $PADID

  • meta
    • author - the autorID of this revision
    • timestamp - the timestamp of when this revision was created
  • changeset - the changeset of this revision

pad:$PADID:chat:$CHATNUM

Saves a chat entry with num $CHATNUM of pad $PADID

  • text - the text of this chat entry
  • userId - the authorID of this chat entry
  • time - the timestamp of this chat entry

pad2readonly:$PADID

Translates a padID to a readonlyID

readonly2pad:$READONLYID

Translates a readonlyID to a padID

token2author:$TOKENID

Translates a token to an authorID

globalAuthor:$AUTHORID

Information about an author

  • name - the name of this author as shown in the pad
  • colorID - the colorID of this author as shown in the pad

mapper2group:$MAPPER

Maps an external application identifier to an internal group

mapper2author:$MAPPER

Maps an external application identifier to an internal author

group:$GROUPID

a group of pads

  • pads - object with pad names in it, values are 1

session:$SESSIONID

a session between an author and a group

  • groupID - the groupID the session belongs too
  • authorID - the authorID the session belongs too
  • validUntil - the timestamp until this session is valid

author2sessions:$AUTHORID

saves the sessions of an author

  • sessionsIDs - object with sessionIDs in it, values are 1

group2sessions:$GROUPID

  • sessionsIDs - object with sessionIDs in it, values are 1