A typed PureScript API for Node's built-in node:sqlite module: prepared statements are indexed by row types, so parameter binding and row decoding go through the compiler instead of raw Foreign values, and a mismatch between your declared types and what SQLite returns surfaces as a SQLite'DecodeError instead of corrupted data.

Since v22.5.0, Node.js embeds SQLite natively and exposes it through the node:sqlite module, so there is no external database engine to install or link against.

No native dependencies and nothing to compile: SQLite ships with Node itself. Prepared statements carry the shapes of their input parameters and output rows in their type, so parameter binding and row decoding are checked by the compiler.

Requirements

Node.js >= 22.5.0 (the version that introduced node:sqlite)
PureScript >= 0.15.16

Because node:sqlite is currently experimental, Node prints an experimental-feature warning at runtime. You can silence it with NODE_NO_WARNINGS=1 or node --no-warnings.

Installation

spago install node-sqlite

Quick start

module Main where
import Prelude
import Control.Monad.Except (runExceptT)
import Data.Either (Either(..))
import Data.Maybe (Maybe(..))
import Effect (Effect)
import Effect.Class.Console (log, logShow)
import Node.SQLite as SQLite
import Type.Proxy (Proxy(..))
main :: Effect Unit
main = do
  result <- SQLite.openInMemory SQLite.defaultOptions
  case result of
    Left err -> logShow err
    Right db -> do
      -- Create a table.
      _ <- SQLite.exec db "CREATE TABLE fruits (name TEXT, quantity INT) STRICT;"
      -- Insert rows with a prepared statement.
      insert <- SQLite.prepare db
        (Proxy @(name :: String, quantity :: Int))
        "INSERT INTO fruits VALUES (:name, :quantity);"
        (Proxy @())
      case insert of
        Left err -> logShow err
        Right stmt -> do
          _ <- SQLite.run stmt { name: "apple", quantity: 3 }
          _ <- SQLite.run stmt { name: "pear", quantity: 5 }
          pure unit
      -- Query rows back.
      select <- SQLite.prepare db
        (Proxy @(quantity :: Int))
        "SELECT name, quantity FROM fruits WHERE quantity >= :quantity;"
        (Proxy @(name :: String, quantity :: Int))
      case select of
        Left err -> logShow err
        Right stmt -> do
          rows <- runExceptT (SQLite.all stmt { quantity: 4 })
          logShow rows -- Right [{ name: "pear", quantity: 5 }]
      _ <- SQLite.close db
      pure unit

API overview

Opening and closing

Function	Description
`open :: String -> Options -> Effect (Either Error DB)`	Open a database file at the given path.
`openInMemory :: Options -> Effect (Either Error DB)`	Open a temporary in-memory database.
`close :: DB -> Effect (Either Error Unit)`	Close the connection.
`defaultOptions :: Options`	Sensible defaults (foreign keys on, defensive flag on).

Options mirrors the fields accepted by node:sqlite's DatabaseSync constructor: readOnly, enableForeignKeyConstraints, enableDoubleQuotedStringLiterals, allowExtension, timeout, allowUnknownNamedParameters, and defensive.

Statements

Prepared statements are typed Statement inputRow outputRow. The two Proxy arguments to prepare fix the input-parameter row and the output-column row:

Function	Description
`prepare :: DB -> Proxy inputR -> String -> Proxy outputR -> Effect (Either Error (Statement inputR outputR))`	Compile SQL with explicit input/output row types.
`prepare' :: DB -> String -> Proxy outputR -> Effect (Either Error (Statement () outputR))`	Compile SQL that takes no parameters.
`prepare_ :: DB -> String -> Effect (Either Error (Statement () ()))`	Compile SQL with neither parameters nor result columns.

Executing

Function	Description
`exec :: DB -> String -> Effect (Either Error Unit)`	Run a raw (possibly multi-statement) SQL script with no parameters. Good for migrations.
`run :: Statement iR () -> { \| iR } -> Effect (Either Error RunResult)`	Run an `INSERT`/`UPDATE`/`DELETE`. Returns `{ changes, lastInsertRowid }`.
`all :: Statement iR r -> { \| iR } -> ExceptT SQLiteError m (Array { \| r })`	Run a row-returning statement and collect every row.
`get :: Statement iR r -> { \| iR } -> ExceptT SQLiteError m (Maybe { \| r })`	Run a row-returning statement and take the first row, if any.

all and get run in ExceptT SQLiteError m so a decoding failure and a SQLite exception share one error channel:

data SQLiteError
  = SQLite'Exception Error        -- thrown by the SQLite engine
  | SQLite'DecodeError Decoding.Error  -- rows didn't match the expected type

Supported column types

Parameters and result columns are mapped between PureScript and SQLite as follows:

PureScript	SQLite
`Int`	INTEGER
`Number`	REAL (an INTEGER column is rounded to `Int` on decode)
`String`	TEXT
`Char`	TEXT (single character)
`Boolean`	INTEGER (`false` ↔ 0, `true` ↔ non-zero)
`Maybe a`	the inner value, or NULL for `Nothing`

Development

spago build      # compile the library
spago test       # run the spec suite (requires Node >= 22.5.0)