how to load DatArchive in writable state ?

[k2s]

const archive = await DatArchive.load(datURL, {
        secretKey,
        persist: false
})
console.log((await archive.readdir('/')).length)
await archive.writeFile('/index.html', '<h1>Hello World!</h1>')

• if secretKey===null then on my dat it prints number 3 and writeFile fails with error Cannot write to this archive ; Not the owner
• if I do the same, with secretKey set to value returned by dat keys export it prints number 0 and write doesnt fail, but it doesn't get created in original repository

is this bug or how should I provide secretKey to be able to write to the repository ?

[RangerMauve]

Hey! I think you can use the isOwner flag in the data returned by archive.getInfo

[k2s]

Thank you for answer. I don't need to read information, but to set the archive to writable mode.

I forgot to mention that I use it in NodeJS.

[RangerMauve]

In node.js if you created the archive with DatArchive it should be loading the secret key automatically. Otherwise you need to pass in the secret key each time to make it writable.

[k2s]

I have created the dat archive with command line tool dat on different PC. dat sync is running there. Now I want to connect to this dat repository. which works fine until I provide secretKey.

The value I set to secretKey is string output from command dat keys export. With this key provided the DatArchive stops to even to list the content of the archive which works without the secretKey option.

[RangerMauve]

Dat breaks if you try to set the secret key on more than one device at a time. If you want to update an archive from more than one machine, I suggest looking into Kappa-Drive or the mounts feature in Hyperdrive-daemon