only one connection to the database across all modules. master db driver in dbType of main config.json

config.json.sample

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "language": "en",
     "debugMode": false,
     "debugLevel": 1,
+    "dbType": "redis",
     "redisPort": 6379,
     "timezone": "Europe/London",
     "repoRoot": "https://github.com/reality/depressionbot/",

database.js

@@ -8,30 +8,26 @@ var databank = require('databank'),
  */
 var DatabaseDriver = function(config) {
     this.config = config;
-    this.databanks = {};
+    this.databank = null;
 };
 
 /**
  * Connect to or create a new DataBank
  */
 DatabaseDriver.prototype.createDB = function(name, driver, schema, callback) {
-    if(!_.has(this.databanks, name)) {
         var params = { 'schema': schema };
 
         if(driver == 'redis' && _.has(this.config, 'redisPort')) params.port = this.config.redisPort;
         if(driver == 'disk') params.dir = 'db';
 
-        this.databanks[name] = Databank.get(driver, params);
-        this.databanks[name].connect({}, function(err) {
+        this.databank = Databank.get(driver, params);
+        this.databank.connect({}, function(err) {
             if(err) {
                 console.log('Didn\'t manage to connect to the data source - ' + err);
             } else {
-                callback(this.databanks[name]);
+                callback(this.databank);
             }
         }.bind(this));
-    } else {
-        callback(this.databanks[name]);
-    }
 };
 
 exports.DatabaseDriver = DatabaseDriver;

run.js

@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ DBot.prototype.reloadModules = function() {
     this.stringMap = {};
     this.usage = {};
     this.reloadConfig();
+    this.ddb.createDB(name, this.config.dbType, {}, function(db) {});
     
     try {
         this.strings = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('strings.json', 'utf-8'));
@@ -214,9 +215,6 @@ DBot.prototype.reloadModules = function() {
                     this.db[dbKey] = {};
                 }
             }, this);
-        } else {
-            // Just use the name of the module for now, add dbKey iteration later
-            this.ddb.createDB(name, config.dbType, {}, function(db) {});
         }
     }
 
@@ -235,7 +233,7 @@ DBot.prototype.reloadModules = function() {
                 }
 
                 module.name = name;
-                module.db = this.ddb.databanks[name];
+                module.db = this.ddb.databank;
                 module.config = this.config.modules[name];
 
                 // Load the module data