Cannot find a way to catch Error: Another hypercore is stored here error

When creating a new database, if you erroneously try to create a new database over an existing one, you get Error: Another hypercore is stored here. However, I can find no way of catching this error so that I can handle it gracefully when using hyperdb.

[m-onz]

Also, you could store your DB name in local storage or as a cookie.

Bit crude but its a work around.

[joehand]

I was running into this too and decided to use the discovery key so you can store multiple dats:

var crypto = require('hypercore-crypto')
var db = require('random-access-idb')

var key = 'dat://somedatkey'

var discoveryKey = crypto.discoveryKey(key)
var archive = hyperdrive(db(discoveryKey.toString('hex')), key)