Introduction

ncouch is a couchdb server driver for node.js. It's uncomplete but works really well.

Usage

Code

var ncouch = require("ncouch");
var server = ncouch.server("http://127.0.0.1:5984/");
var database = server.database("test");
wrapper.view("artists/songs",function(err, resp) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log("something failed badly: ", err, resp);
    return;
  }
  console.log("View response: ",resp);
});

wrapper.getDoc("docid1",function(err, doc) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log("something failed badly: ", err, doc);
    return;
  }
  console.log("Doc: ", doc);
  doc.newProperty = "I'm new";
  wrapper.storeDoc(doc, function(err, resp) {
    if ( err ) {
      console.log("something failed badly: ", err, doc);
      return;
    }
    console.log("Doc recorded. New revision is : ", doc._rev);
  });
});

API

Server

var server = ncouch.server( url );

###Parameters

url: the URL of your CouchDB server

###Returns

A ncouch server object.

###Example

var server = ncouch.server("http://localhost:5984/");

Database

var db = server.database( name );

###Parameters

name: name of the CouchDB database

###Returns

a ncouch database object

###Example

var server = ncouch.server("http://localhost:5984/");
var db = server.database("test");

Database creation

server.createDatabase(name, callback)

###Parameters

name: name of the Couch database to create
callback: a node style (err,resp) callback that will be called when the request is processed

###Example

var server = ncouch.server("http://localhost:5984/");
server.createDatabase("test", function(err, resp) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log("Database creation failed: ",err,resp);
  } else {
    console.log("database created");
  }
});

Database existence test

server.databaseExists(name, callback)

###Parameters

name: name of the database
callback: a node style (err,resp) callback that will be called when the request is processed

###Example

var server = ncouch.server("http://localhost:5984/");
server.databaseExists("test", function(err, resp) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log("Database existence test failed");
  } else {
    if ( resp ) {
      console.log("database exists");
    } else {
      console.log("databse doesn't exist");
    }
  }
});

Document: get

db.getDoc(id, [data,] callback)

###Parameters

id: id of the document to fetch
data: optionnal data to be passed (an object of keys => values)
callback: a node style (err,resp) callback that will be called when the request is processed

###Example

var server = ncouch.server("http://localhost:5984/");
var db = server.database("test");
db.getDoc("docid1", {conflicts: true, open_revs: "all"}, function(err,doc) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log("Document retrieval failed: ",err,doc);
    return ;
  }
  console.log("document retrieved: ",doc);
});

Document: store

db.storeDoc(doc, callback)

###Parameters

doc: the document to store
callback: a node style (err,resp) callback that will be called when the request is processed

###Example

var server = ncouch.server("http://localhost:5984/");
var db = server.database("test");
db.getDoc("docid1", {conflicts: true, open_revs: "all"}, function(err,doc) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log("Document retrieval failed: ",err,doc);
    return ;
  }
  doc.newProperty = "property";
  db.storeDoc(doc, function(err, resp) {
    if ( err ) {
      console.log("document storage failed: ", err, resp);
      return ;
    }
    console.log("Doc stored, last revision is now", doc.rev);
  });
});

Document: delete

db.deleteDoc(doc, callback)

###Parameters

doc: the document to delete
callback: a node style (err,resp) callback that will be called when the request is processed

###Example

var server = ncouch.server("http://localhost:5984/");
var db = server.database("test");
db.getDoc("docid1", {conflicts: true, open_revs: "all"}, function(err,doc) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log("Document retrieval failed: ",err,doc);
    return ;
  }
  doc.newProperty = "property";
  db.deleteDoc(doc, function(err, resp) {
    if ( err ) {
      console.log("document removal failed: ", err, resp);
      return ;
    }
    console.log("Doc deleted");
  });
});

Document: delete by id

db.deleteDoc(id, callback)

###Parameters

id: the id of the document to delete
callback: a node style (err,resp) callback that will be called when the request is processed

###Example

var server = ncouch.server("http://localhost:5984/");
var db = server.database("test");
db.deleteDoc("docid1", function(err, resp) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log("document removal failed: ", err, resp);
    return ;
  }
  console.log("Doc deleted");
});

Document: storage of multiple docs in one go

db.storeDocs(docs, [data,] callback)

###Parameters

docs: array of documents to store
data: optionnal data to be passed (an object of keys => values)
callback: a node style (err,resp) callback that will be called when the request is processed

###Example

var server = ncouch.server("http://localhost:5984/");
var db = server.database("test");
var doc1 = {color: "red"};
var doc2 = {color: "blue"};
var docs = [doc1, doc2];
db.storeDocs(docs, function(err, resp) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log("document storage failed: ", err, resp);
    return ;
  }
  console.log("Docs stored");
});

Document: overwriting a document

This will replace the document, without taking care of the document revision and conflict management of couchDB.

db.overwriteDoc(doc, cb)

###Parameters

doc: the document to store
callback: a node style (err,resp) callback that will be called when the request is processed

###Example

var server = ncouch.server("http://localhost:5984/");
var db = server.database("test");
db.getDoc("docid1", {conflicts: true, open_revs: "all"}, function(err,doc) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log("Document retrieval failed: ",err,doc);
    return ;
  }
  var newDoc = {_id: "docid1", color: "black"};
  db.overwriteDoc(newDoc, function(err,resp) {
    if ( err ) {
      console.log("Document storage failed: ",err,resp);
      return ;
    }
    console.log("document stored, last revision is now",newDoc._rev);
  });
});

Documents: getting several documents in one go

db.getAlldocs([data,] callback)

###Parameters

data: optionnal data to be passed as options
callback: a node style (err,resp) callback that will be called when the request is processed

###Example

var server = ncouch.server("http://localhost:5984/");
var db = server.database("test");
db.getAllDocs(function(err, resp) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log("Document retrieval failed: ",err,resp);
    return ;
  }
  console.log("I got all documents of the database",resp.rows);
});

###Example2: get several docs by id

var server = ncouch.server("http://localhost:5984/");
var db = server.database("test");
db.getAllDocs([keys: ["docid1","docid2"]], function(err, resp) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log("Document retrieval failed: ",err,resp);
    return ;
  }
  console.log("I got two documents of the database",resp.rows);
});

Documents: delete several documents in one go

db.deleteDocs(docs, [data,] callback)

###Parameters

docs: array of documents to delete
data: optionnal data to be passed (an object of keys => values)
callback: a node style (err,resp) callback that will be called when the request is processed

###Example

var server = ncouch.server("http://localhost:5984/");
var db = server.database("test");
db.getAllDocs([keys: ["docid1","docid2"]], function(err, resp) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log("Document retrieval failed: ",err,resp);
    return ;
  }
  console.log("I got two documents of the database",resp.rows);
  db.deleteDocs(resp.rows, function(err, resp) {
    if ( err ) {
      console.log("failed to delete docs",err,resp);
      return;
    }
    console.log("documents deleted");
  });
});

View: query a view

db.view(name, [data,] callback)

###Parameters

name: name of the view, composed by the name of the design document, a /, and the name of the view
data: optionnal data to be passed (an object of keys => values)
callback: a node style (err,resp) callback that will be called when the request is processed

###Example

var server = ncouch.server("http://localhost:5984/");
var db = server.database("test");
db.view("artists/all", {reduce: false, include_docs: true}, function(err,resp) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log("Error fetching the view: ",err,resp);
    return;
  }
  console.log("Got view results: ", resp.rows);
});

List: query a list

db.list(name, [data,] callback)

###Parameters

name: name of the list, composed by the name of the design document, a /, the name of the view, a /, optionnally, the name of the design document containing the list function and a /, the name of the list function
data: optionnal data to be passed (an object of keys => values)
callback: a node style (err,resp) callback that will be called when the request is processed

###Example

var server = ncouch.server("http://localhost:5984/");
var db = server.database("test");
db.list("artists/all/docs", {reduce: false, include_docs: true}, function(err,resp) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log("Error fetching the list: ",err,resp);
    return;
  }
  console.log("Got list results: ", resp);
});

Show: query a show

db.show(name, [data,] callback)

###Parameters

name: name of the list, composed by the name of the design document, a /, the name of the show function, a /, and optionnally, the id of the document to show
data: optionnal data to be passed (an object of keys => values)
callback: a node style (err,resp) callback that will be called when the request is processed

###Example

var server = ncouch.server("http://localhost:5984/");
var db = server.database("test");
db.show("artist/public_profile/artist1", function(err,resp) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log("Error fetching the show: ",err,resp);
    return;
  }
  console.log("Got show results: ", resp);
});

Update: calling an update function

See [http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Document_Update_Handlers](CouchDB Update API)

db.updateDoc(name, data, callback)

###Parameters

name: path of the update function, composed by the name of the design document, a /, the name of the update function, and optionnally, a / and the id of the document to update
data: additionnal data to pass to the update function
callback: a node style (err,resp) callback that will be called when the request is processed

###Example

var server = ncouch.server("http://localhost:5984/");
var db = server.database("test");
db.update("artist/recommandation/artist1", {likes: 4}, function(err,resp) {
  if ( err ) {
    console.log("Error updating the document: ",err,resp);
    return;
  }
  console.log("Document updated: ");
});