lulz.js

r = require("request").defaults({
    "json": true,
    "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Basic " + new Buffer(process.env.COUCH_USER + ":" + process.env.COUCH_PWD).toString("base64")
    }
}),

var base_url = "http://raynos.iriscouch.com/raynos"

// data is an Object
r({
    "uri": base_url,
    "body": data,
    "method": "POST"
}, error(function(err, resp, body) {
    console.log(body);
}));

// returns
{
    error: 'bad_request',
    reason: 'Document must be a JSON object'
}