CouchDB cheatsheet

couchdbcheatsheet.sh

# CouchDB cheatsheet via REST API

HOST="http://username:password@localhost:5984"

# couchdb 
curl -X GET $HOST

# check available databases
curl -X GET $HOST/_all_dbs

# create a new database
curl -X PUT $HOST/databasename

# check a specific document
curl -X GET $HOST/database/document

# check a specific document, with silent output
curl -sX GET $HOST/database/document

# prettify the output with python json
alias json="python -m json.tool"
curl -sX GET $HOST/database/document | json