mikeal

Using CouchDB with node.js

First, get yourself a CouchDB! You can get a free hosted CouchDB in seconds or download a binary from the Couchio downloads page.

Next, install npm because all awesome node packages are in npm :)

Node has better support for HTTP than any language I've ever worked with and coincidentally CouchDB's interface is solely accessible via HTTP. First, let's just talk to CouchDB using an HTTP library and later we'll look at some higher level abstractions.

Talking to CouchDB using request

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// Truncate a string to the closest word
String.prototype.truncateToWord = function( length ) {
  return this
    .slice( 0, length + 1 )
    .split( /\s+/ )
    .slice( 0, -1 )
    .join( " " )
}

// Examples