compact.rb

#!/bin/env/ruby 

require 'net/http'
require 'rubygems'
require 'json'
require 'logger'

couch_server = "http://localhost:5984/"
active_tasks = ['_active_tasks']
couch_db     = 'chef/'

@@log       = Logger.new(STDOUT)
@@log.level = Logger::INFO

compact_functions = ['_compact/clients','_compact/data_bags','_compact/id_map','_compact/nodes','_compact/roles','_compact/users','_compact/']


def couch_post(server,functions,db)
  post_data = []
  for function in functions 
    #This will be cleaned up in the future for more indepth posts. 
    res = Net::HTTP.post_form(URI.parse(server + db + function),{})
    post_data << res
  end 
  return post_data
end

def compact_db(server,functions,db)
  @@log.info("Starting compact of chef database")
  messages = couch_post(server,functions,db)
  for message in messages
    @@log.info(message)
  end
  @@log.info("Completed compact of chef database")
end

compact_db(couch_server,compact_functions,couch_db)