gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python 
from couchdbkit import Server, Database

s = Server('https://edwdbik.fzk.de:6984')
db = s['automat']
vr = db.view('data/bypctime', reduce=False, descending=True, startkey=1318357552, endkey=1318357452, include_docs=True)

values = {}

ignorekeys = ['_id', '_rev', 'type', 'author', 'ipaddr', 'date', 'utctime']

#savekeys = ['T_Bolo', 'T_PT1']

for row in vr:
  #the view returns each document (because I said 'include_docs =True')
  
  doc = row['doc']
  for key, value in doc.items():  #iterate through all key/value pairs in the document

    if key in ignorekeys:  #skip these keys because they aren't interesting
      continue

    #if key not in savekeys:  #only save these keys
    #  continue

    if values.has_key(key) == False:  #create a list for this key if its doesn't exist
      values[key] = []

    values[key].append([doc['utctime'], value])  #add the values to the list

#values is now a dictionary of x,y values for each key that it finds in the documents returned by the automat server

#warning: this may be a slow routine if you query over a large range of time because you're grabbing a lot of data. 

#for example
print values['T_Bolo'][1][0]
print values['T_Bolo'][1][1]