Converts an on-disk Shapefile into GeoJSON and imports the data into your Cloudant database using node.js.

shapefile2cloudant.js

/**
 * Converts an on-disk Shapefile into GeoJSON and imports the data into your Cloudant database
 * requires Node.js and the 'cloudant' and 'shapefile' modules.
 * - installation: save this code to a file called index.js
 * - at the shell: npm install cloudant
 * - at the shell: npm install shapefile
 * - at the shell, run the program: node index.js
 */
var Cloudant = require('cloudant'); // npm install cloudant
var shapefile = require('shapefile'); // npm install shapefile

//-- variables you must set
var dbname = 'testshp'; // ex: testshapefile (TODO: or null to use shapefile name)
var username = 'rajsingh';
var pw = process.env.cloudant_password; // at the shell type: export cloudant_password="yourpwhere"
var shpfile = "./sf/schools_private_pts/schools_private_pts.zip";
//-- end variables you must set

Cloudant({account:username, password:pw}, function(er, cloudant) {
    if (er) return console.log('Error connecting to Cloudant account %s: %s', me, er.message);
	  
	// specify the database we are going to use
	cloudant.db.create(dbname, function(err, body){
		if (err) console.error(err);
		else console.log(body);
	})
	var ldb = cloudant.db.use(dbname);
	
	// specify the shapefile we are going to use
	shapefile.read(shpfile, function(er, data){
		if (er) console.log(er);
		else {
			for (var i = 0; i < data.features.length; i++) {
				ldb.insert(data.features[i], function(er, body){
					if (er) console.error(er);
					else console.log(body);
				});
			}
		}
	});	

});