update_notifications.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'rubygems'
require 'rest_client'
require 'yajl'

def run_ops(notifications)
  url = "http://user:*****@somehost:5984"
  auth_doc = '{"someuser":["_reader","_writer","_admin"],"someuser1":["_reader","_writer","_admin"]}'
 
  case notifications["type"]
  when "created"
    RestClient.put("#{url}/#{notifications["db"]}", "")
    RestClient.put("#{url}/#{notifications["db"]}/_local/authorization", auth_doc)
  when "deleted"
    RestClient.delete("#{url}/#{notifications["db"]}")
  end
end

def main
  run = true
  parser = Yajl::Parser.new
  while run do
    notifications_json = gets
    if notifications_json == nil
      run = false
    else
      notifications = parser.parse(notifications_json)
      run_ops(notifications)
    end
  end
end

main