AuthN is not really being used by TouchDB, you just think it is, fix this

gistfile1.txt

#pragma mark - SYNC Methods for TouchDB & IrisCouch
- (void) updateSyncURL
{
    if (!self.database) {
        return;
    }
    NSURL* remoteURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://mydomain.iriscouch.com/mydb"];
    NSArray* repls = [self.database replicateWithURL:remoteURL exclusively:YES];
    _pull = [repls objectAtIndex: 0];
    _push = [repls objectAtIndex: 1];
    [_pull addObserver: self forKeyPath: @"completed" options: 0 context: NULL];
    [_push addObserver: self forKeyPath: @"completed" options: 0 context: NULL];
}

...

- (void) setupTouchDB
{
    // 1) To sync successfully with a remote database that requires
    //    authentication, your app will need to register credentials ahead of time
    NSURLCredential* cred;
    cred = [NSURLCredential credentialWithUser: @"_adminTypeUser"
                                      password: @"secret"
                                   persistence: NSURLCredentialPersistencePermanent];
    NSURLProtectionSpace* space =
    [[NSURLProtectionSpace alloc] initWithHost: @"mydomain.iriscouch.com"
                                                  port: 443
                                              protocol: @"https"
                                                 realm: @"some_realm"
                                  authenticationMethod: NSURLAuthenticationMethodDefault];
    [[NSURLCredentialStorage sharedCredentialStorage] setDefaultCredential: cred
                                                        forProtectionSpace: space];
    
    // gRESTLogLevel = kRESTLogRequestHeaders;
    gCouchLogLevel = 1;

    // 2) Initialize TouchDB
    CouchTouchDBServer* server = [CouchTouchDBServer sharedInstance];
    NSAssert(!server.error, @"Error initializing TouchDB: %@", server.error);
    
    // 3) Create the database on the first run of the app.
    NSLog(@"Creating database...");
    self.database = [server databaseNamed: @"mydb"];
    NSError* error;
    if (![self.database ensureCreated: &error]) {
        [self showAlert: @"Couldn't create a local database." error: error fatal: YES];
        //return YES;
    }
    self.database.tracksChanges = YES;
    NSLog(@"...Created CouchDatabase at <%@>", self.database.URL);
}