iterate_over_all_docs_in_a_couchdb_view.py

def all_from_view(db, view_name, batch_size=100):
    kwargs = {
        'limit': batch_size,
        'include_docs': True,
    }
    startkey_docid = None
    last_served_id = None
    while True:
        if startkey_docid is not None:
            kwargs['startkey_docid'] = startkey_docid
            kwargs['startkey'] = True
        print 'Kwargs: %s' % kwargs
        vr = db.view(view_name, **kwargs)
        if not vr.rows:
            break
        for row in vr.rows:
            if row.id != last_served_id:
                yield row
                last_served_id = row.id
        
        startkey_docid = vr.rows[-1]['id']
        print 'startkey_docid now %s' % startkey_docid