[TOC] 1. API Reference The components of the API URL path help determine the part of the CouchDB server that is being accessed. The result is the structure of the URL request both...
[TOC] 1.1. API Basics The CouchDB API is the primary method of interfacing to a CouchDB instance. Requests are made using HTTP and requests are used to request information from th...
[TOC] 1.7. Local (non-replicating) Documents The Local (non-replicating) document interface allows you to create local documents that are not replicated to other databases. These ...
[TOC] 3.1. Query Server Protocol A Query Server is an external process that communicates with CouchDB via a simple, custom JSON protocol over stdin/stdout. It is used to processes...
[TOC] 1.5. 2.1.x Branch Upgrade Notes Version 2.1.2 Version 2.1.1 Version 2.1.0 Fixed Issues 1.5.1. Upgrade Notes When upgrading from 2.x to 2.1.1, if you have not customized ...
[TOC] 1.17. 0.9.x Branch Upgrade Notes Version 0.9.2 Version 0.9.1 Version 0.9.0 1.17.1. Upgrade Notes 1.17.1.1. Response to Bulk Creation/Updates The response to a bulk creat...
[TOC] 5. Contributing to this Documentation The documentation lives in its own source tree. We’ll start by forking and cloning the CouchDB documentation GitHub mirror. That will a...
[TOC] 1.1. Technical Overview 1.1.1. Document Storage A CouchDB server hosts named databases, which store documents . Each document is uniquely named in the database, and CouchDB...
[TOC] 1.5. Security In this document, we’ll look at the basic security mechanisms in CouchDB: Basic Authentication and Cookie Authentication. This is how CouchDB handles users and...