On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Paul Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Paul Davis <[email protected]> > wrote: >> I've implemented the OS daemons feature and added some preliminary etap >> tests. >> >> Patch as commit is here: >> >> http://github.com/davisp/couchdb/commit/01b75b8f74cd31605cbdbc3a6f6c7b9e8fcdcbe3 >> >> This feature affects zero functionality and is purely an addition to >> CouchDB. I'm tempted to just and commit it because of that but I'm >> gonna wait another day or two to see if someone comes up with a strong >> opposition to this line of development. >> >> Feed back desired. >> >> Paul Davis >> > > Here's the second part of the new API. Its an HTTP proxy. Yep. > > http://github.com/davisp/couchdb/tree/http_proxy > > Configure it like such: > > [httpd_global_handlers] > _name = {couch_httpd_proxy, handle_proxy_req, > <<"http://proxied-domain.tld/";>>} > > It'll try and be as transparent as possible. > > I haven't got any tests for this other than just poking at it with > cURL because I can't think of a decent way to implement the tests. If > anyone has a good idea on that, send me a line. > > I'm gonna watch a bit more football and then put together a blog post > that explains the current state of things, the new bits, and then > shows the new stuff off with something that I think people might find > interesting. > > HTH, > Paul Davis >
Here's a blog post that describes the situation with words and a smidgen of code. Let me know about comments or corrections: http://davispj.com/2010/09/26/new-couchdb-externals-api.html Paul Davis
