I have a folder here with an index.html file in it Can I upload it to CouchDB as an attachment without moving it? last time remember (admittedly a long time ago) I couldnt do that with erica nor the couchapppy tool
If not, I think that is one of the primary use cases that should be kept in mind, despite the fact I wrote (yet another) one of these tools (and a fair few patches to erica) I dont use them because even the very basic tasks forced you into a couchapp specific workflow On 26 September 2012 09:05, Benoit Chesneau <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Eli Stevens (Gmail) > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:25 PM, Ryan Ramage <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 1) We have to decide on the directory structure. Based on what benoit > >> and dale have brought up. I have opinions, along with others. Lets not > >> rattle sabres around this yet. But pick something relatively user > >> friendly, and straightforward. This can be actioned in our weekly irc. > > > > Would it make sense to have the directory structure be something that > > isn't couchapp specific, and instead dump/load *entire databases* > > to/from disk? I could see that actually making it a simpler tool, > > since there would be a natural tendency to resist a bunch of > > special-case handling for corner cases, ease of use, etc. Instead, > > you'd end up with a directory full of: > > > > my_doc_id.json > > my_doc_id.attachments/my_bin_file.dat > > my_doc_id.attachments/my_image_file.jpg > > etc. > > > > Then the various couchapp tools could focus on various workflows to > > make creating the simple structure and calling the default DB load > > tool. > > > > I'm not a couchapp user, so feel free to discard this idea if it > > doesn't make sense or if it doesn't gain any traction. > > > > Cheers, > > Eli > > The current structure isn't couchapp specific. In fact you can > clone/push a doc using erica or couchapp (py the original). > > The structure reflect JSON properties on a doc, eg.: > > folder/item -> {"folder": {"item": "value"}} > some.json will be addeded as {"some": contentofsomejson} > _attachments/ will contains all attachements. > > Specific to ddoc : > > views/vname/{map,reduce}.js > shows/ > lists/ > > and even that is just the result of the structure above. The original > idea is to allow anyone to create a couch app using the editor he > want. That why you have plugin in eclipse, standalone editor on top of > it it's really easy. Somehow it also follow the plan9 idea of having > everything on the fs. > > Also as a side note the couchapp fs schema is widely deployed around. > Even pubished a doc about it [1] > > > - benoit > > [1] > http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/tutorials/os-couchapp/index.html >
