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The page "GettingStartedWithJavaScript" has been deleted by JoanTouzet: https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/GettingStartedWithJavaScript?action=diff&rev1=4&rev2=5 Comment: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/COUCHDB/JavaScript?src=contextnavchildmode - #redirect Getting_started_with_JavaScript - Getting started with !JavaScript and the CouchDB API. - == Simple Wrapper == - - There is a simple !JavaScript wrapper around CouchDB included in the distribution. When you install the server it is installed as http://localhost:5984/_utils/script/couch.js. You can see examples of its use in ''couch_tests.js'': - - {{{ - var nc = {_id:"NC", cities:["Charlotte", "Raleigh"]}; - var ma = {_id:"MA", cities:["Boston", "Lowell", "Worcester", "Cambridge", "Springfield"]}; - var fl = {_id:"FL", cities:["Miami", "Tampa", "Orlando", "Springfield"]}; - - db.save(nc); - db.save(ma); - db.save(fl); - - ... - - var nc_cities = db.open('NC').cities; - }}} - - Obviously the ''couch.js'' API is by no means final since CouchDB itself is still in flux. - - == Rolling Your Own == - - CouchDB speaks JSON. JSON means !JavaScript Object Notation. CouchDB also speaks Plain Old HTTP, so getting going with !JavaScript is a walk in the park with the XML!HttpRequest object: - - {{{ - // instantiate a new XMLHttpRequest object - var req = new XMLHttpRequest() - // Open a GET request to "/all_dbs" - req.open("GET", "/_all_dbs") - // Send nothing as the request body - req.send("") - // Get the response - req.responseText - ["some_database", "another_database"] - }}} - - Going from here is just a matter using the normal CouchDB HttpRestApi to get what you want. - - There is numerous javascript libraries out there that wraps up both XML!HttpRequest and JSON in possibly nicer APIs, including: - - * [[http://www.prototypejs.org/|Prototype]] - * [[http://jquery.com/|JQuery]] - * [[http://dojotoolkit.org/|Dojo]] - * [[http://moofx.mad4milk.net/|Moo]] -
