Hi All,
I'm trying to do server-side created_at timestamps via CouchDB's _updates
features, but I'm having trouble creating a new document out of the JSON
passed in the request body. My app doesn't allow updates to existing
documents, only "inserts". Here's the very simple _updates function:
function(doc, req) {
var newDoc = JSON.parse(req.body);
newDoc.created_at = new Date();
return [newDoc, "FML"];
}
When I POST a document to the appropriate _updates URL, I get an error in
the log telling me that JSON is not defined:
[info] [<0.30422.5>] OS Process :: function raised error: ReferenceError:
JSON is not defined
I wasn't able to find much reference on the web aside from:
http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/How_to_intercept_document_updates_and_perform_additional_server-side_processing
http://www.mikealrogers.com/archives/737
In the mikealrogers.com post, the author uses JSON in his function, but
obviously I'm having problems with that approach. Does anyone know what a
proper way to convert the body of the POST a javascript object would be?
(avoiding eval()). Also, taking a step back, is this the right approach
for setting default values on a new document in CouchDB?
Thanks,
Jim
