http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Document_Update_Handlers
<http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Document_Update_Handlers>I see a value returned as well in the examples On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Paul Davis <[email protected]>wrote: > On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Josh803316 <[email protected]> wrote: > > The reason I ask is because of this, I have an update function that > updates > > the 'status' key of a document.......but when I send the request (command > > line curl) I keep getting errors on the server return. > > > > curl -X PUT > > > http://localhost:5984/workers/_design/tasc/_update/status/94472998f519050f3a2271888d137ed7\?field=status\&value=RUNNING > < > http://localhost:5984/workers/_design/tasc/_update/status/94472998f519050f3a2271888d137ed7%5C?field=status%5C&value=RUNNING > > > > > > {"error":"external_response_error","reason":"Invalid data from external > > server: {<<\"status\">>,<<\"RUNNING\">>}"} > > > > Here is my update function......do I need to JSON Encode the returned > object > > message? > > { > > "status": "function(doc, req) { > > var field = req.query.field; > > var value = req.query.value; > > doc[field] = value; > > return[doc,{"status":value}]; > > }", > > } > > Pretty sure its supposed to be "return doc;" > > > > >> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Josh803316 <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> Oops I forgot to ask how I encode as well, is it JSON.encode? > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Zachary Zolton < > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> You can use the global JSON object for this: > >>>> > >>>> function(doc, req) { > >>>> var active_test = JSON.parse(req.body); > >>>> > >>>> doc['active_test'] = active_test; > >>>> return [doc, req.body]; > >>>> } > >>>> > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> Zach > >>>> > >>>> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Josh803316 <[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > If I send a json string to my update handler as part of req.body > what > >>>> is the > >>>> > best way to convert it to a JSON object? > >>>> > > >>>> > Do the CouchDb js libraries already include a built in JSON parser > or > >>>> do I > >>>> > have to use eval? > >>>> > > >>>> > "active_test" : function(doc, req) { > >>>> > var active_test = eval('(' + req.body + ')'); > >>>> > > >>>> > doc['active_test'] = active_test; > >>>> > return [doc, req.body]; > >>>> > } > >>>> > > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > >
