You need to define a view, using the name as at least part of the key or create a list. Then you can filter using the key in a view or some parameter you pass using a list.
I suggest taking a look a Max Ogden's talk on CouchDB. It's a great jumpstart for a newbie. http://vimeo.com/18808177 - Jim On May 15, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Alexander Gabriel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > I want to fetch documents from a CouchDb named evab. The documents include a > field "Typ" and I want to fetch those with Typ = Beobachtung. > > So far I've tried: > > - curl -d "{\"Typ\":\"Beobachtung\"}" -X POST > > http://username:[email protected]:5984/evab/_bulk_docs?include_docs=true> > Beobachtungen.json > - curl -d "{\"docs\": [{\"Typ\":\"Beobachtung\"}]}" -X POST > > http://username:[email protected]:5984/evab/_all_docs?include_docs=true> > Beobachtungen.json > - replacing {\"Typ\":\"Beobachtung\"} or {\"docs\": > [{\"Typ\":\"Beobachtung\"}]} with "@TypBeob_Kriterien.json" to circumvent > problems with the windows-command-tool and " or '. > > I consistently get all the data of all the docs in the CouchDb. > > From the documentation I have not understood: > > - _all_docs or _bulk_docs? It seems that both work the same. > - Is ist maybe only possible to filter with keys = _id's? > - Is it possible to fetch the data from a view? > > > Or simply: What is the best way to do it? > > Thanks for help! > > Alexander Gabriel
