On 1 November 2012 01:41, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > I've just started working on a futon replacement called "ftn" ( > https://github.com/mark-hahn/ftn). It is a couch app built with kanso. I > need to start my app by referencing a design doc like _design/ftn and then > inside my app make ajax calls to a different db. > > Right now I have to start the app with something like > http://domain:5984/ftn/_design/ftn/idx.htm. I obviously would like to use > the vhost and rewrite feature to start the app with something shorter. I > can't figure out how to do this because any ajax call in my app for a > different db would also be sent to my ftn db due to the vhost. > > Can someone figure out how I can use a short url instead of > http://domain:5984/ftn/_design/ftn/idx.htm? > > Looks like some nice work Mark. Please check over on dev@ there's already some work going on in this vein, we'd love to see you contribute there!
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/201210.mbox/%[email protected]%3E http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/201210.mbox/%3CCAFUSCh-en-K44NBmy=wyvjgkwgka_nepb6zcc_v5_2_fsa0...@mail.gmail.com%3E > P.S. How does futon get away with a URL with just the path _utils? Can I > do this with something like _ftn and have it fire up my couch app? > https://github.com/apache/couchdb/blob/master/etc/couchdb/default.ini.tpl.in#L124is the magic pixie dust. Either point towards the filesystem or take a read of http://davispj.com/2010/09/26/new-couchdb-externals-api.html and see if you can use that to proxy directly to a couchapp. I think Ryan has a fix for this as well? A+ Dave
