Just use PHP and ElephantOnCouch! :-) -Filippo
On Nov 12, 2013, at 3:40 AM, Alexander Shorin wrote: > I wonder why you prefer to work with raw sockets instead of using one > of many available http clients for Ruby... > Just pick one that you like: > http://www.slideshare.net/HiroshiNakamura/rubyhttp-clients-comparison > To really work with simple rest api you don't need to reimplement > baseline things that have been already done and tested. > -- > ,,,^..^,,, > > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 5:40 AM, Sébastien Durand <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi ! >> >> I want to use CouchDB for a Ruby project. I downloaded CouchRest, but this >> driver seems to be overkill for what I want : a simple REST API. >> >> So, is it wrong to design my own driver (using tcp sockets) ? Like this : >> >> >> class CouchDB >> >> def initialize(database, host = 'localhost', port = 5984) >> @database, @host, @port = database, host, port >> end >> >> def get(uri) >> if block_given? >> yield get(uri) >> else >> socket = TCPSocket.open(@host, @port) >> request = "" >> request << "GET /#{@database}/#{uri} HTTP/1.0\r\n" >> request << "\r\n" >> socket.write(request) >> response = socket.read >> socket.close >> # TODO : parsing json >> end >> end >> >> end >> >> >> It's just a dead simple draft, it works, but what are the drawbacks ? Do I >> put myself in trouble ? (I don't have a deep tcp/http background and I fear >> it's not that simple.) >> >> Thank U for you help ! >> >> Sébastien
