Hello, is there any way to use XMLHttpRequest with CouchDB?
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Hank Knight <[email protected]> wrote: > I discovered that new functions can be made available to all show and > list functions by modifying: > /share/couchdb/server/main.js > > I have attached an example. To test it, replace your version of > "main.js" with the one I attached. > > Then create a design document like the one I attached. > > Test it like this: > http://localhost/db/_design/showtell/_show/test > > This causes the custom function in main.js to be executed and it > returns a result. > > I want to use this method to retrieve data, like this: > > function getPage(url) { > var req = new XMLHttpRequest(); > req.open("GET", url, false); > req.send(null); > return(req.responseText); > } > > Everything works until I use XMLHttpRequest. Then I get an error: > XMLHttpRequest is not defined > > How can I gain access to XMLHttpRequest from main.js?
