Cool. Thanks.
----- Original Message ----- From: Alexander Shorin <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 4:57 PM Subject: Re: Using filters Filter functions are applies on changes feed and are not accessible for direct requests: http://docs.couchdb.org/en/latest/api/database/changes.html#filtering -- ,,,^..^,,, On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 2:53 AM, Scott Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > I am going through many of the tutorials for design docs, and trying various > things. > > I saw that filters are used in replication, but it is correct that a "filter" > cannot get accessed via a URL, like other handlers? > > > Given the design doc filter below: > { > "_id": "_design/showme", > "_rev": "9-8d74f29a2890e402275a54f5b17997fd", > "filters": { > "useit": "function(doc, req){...}" > } > } > (yes there is really a function provided, edited for content) > > > And attempting to run the filter using this: > http://localhost:5984/db/_design/showme/_filter/useit > > Returns the following: > {"error":"not_found","reason":"missing handler: _filter"} > > This URL structure works for shows, views, lists which are all accessed > through this "handler". Why the difference? > > > -Scott >
