updated almost everything.

Please read README.md

.gitignore

@@ -47,4 +47,5 @@ com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml
 crashlytics.properties
 crashlytics-build.properties
 
-
+#ignore the cookies.txt file
+cookies.txt

README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 This repository hosts a couple of [CouchDB](http://couchdb.apache.org) configuration
 scripts. The scrips are meant to make life just a bit easier.
 
+Added cookie authentication (see cookie-authentications.sh script).
+This means that if you have logged in with a user with sufficient rights you can do 
+any of the other commands without having to login again (unless the session has expired)
+
 # Scripts
 
 ## first-admin.sh
@@ -12,24 +16,47 @@ This script should only be used once.
 All other scripts will assume that this script has been run or in
 other words, make sure CouchDB is at least secured with an admin user.
 
+This script does not make use of the cookie functionality mentioned above.
+
 ## CORS.sh
 
 This script configures CouchDB to enable Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS).
 This means that JavaScript from another domain can access the API of CouchDB.
 Make sure you know what you are doing before using this.
 
-## admin-users.sh
+This script does not make use of the cookie functionality mentioned above.
+
+## login.sh
+
+Well checks if cookies.txt already exists and if so only calls settings.sh 
+otherwise it will also call cookie-authentication.sh 
+
+## settings.sh
+
+Not a stand-alone script.
+Used by other scripts and it containes some configuration settings and standard checks.
+This script is used by almost all other scripts.
 
-Script for easily creating extra admin users.  
+## cookie-authentication.sh
 
+Cookie based Login. The received cookie will be saved to a cookie.txt file 
+is used by almost all commands mentioned below this one.
+If you want to login again or as someone else just run the above mentioned script or remove the cookies.txt file.
+If the cookies.txt file does not exist the next time you run a command it will ask for credentials.
+All commands below will work without having to login in again until you remove the cookies.txt or the session expires.
+
+## admin-users.sh
+
+Script for easily creating extra admin users.
 
 ## users.sh
 
 Script for easily creating users. 
 Users are created without any ROLES. 
 You can later add these through the console.
 
-
 ## create-database.sh
 
-Creates a database.
+Creates databases.
+
+

admin-users.sh

@@ -3,22 +3,14 @@
 echo ========================================================================
 echo == CouchDB - Create extra admin users...
 echo ========================================================================
-
-
-echo "First login to CouchDB as an admin..."
-read    -p "Admin Username: " ADMIN
-read -s -p "Admin Password: " ADMPWD
-echo
-COUCH=http://$ADMIN:$ADMPWD@localhost:5984
-
-echo "Now you can add new admins to CouchDB..."
+source ./login.sh "Please login as an Administrator..."
 
 while true
 do
 read    -p "New Administrator: " USER
 read -s -p "New Password     : " PASSWORD
 echo
-curl -X PUT $COUCH/_config/admins/$USER -d '"'$PASSWORD'"'
+curl --cookie cookies.txt --user-agent Mozilla/4.0 -vX PUT $COUCHDB/_config/admins/$USER -d '"'$PASSWORD'"'
 
 read -p "Another admin (y/n)? " CONT
 if [ "$CONT" == "n" ]; then

all_docs.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo ========================================================================
+echo == CouchDB - all users
+echo ========================================================================
+source ./login.sh "Please login as an administrator"
+
+read -p "Database to show: " DATABASE
+curl --cookie cookies.txt --user-agent Mozilla/4.0 -X GET $COUCHDB/$DATABASE/_all_docs

all_users.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo ========================================================================
+echo == CouchDB - all users
+echo ========================================================================
+source ./login.sh "Please login as an administrator"
+
+curl --cookie cookies.txt --user-agent Mozilla/4.0 -X GET $COUCHDB/_users/_all_docs

cookie-authentication.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+source ./settings.sh
+echo "CouchDB login:"
+read    -p "Username: " USER
+read -s -p "Password: " PASSWORD
+
+USRPWD='name='$USER'&password='$PASSWORD
+
+#use -vX for mor info
+curl --cookie $COUCHDB_COOKIE --cookie-jar $COUCHDB_COOKIE --user-agent Mozilla/4.0 -X POST $COUCHDB/_session --data "$USRPWD"  -H 'Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
+
+
+#With the following command you can reuse the cookie.
+#curl --cookie cookies.txt --user-agent Mozilla/4.0 -X GET $HOST/...
+#Depending on the rights of your user you can do stuff.
+#if you want to login as a different user just use this script again

create-database.sh

@@ -1,17 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-
 echo ========================================================================
 echo == CouchDB - Create a database...
 echo ========================================================================
+source ./login.sh "Please login as an administrator"
 
 
-echo "First login to CouchDB as an admin..."
-read    -p "Admin Username: " ADMIN
-read -s -p "Admin Password: " ADMPWD
-echo
-COUCH=http://$ADMIN:$ADMPWD@localhost:5984
-
-
-echo    -p "Database name : " DATABASE
-curl -X PUT $COUCH/$DATABASE
+read    -p "Database name : " DATABASE
+curl --cookie cookies.txt --user-agent Mozilla/4.0 -X PUT $COUCHDB/$DATABASE

login.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+source ./settings.sh
+if [ ! -f cookies.txt ]; then
+    echo $1
+   source cookie-authentication.sh
+fi

settings.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+COUCHDB="http://127.0.0.1:5984"
+COUCHDB_COOKIE=cookies.txt
+

users.sh

@@ -3,23 +3,15 @@
 echo ========================================================================
 echo == CouchDB - Create new users...
 echo ========================================================================
-
-
-echo "First login to CouchDB as an admin..."
-read    -p "Admin Username: " ADMIN
-read -s -p "Admin Password: " ADMPWD
-echo
-COUCH=http://$ADMIN:$ADMPWD@localhost:5984
-echo "Now you can add new users to CouchDB..."
+source ./login.sh "Please login as an administrator"
 
 while true
 do
 read    -p "Username: " USER
 read -s -p "Password: " PASSWORD
 echo
 JSON='{"_id": "org.couchdb.user:'$USER'","name":"'$USER'","roles": [],"type": "user","password": "'$PASSWORD'"}'
-echo "$JSON"
-curl -HContent-Type:application/json -vXPUT $COUCH/_users/org.couchdb.user:$USER --data-binary "$JSON"
+curl --cookie cookies.txt --user-agent Mozilla/4.0 -HContent-Type:application/json -X PUT $COUCHDB/_users/org.couchdb.user:$USER --data-binary "$JSON"
 read -p "Continue (y/n)? " CONT
 if [ "$CONT" == "n" ]; then
   exit 0;