Ektorp

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Ektorp is a node.js library and command-line utility for building your CouchDB.

Project Status

Ektorp is incomplete, and is in a "stabilized state of decay". Mostly, this means that you should fork this project and enhance it for your own needs. I don't have any plans to enhance it, going forward. :-)

Using Ektorp

From the command-line:

1. Install ektorp globally:

   $ npm install -g ektorp

2. Run ektorp:

   $ ektorp http://localhost:5984/new_db ./migrations

3. Relax!

From your own code:

To integrate ektorp and control more aspects of the migration:

1. Install ektorp (doesn't need to be installed globally if you don't want to use the CLI tool):

   $ npm install ektorp

2. Leverage ektorp in your own bootstrap script:

   var ektorp = require('ektorp');
   
   //pass the url to the DB you want to upgrade, and the path to migrations:
   var migrator = ektorp('http://localhost:5984/new_db', './migrations');
   
   migrator.on('done', function(){ console.log('Migrations are done!'); });
   
   //cause the migrator to start.
   migrator.start();
   

How do I write a migration?

Here's one way that is supported (there are others that will be documented soon):

1. Create a directory:

   $ mkdir ./migrations

2. Make a migration:

   $ cd ./migrations
   $ touch 201401310849_first_migration.json
   

3. You can put a JSON array or object in 201401310849_first_migration.json, it will be pushed to the database when you run ektorp.