[feat] add json2couch from jbids toolbox

Contents.m

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 %   jdlink             - data = jdlink(uripath)
 %   jload              - jload
 %   jsave              - jsave
+%   json2couch         - response = json2couch(jsonfile, couchdburl, dbname, docname, logininfo)
 %   jsoncache          - [cachepath, filename]=jsoncache(hyperlink)
 %   jsonget            - json=jsonget(fname,mmap,'$.jsonpath1','$.jsonpath2',...)
 %   jsonopt            - val=jsonopt(key,default,optstruct)
@@ -57,4 +58,4 @@
 %   nii2jnii           - jnii=nii2jnii(niifile)
 %   niicodemap         - newval=niicodemap(name, value)
 %   niiformat          - niiheader=niiformat(format)
-%   niiheader2jnii     - nii = niiheader2jnii(nii0)
+%   niiheader2jnii     - nii = niiheader2jnii(nii0)

INDEX

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ JSON Mmap
 External Links
  jdlink
  jsoncache
+ json2couch
 Compression and Decompression
  base64decode
  base64encode

json2couch.m

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+function response = json2couch(jsonfile, couchdburl, dbname, docname, options)
+%
+%    json2couch(jsonfile, servername, dbname, docname, options)
+%
+%    uploading JSON-encoded data to a CouchDB database (a NoSQL database)
+%    as a document
+%
+%    author: Qianqian Fang (q.fang <at> neu.edu)
+%
+%    input:
+%        jsonfile: the path to the .json file
+%        couchdburl: the URL of the CouchDB server, usually it is
+%                  http://servername:5984 where servername is your own
+%                  server's domain name
+%        dbname: the database for whcih the file is uploaded to, must be
+%                  created first
+%        docname: the document name for the uploaded JSON data
+%        options: a options structure created by weboptions(), defining
+%                 Username, Password, ContentType when such information is
+%                 desired to access the server; by default,
+%                 options.ContentType is set to 'json' and
+%                 options.RequestMethod is set to 'POST'
+%
+%                 if options is a string, it defines a template for a curl
+%                 command, for example 'curl -X PUT -d @$f $u/$d/$s'.
+%                 Variables (start with $) are expanded as
+%                   $f -> path of the json file (first input)
+%                   $u -> couchdb full URL (second input)
+%                   $d -> database name (third input)
+%                   $s -> document name (forth input)
+%
+%    examples:
+%        values = inputdlg({'Username:', 'Password:'});
+%        options = weboptions('ContentType', 'json', 'RequestMethod', 'POST', 'Username',values{1},'Password',values{2});
+%        json2couch('ds001.json', 'https://example.com:5984', 'bids-samples', 'ds001', options)
+%        json2couch('ds001.json', sprintf('https://%s:%s@example.com:5984', values{1}, values{2}), 'bids-samples', 'ds001', 'curl -X PUT -d @$f $u/$d/$s')
+%
+%    license:
+%        BSD license, see LICENSE_BSD.txt files for details
+%
+% -- this function is part of JBIDS toolbox (https://neurojson.org/#software)
+%
+
+if (nargin < 5)
+    options = weboptions('');
+end
+
+if (~ischar(options) && ~isa(options, 'string'))
+    options.ContentType = 'json';
+    options.RequestMethod = 'POST';
+    response = webwrite([couchdburl '/' dbname '/' docname], fileread(jsonfile), options);
+else
+    options = regexprep(options, '\$f', ['''' jsonfile '''']);
+    options = regexprep(options, '\$u', couchdburl);
+    options = regexprep(options, '\$d', dbname);
+    options = regexprep(options, '\$s', docname);
+    [status, response] = system(options);
+    if (status ~= 0)
+        error('command failed:\n%s\n', response);
+    end
+end

jsonlab.prj

@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ Please note that data files produced by `saveubjson` may utilize a special "opti
       <file>${PROJECT_ROOT}/jdlink.m</file>
       <file>${PROJECT_ROOT}/jload.m</file>
       <file>${PROJECT_ROOT}/jsave.m</file>
+      <file>${PROJECT_ROOT}/json2couch.m</file>
       <file>${PROJECT_ROOT}/jsoncache.m</file>
       <file>${PROJECT_ROOT}/jsonget.m</file>
       <file>${PROJECT_ROOT}/jsonhash.m</file>