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# couch -- Stupid simple Couch wrapper based on Request.

## Install

<pre>
npm install couch
</pre>

Or from source:

<pre>
git clone git://github.com/mikeal/couch.git
cd couch
npm link
</pre>

## Usage

```javascript
var couch = require('couch')
, c = couch('http://me.iriscouch.com/db')
;

c.post({'msg':'new document'}, function (e, info) {
if (e) throw e
c.post({'msg':'new document', _id:info.id, _rev:info.rev}, function (e, info) {
if (e) throw e
c.get(info.id, function (e, doc) {
if (e) throw e
console.log(doc) // {'msg':'new document', _id:<id>, _rev:<rev>}
})
})
})
```

## Couch

* new Couch(options) - return value from require('couch')(url)
* Couch.get(id, cb) - get a document of the specified id
* Couch.post(doc, cb) - write a document. MUST have _id and _rev if already exists
* Couch.update(id, mutate, cb) - updated an existing document atomically (regardless of revision)

```javascript
c.update('myid', function (doc) {doc.status = 'complete'}, function (e, info) {
if (e) throw e
console.log(info) // {seq:<seq>, id:<id>, rev:<rev>}
})
```
## Views

* Couch.all(opts, cb) - Hits the /db/\_all_docs API which accepts similar arguments and has a simpilar return value to views but is an index of all documents in CouchDB.

```javascript
c.all({keys:['onlykey1', 'onlykey2']}, function (e, results) {
if (e) throw e
console.log(results.rows) // [{id:onlykey1, rev:<rev>}, {id:onlykey2, rev:<rev>}]
})
```

* Couch.design(name).view(name).query(opts)

```javascript
c.design('app').view('byProperty').query({key:'type', include_docs:true}, function (e, results) {
console.log(results.rows)
})
```

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