CouchDB Cleaning tool

A simple python script to clean deleted documents, compact databases and views.

How to use

start by installing the requirements:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Now run the script:

python purge_database.py --user=<YOUR USERNAME> --password=<YOUR PASSWORD> --host=<THE URL TO COUCHDB>

Get help for available options:

python purge_database.py -h

It defaults to calling the host using HTTP, if you want to use HTTPS you need to specify --protocol=HTTPS

Options

--user: The username to authenticate with the server
--password: The password for the user
In case of admin party just skip those.

--host: The url of the datbase including port (default localhost:5984)
--protocol: http or https (default http)
--database: The database to clean (default all)

Copyright (C) 2020 nisbus.com.

This file is part of CouchDB Cleaner.

CouchDB Cleaner is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

CouchDB Cleaner is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with CouchDB Cleaner. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.