CouchDB - Introduction

Reference  

HTTP API

CouchDB: The Definitive Guide

NoSQL is a class of database management system identified by its non-adherence to the widely used relational database management system (RDBMS) model:

• It does not use SQL as its query language
• It may not give full ACID guarantees
• It has a distributed, fault-tolerant architecture

CouchDB uses port 5984. http://localhost:5984/

Futon, The UI for CouchDB http://localhost:5984/_utils/

general methods:

get all database names: http://localhost:5984/_all_dbs

HTTP Methods

CouchDB use RESTful methods for create, read, update, delete( CRUL ) databases.

• To create a resource on the server, use POST.
• To retrieve a resource, use GET.
• To change the state of a resource or to update it, use PUT.
• To remove or delete a resource, use DELETE.

For Debugging purpose, in Windows use wfetch, wfetch can generate GET/POST/PUT/DELETE requests without browser support

put method can create new database example:

host: http://localhost

port: 5984

path: /hello-world

method: POST

This POST action will generate a new database hello-world