CouchDB
ToolJet can connect to CouchDB databases to read and write data. CocuhDB uses basic auth for authentication , username and password for the database is required to create an CouchDB data source on ToolJet. For more info visit CouchDB docs.
Supported queries:
- Listing records
- Retrieving a record
- Creating a record
- Updating a record
- Deleting a record
- Find
- Retrieving a view
NOTE: Record ID is same as document ID("_id") .
Listing records
This query lists all the records in a database.
Optional parameters:
- Include docs
- Descending order
- Limit
- Skip
descending (boolean) – Return the documents in descending order by key. Default is false.
limit (number) – Limit the number of the returned documents to the specified number.
skip (number) – Skip this number of records before starting to return the results. Default is 0.
include_docs (boolean) – include_docs key is set to false by default , if true it returns the document data along with the default fields.
Example response from CouchDb:
{
"total_rows": 3,
"offset": 0,
"rows": [
{
"id": "23212104e60a71edb42ebc509f000dc2",
"key": "23212104e60a71edb42ebc509f000dc2",
"value": {
"rev": "1-0cc7f48876f15883394e5c139c628123"
}
},
{
"id": "23212104e60a71edb42ebc509f00216e",
"key": "23212104e60a71edb42ebc509f00216e",
"value": {
"rev": "1-b3c45696b10cb08221a335ff7cbd8b7a"
}
},
{
"id": "23212104e60a71edb42ebc509f00282a",
"key": "23212104e60a71edb42ebc509f00282a",
"value": {
"rev": "1-da5732beb913ecbded309321cac892d2"
}
},
]
}
Retrieving a record
Required parameters:
- Record ID
Example response from CouchDb:
{
"_id": "e33dc4e209689cb0400d095fc401a1e0",
"_rev": "1-a62af8e14451af88c150e7e718b7a0e8",
"0": {
"name": "test data"
}
}
The returned JSON is the JSON of the document, including the document ID and revision number:
Creating a record
Example Records:
[{"name":"tooljet"}]
Click on the run
button to run the query.
NOTE: Query must be saved before running.
Example response from CouchDb:
{
"ok": true,
"id": "23212104e60a71edb42ebc509f0049a2",
"rev": "1-b0a625abc4e21ee554737920156e911f"
}
Updating a record
You can get the revision id value, by sending a GET request to get the document details. You get the document as JSON in the response. For each update to the document, the revision field "_rev" gets changed.
Required parameters:
- Revision ID
- Record ID
Example body:
[{"name":"tooljet"}]
Click on the run
button to run the query.
NOTE: Query must be saved before running.
Example response from CouchDb:
{
"ok": true,
"id": "23212104e60a71edb42ebc509f0049a2",
"rev": "2-b0a625abc4e21ee554737920156e911f"
}
Deleting a record
Required parameters:
- Revision ID
- Record ID
Click on the run
button to run the query.
Example response from CouchDb:
{
"ok": true,
"id": "rev_id=2-3d01e0e87139c57e9bd083e48ecde13d&record_id=e33dc4e209689cb0400d095fc401a1e0",
"rev": "1-2b99ef28c03e68ea70bb668ee55ffb7b"
}
Find
Find documents using a declarative JSON querying syntax.
Required parameters:
- Selector
NOTE: selector syntax: https://pouchdb.com/guides/mango-queries.html
Example body:
{
"selector": {
"year": {"$gte": 2015}
},
"fields": ["year"]
}
Click on the run
button to run the query.
NOTE: selector (json) – JSON object describing criteria used to select documents.
More information : https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/api/database/find.html
Example response from CouchDb:
Retrieving a view
Views are the primary tool used for querying and reporting on CouchDB documents.
Required parameters:
- View url
Reference for view :https://docs.couchdb.org/en/3.2.0/ddocs/views/intro.html#what-is-a-view
Optional parameters:
- Start key
- End key
- Limit
- Skip
Click on the run
button to run the query.
startkey (json) – Return records starting with the specified key.
endkey (json) – Stop returning records when the specified key is reached.
limit (number) – Limit the number of the returned documents to the specified number.
skip (number) – Skip this number of records before starting to return the results. Default is 0.
Example response from CouchDb:
{
"total_rows": 4,
"offset": 0,
"rows": [
{
"id": "23212104e60a71edb42ebc509f000dc2",
"key": "23212104e60a71edb42ebc509f000dc2",
"value": {
"rev": "1-0cc7f48876f15883394e5c139c628123"
}
},
{
"id": "23212104e60a71edb42ebc509f00216e",
"key": "23212104e60a71edb42ebc509f00216e",
"value": {
"rev": "1-b3c45696b10cb08221a335ff7cbd8b7a"
}
},
{
"id": "23212104e60a71edb42ebc509f00282a",
"key": "23212104e60a71edb42ebc509f00282a",
"value": {
"rev": "1-da5732beb913ecbded309321cac892d2"
}
},
{
"id": "23212104e60a71edb42ebc509f002cbd",
"key": "23212104e60a71edb42ebc509f002cbd",
"value": {
"rev": "1-ca5bb3c0767eb42ea6c33eee3d395b59"
}
}
]
}