couch_dbupdates

couch_dbupdates is a simple couchdb modules to receive databases events in couchdb node.

It's actually supported by all the refuge projects:

• refuge
• rcouch
• rcouch_template

HTTP API

To get db events, do a GET to /_db_updates .

You can pass an optional query parameters:

• feed The feed can be longpoll (default) for longpolling, eventsource for event stream or continuous for continuous feed.
• timeout: timeout before the longpolling connection close or when the heartbeat is emitted.
• heartbeat: true, or false. an empty line is emittend when the timeout occurs to maintain the connection active.

Example of usage

$ curl http://127.0.0.1:5984/_db_updates?feed=continuous
{"type":"created","db_name":"testdb"}
{"type":"updated","db_name":"testdb"}
{"type":"deleted","db_name":"testdb"}