_view_show might even be better than _show_view, I think it's a little
easier to look at and say.
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Damien Katz <dam...@apache.org> wrote:
> How about _dshow and _vshow? Hmmm, I liked those better until I saw them
> typed out.
>
> -Damien
>
>
> On Jan 12, 2009, at 6:55 PM, Chris Anderson wrote:
>
>> Is there a better url path than _show_view? Let's imagine a query
>> (with descriptive names):
>>
>> Viewing the "sofa/resent-posts" view with show the function "as-html",
>> this is option (B)
>>
>> B) GET /db/_show_view/sofa/as-html/recent-posts
>>
>> Maybe this would look better like:
>>
>> D) GET /db/_look/sofa/recent-posts/as-html
>>
>> except _look is kinda silly. I do think having readable urls, is a
>> good way to relax.
>>
>> (D) translates as
>>
>> D) GET /db/_look/designname/myview/myshow
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Chris Anderson <jch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Ulises <ulises.cerv...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> A) GET /db/_show_view/mydesign/myview
>>>>> B) GET /db/_show_view/mydesign/myshowfunc/myview
>>>>> C) GET /db/_view/mydesign/myview?strartkey="foo"&show=myshowfunc
>>>>
>>>> Call me thick but C looks cleaner to me.
>>>>
>>>>> {
>>>>> ...
>>>>> "show" : {
>>>>> "docs" : { ... },
>>>>> "views" : {
>>>>> "myshowfunc" : "function(row, head) { ... }"
>>>>> }
>>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> how about including your show fns in show { } ?
>>>
>>> that's what's above
>>>
>>> show funcs for documents are at
>>>
>>> ddoc.show.docs
>>>
>>> and show funcs for views are at
>>>
>>> ddoc.show.views
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm leaning B or C as well.
>>>
>>> My main reservation about C is what it will do to the internals.
>>> Erlang actions that are scoped to a _private_path URL can be kept in
>>> their own module and moved around via the config API. If we amke it an
>>> options on regular views, we lose that freedom.
>>>
>>> Also, I do like the current URL scheme for document show funcs, partly
>>> for the config reason, but also because I think
>>>
>>> GET /db/_show/mydesign/myshowfunc/docid
>>>
>>> is clearer than
>>>
>>> GET /db/docid?show=mydesign/myshowfun
>>>
>>>>
>>>> {
>>>> ...
>>>> views: {
>>>> foo : { map : ... }
>>>> },
>>>> show: {
>>>> as_xml: function(...) { ... },
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>>> I'm leaning toward letting the user decide at query-time which view to
>>>>> render using which show-func, that is, options B or C.
>>>>
>>>> Well I thought that that was a given, flexibility so that users can
>>>> define a couple of views, a couple of shows so that the combinations
>>>> then are more useful.
>>>>
>>>> U
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Chris Anderson
>>> http://jchris.mfdz.com
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chris Anderson
>> http://jchris.mfdz.com
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>
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