It was possible with the old action.js and may work without too much changes today:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/couchdb/trunk/share/server/action.js?view=markup&pathrev=727141 Example: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/couchdb/trunk/share/www/script/couch_tests.js?view=markup&pathrev=727141#l2035 You have to lad it with the main.js in couchjs script. - benoit On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Andy Wenk <[email protected]> wrote: > On 13 November 2013 13:57, Dave Cottlehuber <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 13. November 2013 at 13:49:12, Hank Knight ([email protected]) > > wrote: > > > > > > Is it possible to send an HTTP request and receive a result with > > > CouchDB? > > > > Inside view/show/list/filters , no. They’re sandboxed to prevent this. > > > > > I would like to do something like this: > > > > > > > > > function(doc, req) { > > > var http = new XMLHttpRequest(); > > > http.open( "GET", "http://abomination-deleted.xml";, > > > false ); > > > http.send( null ); > > > emit("xyz",http.responseText); > > > } > > > > The reason is that each doc should be idempotent; if you can mix into > your > > view external results then CouchDB can’t guarantee that fun(x) always > > produces the same x’ as result. > > > > A+ > > Dave > > > > I understood the question in a more basic way. Means if it's possible to > request CouchDB form a JavaScript file like it is done in Futon ... sry if > I pointed to the wrong path ... > > Cheers > > Andy > > -- > Andy Wenk > Hamburg - Germany > RockIt! > > http://www.couchdb-buch.de > http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de > > GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588 >
