Try JSON.parse as in the example I sent earlier.
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Hank Knight <hknight...@gmail.com> wrote: > The problem is that the data passed via POST that is accessed with > req.body is being added in a single string. > > > This is what I get: > "data": "{\"hello\": \"world\", \"number\": 23}" > > > But I want this: > "data": "{ > "hello": "world", > "number": 23 > } > > > Here is my update function: > > { > "_id": "_design/time2id", > "updates": { > "u": "function (doc, req) {var doc = new Object();doc._id = > String(Math.round(new Date().getTime()/1000));doc.data=req.body;return > [doc, \"Done\"];}" > } > } > > I call it like this: > > curl -k -u "uiimv...@sharklasers.com:password123" -X PUT > https://zuhqtr5.couchappy.com/testupdates/_design/time2id/_update/u/ > -d '{"hello": "world", "number": 23}' -H "Content-Type: > application/json" > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Mike Marino <mmar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Hank Knight <hknight...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I understand that I can pass information using an update handler like this: >>> >>> http://127.0.0.1:5984/my_database/_design/my_designdoc/_update/in-place-query/mydocId?field=title&value=test >>> >>> Is there a way to use POST data with an update handler? >> >> Yes, you leave out the docid as in >> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Document_Update_Handlers and include >> your data in the body of the request, if you want to use this to >> generate a new document. See, e.g. >> >> https://github.com/mgmarino/nEDM-Interface/blob/master/_default/lib/updates.js >> >> For an example of pulling all the data into the new document. (It >> uses the req.uuid as the new doc's _id, which may or may not be good >> for your case.)