CouchDB Data Source for the Ruby web publishing system nanoc

A Nanoc::DataSource for loading site data items from a CouchDB server.

Features

• Creates a new item (document) in the CouchDB according to the given identifier:

  nanoc create_item identifier

• Loads documents from a CouchDB, creating nanoc items (with attributes).

• Configuration options (in site's config.yaml):

  • The Url of the CouchDB server.

  • The CouchDB database name.

  • Mapping of CouchDB document field names to default nanoc item attributes: title, body

  • Allow for custom nanoc identifier by providing document field identifier, defaults to document _id.

  • Views used for querying the CouchDB documents.

RubyGems Dependencies

• CouchRest, a RESTful CouchDB client based on Heroku's RestClient and Couch.js:

  sudo gem install couchrest

Usage

Copy the file lib/couchdb.rb into your site's lib folder.

Configuration

Example configuration for section data_sources in site's config.yaml:

data_sources:
  -
    # A data source for loading site data items from CouchDB server.
    type: couchdb
    config:
      # The url of the CouchDB server.
      couch: 'http://admin:admin@127.0.0.1:5984/'
      # The CouchDB database name.
      db: 'example_com_prelive'
      # Mapping of CouchDB document field names to nanoc item attributes.
      fields:
        item_title: 'title'
        item_content: 'body'
      # Views used for querying the CouchDB documents.
      views:
        all_items:
          map: >
            function(doc) {
              // if (doc.type == "page") {
                emit(doc._id, doc);
              // }
            }