CouchDB HTTP API

CouchDB's API is made available using a RESTful HTTP interface. This HTTP API outlines how an HTTP request is processed.

HTTP Request Message

An HTTP request contains the following elements:
1. Request line indicating the method, resource, and HTTP version of the request.
2. Headers, such as content-type and content-length.
3. An empty line.
4. The message body.

A Simple HTTP Request :

POST /db HTTP/1.1
content-type : application/json
{"type": "category", "name": "Web Tutorials", "slug": "web-tutorials"}

HTTP Request Methods :

The table describes the HTTP request methods used in CouchDB. Please note that the COPY method is not part of the HTTP standard, but rather an extension to HTTP used by CouchDB.

HTTP Response :

An HTTP response consists of a status line, a header, and a body. The headers usually provide information such as response time, information about the server, type of content contained in the response body, and more meta information. The response message returns to the body.

A Simple HTTP Response :

HTTP/1.1 200 0K 
Server: couchDB/0.9.0 (Erlang OTP/R13B)
Date: sun, 04 Oct 2019 20:50:00 GMT 
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 40 
Cache-control: must-revalidate 
{"couchdb": "Welcome" , "version": "0.9.0"} 

HTTP Status Codes :

The table describes the HTTP status codes that CouchDB uses to indicate the success or failure of a database transaction.

---

Visit :

---

Discussion