Package 'R4CouchDB' reference manual

Title:	A R Convenience Layer for CouchDB 2.0
Description:	Provides a collection of functions for basic database and document management operations such as add (cdbAddDoc()), get (cdbGetDoc()), list access (cdbGetList()) or delete (cdbDeleteDoc()). Every cdbFunction() gets and returns a list() containing the connection setup. Such a list (named 'cdb' in the documentation) can be generated by cdb <- cdbIni(). Moreover, cdb provides some functions respectively functionality e.g cdb$baseUrl() or cdb$getDocRev().
Authors:	Thomas Bock
Maintainer:	Thomas Bock <[email protected]>
License:	MIT + file LICENSE
Version:	0.7.5
Built:	2026-06-02 08:34:44 UTC
Source:	https://github.com/wactbprot/r4couchdb

Add attachments

Description

This function adds attachments to a database document that already exists.

Usage

cdbAddAttachment(cdb)
cdbAddAttachment(cdb)

Arguments

cdb

The list cdb has to contain cdb$fileName,cdb$serverName, cdb$DBName and a cdb$id.

Details

The function uses the RCurl- function guessMIMEType() to do exactly this: guessing the mime type of cdb$fileName.

If the switch cdb$attachmentsWithPath is set to TRUE the attachment is saved with the path. This behavior is default since version 0.2.5 of R4CouchDB

Value

cdb

The result is stored in cdb$res

Author(s)

wactbprot

Examples

## Not run: 
ccc            <- cdbIni(DBName="r4couch_db")
ccc$dataList   <- list(normalDistRand =  rnorm(20))
ccc            <- cdbAddDoc(ccc)
# make a 3d plot (stolen from ?persp)
x              <- seq(-10, 10, length= 30)
y              <- x
f              <- function(x,y) {r <- sqrt(x^2+y^2); 10 * sin(r)/r }
z              <- outer(x, y, f)

z[is.na(z)]    <- 1
op             <- par(bg = "black")
ccc$fileName   <- "3dplot.pdf"

pdf(ccc$fileName)
persp(x, y, z,
      theta = 30,
      phi = 30,
      expand = 0.5,
      col = "lightblue")
dev.off()
# add the plot as attachment to the database
# it workes over  ccc$fileName
ccc            <- cdbAddAttachment(ccc)

## End(Not run)
## Not run: 
ccc            <- cdbIni(DBName="r4couch_db")
ccc$dataList   <- list(normalDistRand =  rnorm(20))
ccc            <- cdbAddDoc(ccc)
# make a 3d plot (stolen from ?persp)
x              <- seq(-10, 10, length= 30)
y              <- x
f              <- function(x,y) {r <- sqrt(x^2+y^2); 10 * sin(r)/r }
z              <- outer(x, y, f)

z[is.na(z)]    <- 1
op             <- par(bg = "black")
ccc$fileName   <- "3dplot.pdf"

pdf(ccc$fileName)
persp(x, y, z,
      theta = 30,
      phi = 30,
      expand = 0.5,
      col = "lightblue")
dev.off()
# add the plot as attachment to the database
# it workes over  ccc$fileName
ccc            <- cdbAddAttachment(ccc)

## End(Not run)

Generates a new document

Description

This function adds a new document to an already existing database

Usage

cdbAddDoc(cdb)
cdbAddDoc(cdb)

Arguments

cdb

The list cdb only has to contain a cdb$dataList which is not an empty list().

Details

This function is called addDoc (which means add a new document). Therefore the cdb$id is requested using cdbGetUuid() for every document to add if no cdb$id is provided. If a cdb$id is provided the function fails when a document with the given id already exists. In this case one should use cdbUpdateDoc(). Since version v0.6 the function writes the _rev and _id key to the top level of cdb$dataList.

Value

cdb

The couchdb response is stored in cdb$res

Author(s)

wactbprot

Examples

## Not run: 
ccc               <- cdbIni()
# I assume a database at localhost:5984 already exists
ccc$DBName        <- "r4couchdb_db"
ccc$dataList      <- list(normalDistRand =  rnorm(20))
ccc               <- cdbAddDoc(ccc)


## End(Not run)
## Not run: 
ccc               <- cdbIni()
# I assume a database at localhost:5984 already exists
ccc$DBName        <- "r4couchdb_db"
ccc$dataList      <- list(normalDistRand =  rnorm(20))
ccc               <- cdbAddDoc(ccc)


## End(Not run)

This function adds multiple database documents with one request

Description

This is done via the _bulk_docs API provided by an already existing database.

Usage

cdbAddDocS(cdb)
cdbAddDocS(cdb)

Arguments

cdb

cdb$dataList has to be a list of lists, cdb$DBName, cdb$serverName is needed.

Details

The _bulk_docs endpoint requires that cdb$dataList resolves to an json array. This is reached with e.g. cdb$dataList <- list(list(...),list(...),...). Furthermore, _bulk_docs requires the documents to be wrapped in a key named docs:[...]; this is done by cdbAddDocS() if cdb$dataList is a list of lists. The user dont need to care.

At the moment the resulting _rev and _id will be not written back to the cdb$dataList. This means that a second call of cdbAddDocS() generates new Documents.

Value

cdb

The couchdb response is stored in cdb$res

Author(s)

parisni, wactbprot

Examples

## Not run: 
ccc               <- cdbIni()
# I assume a database at localhost:5984 already exists
ccc$DBName        <- "r4couchdb_db"
docs <- list()
for(i in 1:10){
 docs[[i]] <- list(normalDistRand =  rnorm(20))
}
# docs is noe a list of 10 lists
ccc$dataList <- docs
# generating 10 database documents
cccAddDocS(ccc)$res

## End(Not run)
## Not run: 
ccc               <- cdbIni()
# I assume a database at localhost:5984 already exists
ccc$DBName        <- "r4couchdb_db"
docs <- list()
for(i in 1:10){
 docs[[i]] <- list(normalDistRand =  rnorm(20))
}
# docs is noe a list of 10 lists
ccc$dataList <- docs
# generating 10 database documents
cccAddDocS(ccc)$res

## End(Not run)

Deletes a document from a database

Description

With a given cdb$id this function sends a http "DELETE" request to the url .../cdb$id?rev=cdb$rev.

Usage

cdbDeleteDoc(cdb)
cdbDeleteDoc(cdb)

Arguments

cdb

Beside cdb$serverName, cdb$port and cdb$DBName the cdb$id must be given. R errors are reported in cdb$errors

Value

cdb

The result of the delete request is stored in cdb$res(whatever this means).

Author(s)

wactbprot

Request couchdb config

Description

Function provides access to the _config api end point.

Usage

cdbGetConfig(cdb)
cdbGetConfig(cdb)

Arguments

cdb

Only the connection settings cdb$port and cdb$serverName is needed.

Value

cdb

The result of the request is stored in cdb$res after converting the answer into a list using fromJSON().

Author(s)

wactbprot

Examples

## Not run: 
cdbGetConfig(cdbIni())$res

## End(Not run)
## Not run: 
cdbGetConfig(cdbIni())$res

## End(Not run)

Get a doc from CouchDB

Description

With a given cdb$id this function requests the document.

Usage

cdbGetDoc(cdb)
cdbGetDoc(cdb)

Arguments

cdb

Beside cdb$serverName, cdb$port and cdb$DBName the cdb$id must be given. R errors are reported

in cdb$errors

Value

cdb

The result of the request is stored in cdb$res after converting the answer into a list using fromJSON(). If a list entry needed in cdb is not provided cdb$error gives some information.

Author(s)

wactbprot

Examples

## Not run: 
ccc               <- cdbIni()
ccc$newDBName     <- "r4couchdb_db"
ccc$dataList      <- list(normalDistRand =  rnorm(20))
ccc               <- cdbAddDoc(ccc)
cdbGetDoc(ccc)$res

## End(Not run)
## Not run: 
ccc               <- cdbIni()
ccc$newDBName     <- "r4couchdb_db"
ccc$dataList      <- list(normalDistRand =  rnorm(20))
ccc               <- cdbAddDoc(ccc)
cdbGetDoc(ccc)$res

## End(Not run)

Receive list results from CouchDB

Description

The function provides accesses to CouchDB lists.

Usage

cdbGetList(cdb)
cdbGetList(cdb)

Arguments

cdb

Beside the connection details (cdb$port,cdb$DBName ...) the cdb$design cdb$view and cdb$list is needed.

Details

Query params e.g. "reduce=false" or "group_level=1" can be provided in cdb$queryParam By now multible params must be given in one string e.g. "a=b&c=d&e=f".

Value

cdb

The result of the request is stored in cdb$res after converting the json answer into a list using cdb$fromJSON(). If a needed cdb (design, list, view, ...) entry was not provided cdb$error says something about the R side.

Author(s)

wactbprot

Receive show results from CouchDB

Description

The function provides accesses to CouchDB shows.

Usage

cdbGetShow(cdb)
cdbGetShow(cdb)

Arguments

cdb

Beside the connection details (cdb$port, cdb$DBName ...) the cdb$design and cdb$show is needed.

Details

Query params e.g. "format=json" can be provided in cdb$queryParam. Multible params must be given in one string e.g. "a=b&c=d&e=f".

Value

cdb

The result of the request is stored in cdb$res after converting the json answer into a list using cdb$fromJSON(). If a needed cdb entry was not provided cdb$error provides information.

Author(s)

wactbprot

Function for request one id

Description

Function returns a 128bit uuid requested from CouchDB

Usage

cdbGetUuid(cdb)
cdbGetUuid(cdb)

Arguments

cdb

Only the connection settings cdb$port and cdb$serverName is needed.

Details

Simple CouchDB API end point to http://serverName:port/_uuids.

Value

cdb

The result of the request is stored in cdb$id after converting the answer into a list using fromJSON().

Author(s)

wactbprot

Examples

## Not run: 
cdbGetUuid(cdbIni())$res

## End(Not run)
## Not run: 
cdbGetUuid(cdbIni())$res

## End(Not run)

Function for request some ids

Description

Function returns a 128bit uuid requested from CouchDB

Usage

cdbGetUuidS(cdb)
cdbGetUuidS(cdb)

Arguments

cdb

Only the connection settings cdb$port, cdb$serverName and cdb$count is needed.

Details

CouchDB API provides the url http://serverName:port/_uuids for those clients who aren't able to create those ids. The number N of ids received from a CouchDB can be set by cdb$count <- N since version 0.6. The function writes to cdb$res (in opposite to cdbGetUuid() whitch writes to cdb$id)

Value

cdb

The result of the request is stored in cdb$res after converting the answer into a list using fromJSON().

Author(s)

wactbprot

Examples

## Not run: 
ccc            <- cdbIni()
ccc$count      <- 100
cdbGetUuidS(ccc)$res

## End(Not run)
## Not run: 
ccc            <- cdbIni()
ccc$count      <- 100
cdbGetUuidS(ccc)$res

## End(Not run)

Receive view results from CouchDB

Description

The function provides accesses to CouchDB views.

Usage

cdbGetView(cdb)
cdbGetView(cdb)

Arguments

cdb

Beside the connection details (cdb$port,cdb$DAName ...) the cdb$design and cdb$view is needed.

Details

Query params e.g. "reduce=false" or "group_level=1" can be provided in cdb$queryParam

Value

cdb

The result of the request is stored in cdb$res after converting the json answer into a list using fromJSON(). If a needed cdb list entry was not provided cdb$error says something about the R side

Note

For the moment only one cdb$queryParam is possible. In the future maybe Duncans RJavaScript package can be used to generate views without leaving R.

Author(s)

wactbprot

Ini function

Description

Function returns a list with some default settings and often used functions such as cdb$baseUrl.

Usage

cdbIni(serverName="localhost",
port="5984",
prot = "http",
DBName="",
uname = "",
pwd = "",
newDBName = "",
removeDBName = "",
id  = "",
fileName = "",
design = "",
view = "",
list = "",
show = "",
queryParam = "",
encSub = "?",
count = 10,
dataList = list(),
attachmentsWithPath=TRUE,
digits = 7)
cdbIni(serverName="localhost",
port="5984",
prot = "http",
DBName="",
uname = "",
pwd = "",
newDBName = "",
removeDBName = "",
id  = "",
fileName = "",
design = "",
view = "",
list = "",
show = "",
queryParam = "",
encSub = "?",
count = 10,
dataList = list(),
attachmentsWithPath=TRUE,
digits = 7)

Arguments

serverName

server name

port

port

prot

name of the protocol default is http

DBName

name of database

uname

name of the user

pwd

password

newDBName

name of the database for cdbMakeDB()

removeDBName

name of the database to remove with cdbRemoveDB()

id

the document id to get, put, post or delete

fileName

for use in cdbAddAttachment

design

the name of the design used when asking a view or list

view

the name of a view to query

list

the name of a list to query

show

the name of a show to query

queryParam

additional query params

encSub

a character which is used as a replacement for chars who can not be converted by iconv

count

how many uuids should be returned by cdbGetUuidS()

dataList

a list containing data to post or update

attachmentsWithPath

effects the result of the function cdbAddAttachment in the way the variable is named

digits

digits kept at toJSON conversion

Details

The list: cdb <- list(serverName = "localhost", ... ) is returned if the packages library(RCurl) and library(RJSONIO) are successfully loaded.

Value

cdb

The R4CouchDB (method) chain(ing) list

Author(s)

wactbprot, parisni

Examples

## Not run: 
ccc <- cdbIni(digits=13,
              DBName="r4couch_db",
              attachmentsWithPath=FALSE,
              dataList=list(normalDistRand =  rnorm(20)))

## End(Not run)
## Not run: 
ccc <- cdbIni(digits=13,
              DBName="r4couch_db",
              attachmentsWithPath=FALSE,
              dataList=list(normalDistRand =  rnorm(20)))

## End(Not run)

Returns all databases on the server

Description

Gives a list of all databases available at cdb$serverName.

Usage

cdbListDB(cdb)
cdbListDB(cdb)

Arguments

cdb

Only the connection settings cdb$port and cdb$serverName is needed.

Details

The function uses the _all_dbs API end point .

Value

cdb

The result of the request is stored in cdb$res after converting the json answer into a list using cdb$fromJSON().

Author(s)

wactbprot

Examples

## Not run: 
cdbListDB(cdbIni())$res

## End(Not run)
## Not run: 
cdbListDB(cdbIni())$res

## End(Not run)

Creates a new database

Description

The name of the new database is taken from cdb$newDBName.

Usage

cdbMakeDB(cdb)
cdbMakeDB(cdb)

Arguments

cdb

The cdb have to provide cdb$serverName, cdb$port and cdb$newDBName

Details

The work is done by getURL() from Duncans RCurl package.

After creating the new database the function makes the shortcut cdb$DBName <- cdb$newDBName so that further operations happen on the new created database. Finaly cdb$newDBName <- "".

Value

cdb

The CouchDB answer is stored in cdb$res. Any problems on the R side are reported in cdb$error

Note

The convention for database naming should be implemented.

Author(s)

wactbprot

Examples

## Not run: 
ccc               <- cdbIni()
ccc$newDBName     <- "r4couchdb_db"
ccc               <- cdbMakeDB(ccc)
ccc$res
ccc$removeDBName  <- ccc$DBName
cdbRemoveDB(ccc)$res

## End(Not run)
## Not run: 
ccc               <- cdbIni()
ccc$newDBName     <- "r4couchdb_db"
ccc               <- cdbMakeDB(ccc)
ccc$res
ccc$removeDBName  <- ccc$DBName
cdbRemoveDB(ccc)$res

## End(Not run)

Function to remove a database

Description

Removing a database means sending a http- "DELETE"- request to http://cdb$serverName:cdb$port/ ...

Usage

cdbRemoveDB(cdb)
cdbRemoveDB(cdb)

Arguments

cdb

The cdb has to provide cdb$serverName, cdb$port and cdb$DBName

Details

In cdb a entry cdb$delDBName should be provided for more explicit deleting respectively more secure removing.

Value

cdb

The CouchDB answer is stored in cdb$res. Any problems on the R side are reportet in cdb$error

Author(s)

wactbprot

Examples

## Not run: 
ccc               <- cdbIni()
ccc$newDBName     <- "r4couchdb_db"
ccc               <- cdbMakeDB(ccc)
ccc$res
ccc$removeDBName  <- ccc$DBName
cdbRemoveDB(ccc)$res

## End(Not run)
## Not run: 
ccc               <- cdbIni()
ccc$newDBName     <- "r4couchdb_db"
ccc               <- cdbMakeDB(ccc)
ccc$res
ccc$removeDBName  <- ccc$DBName
cdbRemoveDB(ccc)$res

## End(Not run)

This function updates an existing doc

Description

This essentially means that a revision, corresponding to the '_id' has to be provided. If no '_rev' is given in the cdb list the function gets the doc from the db and takes the rev number for the update

Usage

cdbUpdateDoc(cdb)
cdbUpdateDoc(cdb)

Arguments

cdb

the cdb connection configuration list must contain the cdb$serverName, cdb$port, cdb$DBName and cdb$id. The data which updates the data stored in the doc is provided in cdb$dataList

Details

Updating a doc at couchdb means executing a http "PUT" request. The cdb list must contain the cdb$serverName, cdb$port, cdb$DBName, cdb$id. Since v0.6 the revision of the document should exist at the intended place: cdb$dataList$'_rev'.

getURL() with customrequest = "PUT" does the work. If a needed cdb$ list entry is not provided cdb$error maybe says something about the R side.

Value

cdb

The response of the request is stored in cdb$res after converting the answer by means of fromJSON(). The revision provided by the respons is used for updating the cdb$dataList$'_rev'.

Author(s)

wactbprot

Examples

## Not run: 
ccc               <- cdbIni()
# I assume a database at localhost:5984 already exists
ccc$DBName        <- "r4couchdb_db"
ccc$dataList      <- list(normalDistRand =  rnorm(20))
ccc               <- cdbAddDoc(ccc)

ccc$dataList$Date <- date()
ccc               <- cdbUpdateDoc(ccc)

## End(Not run)
## Not run: 
ccc               <- cdbIni()
# I assume a database at localhost:5984 already exists
ccc$DBName        <- "r4couchdb_db"
ccc$dataList      <- list(normalDistRand =  rnorm(20))
ccc               <- cdbAddDoc(ccc)

ccc$dataList$Date <- date()
ccc               <- cdbUpdateDoc(ccc)

## End(Not run)

Package 'R4CouchDB'

Help Index

Add attachments

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Author(s)

Examples

Generates a new document

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Author(s)

See Also

Examples

This function adds multiple database documents with one request

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Author(s)

See Also

Examples

Deletes a document from a database

Description

Usage

Arguments

Value

Author(s)

See Also

Request couchdb config

Description

Usage

Arguments

Value

Author(s)

See Also

Examples

Get a doc from CouchDB

Description

Usage

Arguments

Value

Author(s)

See Also

Examples

Receive list results from CouchDB

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Author(s)

Receive show results from CouchDB

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Author(s)

Function for request one id

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Author(s)

See Also

Examples

Function for request some ids

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value