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From: Zachary Zolton <zachary.zolton@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:48:47 -0500
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Subject: Re: _changes response in a custom format
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Zsolt,

There is currently no built-in functionality to transform the _changes
feed. Your best bet would be to use your favorite web scripting tools
(Rails, PHP, CGI, etc) in between CouchDB's _changes and Solr.

Cheers,
Zach

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 5:21 AM, Zsolt Czinkos <czinkos@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm a newbie here in the couchdb world. I've read some papers, given
> couchdb a try and now I have one question I can't answer.
>
> Is it possible to get _changes document in a custom format, for
> example XML? Can I use a show function here somehow (or a view)?
>
> I'm planning to use couchdb and Solr together, and _changes api looks
> promising to provide changes since last indexing. It would be very
> easy to feed Solr with its own XML format if I could get it directly
> from couchdb.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Zsolt
>