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Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:09:00 -0600
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Subject: Re: how should I handle JSON parsing in update handler
From: Josh803316 <josh803316@gmail.com>
To: user@couchdb.apache.org
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http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Document_Update_Handlers

<http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Document_Update_Handlers>I see a value
returned as well in the examples

On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Paul Davis <paul.joseph.davis@gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Josh803316 <josh803316@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The reason I ask is because of this, I have an update function that
> updates
> > the 'status' key of a document.......but when I send the request (command
> > line curl) I keep getting errors on the server return.
> >
> > curl -X PUT
> >
> http://localhost:5984/workers/_design/tasc/_update/status/94472998f519050f3a2271888d137ed7\?field=status\&value=RUNNING
> <
> http://localhost:5984/workers/_design/tasc/_update/status/94472998f519050f3a2271888d137ed7%5C?field=status%5C&value=RUNNING
> >
> >
> > {"error":"external_response_error","reason":"Invalid data from external
> > server: {<<\"status\">>,<<\"RUNNING\">>}"}
> >
> > Here is my update function......do I need to JSON Encode the returned
> object
> > message?
> > {
> >   "status": "function(doc, req) {
> >                    var field = req.query.field;
> >                    var value = req.query.value;
> >                    doc[field] = value;
> >                    return[doc,{"status":value}];
> >    }",
> > }
>
> Pretty sure its supposed to be "return doc;"
>
> >
> >> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Josh803316 <josh803316@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Oops I forgot to ask how I encode as well, is it JSON.encode?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Zachary Zolton <
> >>> zachary.zolton@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> You can use the global JSON object for this:
> >>>>
> >>>> function(doc, req) {
> >>>>     var active_test = JSON.parse(req.body);
> >>>>
> >>>>     doc['active_test'] = active_test;
> >>>>     return [doc, req.body];
> >>>>    }
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>> Zach
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Josh803316 <josh803316@gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>> > If I send a json string to my update handler as part of req.body
> what
> >>>> is the
> >>>> > best way to convert it to a JSON object?
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Do the CouchDb js libraries already include a built in JSON parser
> or
> >>>> do I
> >>>> > have to use eval?
> >>>> >
> >>>> > "active_test" : function(doc, req) {
> >>>> >      var active_test = eval('(' + req.body + ')');
> >>>> >
> >>>> >      doc['active_test'] = active_test;
> >>>> >      return [doc, req.body];
> >>>> >     }
> >>>> >
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>

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