Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A6490D05F for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:52:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 69124 invoked by uid 500); 14 Mar 2013 08:52:36 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 68983 invoked by uid 500); 14 Mar 2013 08:52:35 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 68965 invoked by uid 99); 14 Mar 2013 08:52:35 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:52:35 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=FROM_12LTRDOM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [91.195.24.3] (HELO mail.open.bg) (91.195.24.3) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:52:28 +0000 Received: from [78.83.22.128] (port=35259 helo=dede) by mail.open.bg with esmtpsa (Cipher SSL3.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80) id 1UG3tM-0008Ot-S0 by authid with login for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:52:05 +0200 Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:52:01 +0200 From: svilen To: user@couchdb.apache.org Subject: auto-generated user _id by POST? Message-ID: <20130314105201.50bad2ab@dede> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.13; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org g'day i was trying to create a new user without specifying name/id, but seems cannot do it: $ curl -X POST http://server:5984/_users -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"password":"mysecret", "type":"user", }' {"error":"forbidden","reason":"doc.name is required"} tried with name:null but same. is this possible or forbidden by design? svil