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Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 02:57:23 +0400
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Subject: Re: Using filters
From: Alexander Shorin <kxepal@gmail.com>
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Filter functions are applies on changes feed and are not accessible
for direct requests:
http://docs.couchdb.org/en/latest/api/database/changes.html#filtering
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On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 2:53 AM, Scott Weber <scotty2541@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I am going through many of the tutorials for design docs, and trying various things.
>
> I saw that filters are used in replication, but it is correct that a "filter" cannot get accessed via a URL, like other handlers?
>
>
> Given the design doc filter below:
> {
>    "_id": "_design/showme",
>    "_rev": "9-8d74f29a2890e402275a54f5b17997fd",
>    "filters": {
>        "useit": "function(doc, req){...}"
>    }
> }
>   (yes there is really a function provided, edited for content)
>
>
> And attempting to run the filter using this:
> http://localhost:5984/db/_design/showme/_filter/useit
>
> Returns the following:
> {"error":"not_found","reason":"missing handler: _filter"}
>
> This URL structure works for shows, views, lists which are all accessed through this "handler".  Why the difference?
>
>
> -Scott
>