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-========================
-JSON Structure Reference
-========================
-
-The following appendix provides a quick reference to all the JSON structures
-that you can supply to CouchDB, or get in return to requests.
-
-All Database Documents
-======================
-
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| Field                          | Description                                 |
-+================================+=============================================+
-| total_rows                     | Number of documents in the database/view    |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| offset                         | Offset where the document list started      |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| update_seq (optional)          | Current update sequence for the database    |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| rows [array]                   | Array of document object                    |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-
-Bulk Document Response
-======================
-
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| Field                          | Description                                 |
-+================================+=============================================+
-| docs [array]                   | Bulk Docs Returned Documents                |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         id                     | Document ID                                 |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         error                  | Error type                                  |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         reason                 | Error string with extended reason           |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-
-Bulk Documents
-==============
-
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| Field                          | Description                                 |
-+================================+=============================================+
-| all_or_nothing (optional)      | Sets the database commit mode to use        |
-|                                | all-or-nothing semantics                    |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| docs [array]                   | Bulk Documents Document                     |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         _id (optional)         | Document ID                                 |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         _rev (optional)        | Revision ID (when updating an existing      |
-|                                | document)                                   |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         _deleted (optional)    | Whether the document should be deleted      |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-
-Changes information for a database
-==================================
-
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| Field                          | Description                                 |
-+================================+=============================================+
-| last_seq                       | Last change sequence number                 |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| results [array]                | Changes made to a database                  |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         seq                    | Update sequence number                      |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         id                     | Document ID                                 |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         changes [array]        | List of changes, field-by-field, for this   |
-|                                | document                                    |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-
-CouchDB Document
-================
-
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| Field                          | Description                                 |
-+================================+=============================================+
-| _id (optional)                 | Document ID                                 |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| _rev (optional)                | Revision ID (when updating an existing      |
-|                                | document)                                   |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-
-CouchDB Error Status
-====================
-
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| Field                          | Description                                 |
-+================================+=============================================+
-| id                             | Document ID                                 |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| error                          | Error type                                  |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| reason                         | Error string with extended reason           |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-
-CouchDB database information object
-===================================
-
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| Field                          | Description                                 |
-+================================+=============================================+
-| db_name                        | The name of the database.                   |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| committed_update_seq           | The number of committed update.             |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| doc_count                      | A count of the documents in the specified   |
-|                                | database.                                   |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| doc_del_count                  | Number of deleted documents                 |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| compact_running                | Set to true if the database compaction      |
-|                                | routine is operating on this database.      |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| disk_format_version            | The version of the physical format used for |
-|                                | the data when it is stored on disk.         |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| disk_size                      | Size in bytes of the data as stored on the  |
-|                                | disk. Views indexes are not included in the |
-|                                | calculation.                                |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| instance_start_time            | Timestamp of when the database was created, |
-|                                | expressed in milliseconds since the epoch.  |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| purge_seq                      | The number of purge operations on the       |
-|                                | database.                                   |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| update_seq                     | The current number of updates to the        |
-|                                | database.                                   |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-
-Design Document
-===============
-
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| Field                          | Description                                 |
-+================================+=============================================+
-| _id                            | Design Document ID                          |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| _rev                           | Design Document Revision                    |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| views                          | View                                        |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     viewname                   | View Definition                             |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         map                    | Map Function for View                       |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         reduce (optional)      | Reduce Function for View                    |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-
-Design Document Information
-===========================
-
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| Field                          | Description                                 |
-+================================+=============================================+
-| name                           | Name/ID of Design Document                  |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| view_index                     | View Index                                  |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     compact_running            | Indicates whether a compaction routine is   |
-|                                | currently running on the view               |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     disk_size                  | Size in bytes of the view as stored on disk |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     language                   | Language for the defined views              |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     purge_seq                  | The purge sequence that has been processed  |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     signature                  | MD5 signature of the views for the design   |
-|                                | document                                    |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     update_seq                 | The update sequence of the corresponding    |
-|                                | database that has been indexed              |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     updater_running            | Indicates if the view is currently being    |
-|                                | updated                                     |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     waiting_clients            | Number of clients waiting on views from this|
-|                                | design document                             |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     waiting_commit             | Indicates if there are outstanding commits  |
-|                                | to the underlying database that need to     |
-|                                | processed                                   |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-
-Design Document spatial index Information
-=========================================
-
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| Field                          | Description                                 |
-+================================+=============================================+
-| name                           | Name/ID of Design Document                  |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| spatial_index                  | View Index                                  |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     compact_running            | Indicates whether a compaction routine is   |
-|                                | currently running on the view               |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     disk_size                  | Size in bytes of the view as stored on disk |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     language                   | Language for the defined views              |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     purge_seq                  | The purge sequence that has been processed  |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     signature                  | MD5 signature of the views for the design   |
-|                                | document                                    |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     update_seq                 | The update sequence of the corresponding    |
-|                                | database that has been indexed              |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     updater_running            | Indicates if the view is currently being    |
-|                                | updated                                     |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     waiting_clients            | Number of clients waiting on views from this|
-|                                | design document                             |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     waiting_commit             | Indicates if there are outstanding commits  |
-|                                | to the underlying database that need to     |
-|                                | processed                                   |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-
-Document with Attachments
-=========================
-
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| Field                          | Description                                 |
-+================================+=============================================+
-| _id (optional)                 | Document ID                                 |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| _rev (optional)                | Revision ID (when updating an existing      |
-|                                | document)                                   |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| _attachments (optional)        | Document Attachment                         |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     filename                   | Attachment information                      |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         content_type           | MIME Content type string                    |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         data                   | File attachment content, Base64 encoded     |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-
-List of Active Tasks
-====================
-
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| Field                          | Description                                 |
-+================================+=============================================+
-| tasks [array]                  | Active Task                                 |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     pid                        | Process ID                                  |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     status                     | Task status message                         |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     task                       | Task name                                   |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     type                       | Operation Type                              |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-
-Replication Settings
-====================
-
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| Field                          | Description                                 |
-+================================+=============================================+
-| source                         | Source database name or URL                 |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| target                         | Target database name or URL                 |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| create_target (optional)       | Creates the target database                 |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| continuous (optional)          | Configure the replication to be continuous  |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| cancel (optional)              | Cancels the replication                     |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| doc_ids (optional)             | Array of document IDs to be synchronized    |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| proxy (optional)               | Address of a proxy server through which     |
-|                                | replication should occur                    |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-
-Replication Status
-==================
-
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| Field                          | Description                                 |
-+================================+=============================================+
-| ok                             | Replication status                          |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| session_id                     | Unique session ID                           |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| source_last_seq                | Last sequence number read from source       |
-|                                | database                                    |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| history [array]                | Replication History                         |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     session_id                 | Session ID for this replication operation   |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     recorded_seq               | Last recorded sequence number               |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     docs_read                  | Number of documents read                    |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     docs_written               | Number of documents written to target       |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     doc_write_failures         | Number of document write failures           |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     start_time                 | Date/Time replication operation started     |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     start_last_seq             | First sequence number in changes stream     |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     end_time                   | Date/Time replication operation completed   |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     end_last_seq               | Last sequence number in changes stream      |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     missing_checked            | Number of missing documents checked         |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     missing_found              | Number of missing documents found           |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-
-Returned CouchDB Document with Detailed Revision Info
-=====================================================
-
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| Field                          | Description                                 |
-+================================+=============================================+
-| _id (optional)                 | Document ID                                 |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| _rev (optional)                | Revision ID (when updating an existing      |
-|                                | document)                                   |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| _revs_info [array]             | CouchDB Document Extended Revision Info     |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         rev                    | Full revision string                        |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         status                 | Status of the revision                      |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-
-Returned CouchDB Document with Revision Info
-============================================
-
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| Field                          | Description                                 |
-+================================+=============================================+
-| _id (optional)                 | Document ID                                 |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| _rev (optional)                | Revision ID (when updating an existing      |
-|                                | document)                                   |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| _revisions                     | CouchDB Document Revisions                  |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     ids [array]                | Array of valid revision IDs, in reverse     |
-|                                | order (latest first)                        |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     start                      | Prefix number for the latest revision       |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-
-Returned Document with Attachments
-==================================
-
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| Field                          | Description                                 |
-+================================+=============================================+
-| _id (optional)                 | Document ID                                 |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| _rev (optional)                | Revision ID (when updating an existing      |
-|                                | document)                                   |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| _attachments (optional)        | Document Attachment                         |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|     filename                   | Attachment                                  |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         stub                   | Indicates whether the attachment is a stub  |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         content_type           | MIME Content type string                    |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         length                 | Length (bytes) of the attachment data       |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         revpos                 | Revision where this attachment exists       |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-
-Security Object
-===============
-
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| Field                          | Description                                 |
-+================================+=============================================+
-| admins                         | Roles/Users with admin privileges           |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         roles [array]          | List of roles with parent privilege         |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         users [array]          | List of users with parent privilege         |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| readers                        | Roles/Users with reader privileges          |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         roles [array]          | List of roles with parent privilege         |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
-|         users [array]          | List of users with parent privilege         |
-+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+

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-OS Daemons
-==========
-
-CouchDB now supports starting external processes. The support is simple
-and enables CouchDB to start each configured OS daemon. If the daemon
-stops at any point, CouchDB will restart it (with protection to ensure
-regularly failing daemons are not repeatedly restarted).
-
-The daemon starting process is one-to-one; for each each configured
-daemon in the configuration file, CouchDB will start exactly one
-instance. If you need to run multiple instances, then you must create
-separate individual configurations. Daemons are configured within the
-``[os_daemons]`` section of your configuration file (``local.ini``). The
-format of each configured daemon is:
-
-.. code-block:: ini
-
-    NAME = PATH ARGS
-
-Where ``NAME`` is an arbitrary (and unique) name to identify the daemon;
-``PATH`` is the full path to the daemon to be executed; ``ARGS`` are any
-required arguments to the daemon.
-
-For example:
-
-.. code-block:: ini
-
-    [os_daemons]
-    basic_responder = /usr/local/bin/responder.js
-
-There is no interactivity between CouchDB and the running process, but
-you can use the OS Daemons service to create new HTTP servers and
-responders and then use the new proxy service to redirect requests and
-output to the CouchDB managed service. For more information on proxying,
-see :ref:`http-proxying`. For further background on the OS Daemon service, see
-`CouchDB Externals API`_.
-
-.. _CouchDB Externals API: http://davispj.com/2010/09/26/new-couchdb-externals-api.html

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-HTTP Range Requests
-===================
-
-HTTP allows you to specify byte ranges for requests. This allows the
-implementation of resumable downloads and skippable audio and video
-streams alike. This is available for all attachments inside CouchDB.
-
-This is just a real quick run through how this looks under the hood.
-Usually, you will have larger binary files to serve from CouchDB, like
-MP3s and videos, but to make things a little more obvious, I use a text
-file here (Note that I use the ``application/octet-stream`` Content-Type
-instead of ``text/plain``).
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    shell> cat file.txt
-    My hovercraft is full of eels!
-
-Now let's store this text file as an attachment in CouchDB. First, we
-create a database:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    shell> curl -X PUT http://127.0.0.1:5984/test
-    {"ok":true}
-
-Then we create a new document and the file attachment in one go:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    shell> curl -X PUT http://127.0.0.1:5984/test/doc/file.txt \
-                -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" -d@file.txt
-    {"ok":true,"id":"doc","rev":"1-287a28fa680ae0c7fb4729bf0c6e0cf2"}
-
-Now we can request the whole file easily:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    shell> curl -X GET http://127.0.0.1:5984/test/doc/file.txt
-    My hovercraft is full of eels!
-
-But say we only want the first 13 bytes:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    shell> curl -X GET http://127.0.0.1:5984/test/doc/file.txt \
-                -H "Range: bytes=0-12"
-    My hovercraft
-
-HTTP supports many ways to specify single and even multiple byte
-ranges. Read all about it in `RFC 2616`_.
-
-.. note::
-   Databases that have been created with CouchDB 1.0.2 or earlier will
-   support range requests in |version|, but they are using a less-optimal
-   algorithm. If you plan to make heavy use of this feature, make sure
-   to compact your database with CouchDB |version| to take advantage of a
-   better algorithm to find byte ranges.
-
-.. _RFC 2616: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-14.27

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-=======================================
-CouchDB Release |version| Feature Guide
-=======================================
-
-Upgrading to CouchDB |version|
-==============================
-
-You can upgrade your existing CouchDB 1.0.x installation to CouchDB |version|
-without any specific steps or migration. When you run CouchDB |version| the
-existing data and index files will be opened and used as normal.
-
-The first time you run a compaction routine on your database within
-CouchDB |version|, the data structure and indexes will be updated to the new
-version of the CouchDB database format that can only be read by CouchDB
-|version| and later. This step is not reversible. Once the data files have
-been updated and migrated to the new version the data files will no
-longer work with a CouchDB 1.0.x release.
-
-.. warning::
-   If you want to retain support for opening the data files in
-   CouchDB 1.0.x you must back up your data files before performing the
-   upgrade and compaction process.
-
-New features in CouchDB |version|
-=================================
-
-.. toctree::
-..   :maxdepth: 2
-..   
-..   replicator
-..   ssl
-..   range
-..   proxy
-..   commonjs
-..   other

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-.. _replication:
-
-Replicator Database
-===================
-
-A database where you ``PUT``/``POST`` documents to trigger replications
-and you ``DELETE`` to cancel ongoing replications. These documents have
-exactly the same content as the JSON objects we used to ``POST`` to
-``_replicate`` (fields ``source``, ``target``, ``create_target``,
-``continuous``, ``doc_ids``, ``filter``, ``query_params``.
-
-Replication documents can have a user defined ``_id``. Design documents
-(and ``_local`` documents) added to the replicator database are ignored.
-
-The default name of this database is ``_replicator``. The name can be
-changed in the ``local.ini`` configuration, section ``[replicator]``,
-parameter ``db``.
-
-Basics
-------
-
-Let's say you PUT the following document into ``_replicator``:
-
-.. code-block:: javascript
-
-    {
-        "_id": "my_rep",
-        "source":  "http://myserver.com:5984/foo",
-        "target":  "bar",
-        "create_target":  true
-    }
-
-In the couch log you'll see 2 entries like these:
-
-.. code-block:: text
-
-    [Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:43:59 GMT] [info] [<0.291.0>] Document `my_rep` triggered replication `c0ebe9256695ff083347cbf95f93e280+create_target`
-    [Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:44:37 GMT] [info] [<0.124.0>] Replication `c0ebe9256695ff083347cbf95f93e280+create_target` finished (triggered by document `my_rep`)
-
-As soon as the replication is triggered, the document will be updated by
-CouchDB with 3 new fields:
-
-.. code-block:: javascript
-
-    {
-        "_id": "my_rep",
-        "source":  "http://myserver.com:5984/foo",
-        "target":  "bar",
-        "create_target":  true,
-        "_replication_id":  "c0ebe9256695ff083347cbf95f93e280",
-        "_replication_state":  "triggered",
-        "_replication_state_time":  1297974122
-    }
-
-Special fields set by the replicator start with the prefix
-``_replication_``.
-
--  ``_replication_id``
-
-   The ID internally assigned to the replication. This is also the ID
-   exposed by ``/_active_tasks``.
-
--  ``_replication_state``
-
-   The current state of the replication.
-
--  ``_replication_state_time``
-
-   A Unix timestamp (number of seconds since 1 Jan 1970) that tells us
-   when the current replication state (marked in ``_replication_state``)
-   was set.
-
-When the replication finishes, it will update the ``_replication_state``
-field (and ``_replication_state_time``) with the value ``completed``, so
-the document will look like:
-
-.. code-block:: javascript
-
-    {
-        "_id": "my_rep",
-        "source":  "http://myserver.com:5984/foo",
-        "target":  "bar",
-        "create_target":  true,
-        "_replication_id":  "c0ebe9256695ff083347cbf95f93e280",
-        "_replication_state":  "completed",
-        "_replication_state_time":  1297974122
-    }
-
-When an error happens during replication, the ``_replication_state``
-field is set to ``error`` (and ``_replication_state`` gets updated of
-course).
-
-When you PUT/POST a document to the ``_replicator`` database, CouchDB
-will attempt to start the replication up to 10 times (configurable under
-``[replicator]``, parameter ``max_replication_retry_count``). If it
-fails on the first attempt, it waits 5 seconds before doing a second
-attempt. If the second attempt fails, it waits 10 seconds before doing a
-third attempt. If the third attempt fails, it waits 20 seconds before
-doing a fourth attempt (each attempt doubles the previous wait period).
-When an attempt fails, the Couch log will show you something like:
-
-.. code-block:: text
-
-    [error] [<0.149.0>] Error starting replication `67c1bb92010e7abe35d7d629635f18b6+create_target` (document `my_rep_2`): {db_not_found,<<"could not open http://myserver:5986/foo/">>
-
-.. note::
-   The ``_replication_state`` field is only set to ``error`` when all
-   the attempts were unsuccessful.
-
-There are only 3 possible values for the ``_replication_state`` field:
-``triggered``, ``completed`` and ``error``. Continuous replications
-never get their state set to ``completed``.
-
-Documents describing the same replication
------------------------------------------
-
-Lets suppose 2 documents are added to the ``_replicator`` database in
-the following order:
-
-.. code-block:: javascript
-
-    {
-        "_id": "doc_A",
-        "source":  "http://myserver.com:5984/foo",
-        "target":  "bar"
-    }
-
-and
-
-.. code-block:: javascript
-
-    {
-        "_id": "doc_B",
-        "source":  "http://myserver.com:5984/foo",
-        "target":  "bar"
-    }
-
-Both describe exactly the same replication (only their ``_ids`` differ).
-In this case document ``doc_A`` triggers the replication, getting
-updated by CouchDB with the fields ``_replication_state``,
-``_replication_state_time`` and ``_replication_id``, just like it was
-described before. Document ``doc_B`` however, is only updated with one
-field, the ``_replication_id`` so it will look like this:
-
-.. code-block:: javascript
-
-    {
-        "_id": "doc_B",
-        "source":  "http://myserver.com:5984/foo",
-        "target":  "bar",
-        "_replication_id":  "c0ebe9256695ff083347cbf95f93e280"
-    }
-
-While document ``doc_A`` will look like this:
-
-.. code-block:: javascript
-
-    {
-        "_id": "doc_A",
-        "source":  "http://myserver.com:5984/foo",
-        "target":  "bar",
-        "_replication_id":  "c0ebe9256695ff083347cbf95f93e280",
-        "_replication_state":  "triggered",
-        "_replication_state_time":  1297974122
-    }
-
-Note that both document get exactly the same value for the
-``_replication_id`` field. This way you can identify which documents
-refer to the same replication - you can for example define a view which
-maps replication IDs to document IDs.
-
-Canceling replications
-----------------------
-
-To cancel a replication simply ``DELETE`` the document which triggered
-the replication. The Couch log will show you an entry like the
-following:
-
-.. code-block:: text
-
-    [Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:16:29 GMT] [info] [<0.125.0>] Stopped replication `c0ebe9256695ff083347cbf95f93e280+continuous+create_target` because replication document `doc_A` was deleted
-
-.. note::
-   You need to ``DELETE`` the document that triggered the replication.
-   ``DELETE``-ing another document that describes the same replication
-   but did not trigger it, will not cancel the replication.
-
-Server restart
---------------
-
-When CouchDB is restarted, it checks its ``_replicator`` database and
-restarts any replication that is described by a document that either has
-its ``_replication_state`` field set to ``triggered`` or it doesn't have
-yet the ``_replication_state`` field set.
-
-.. note::
-   Continuous replications always have a ``_replication_state`` field
-   with the value ``triggered``, therefore they're always restarted
-   when CouchDB is restarted.
-
-Changing the Replicator Database
---------------------------------
-
-Imagine your replicator database (default name is ``_replicator``) has the
-two following documents that represent pull replications from servers A
-and B:
-
-.. code-block:: javascript
-
-    {
-        "_id": "rep_from_A",
-        "source":  "http://aserver.com:5984/foo",
-        "target":  "foo_a",
-        "continuous":  true,
-        "_replication_id":  "c0ebe9256695ff083347cbf95f93e280",
-        "_replication_state":  "triggered",
-        "_replication_state_time":  1297971311
-    }
-
-.. code-block:: javascript
-
-    {
-        "_id": "rep_from_B",
-        "source":  "http://bserver.com:5984/foo",
-        "target":  "foo_b",
-        "continuous":  true,
-        "_replication_id":  "231bb3cf9d48314eaa8d48a9170570d1",
-        "_replication_state":  "triggered",
-        "_replication_state_time":  1297974122
-    }
-
-Now without stopping and restarting CouchDB, you change the name of the
-replicator database to ``another_replicator_db``:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    $ curl -X PUT http://localhost:5984/_config/replicator/db -d '"another_replicator_db"'
-    "_replicator"
-
-As soon as this is done, both pull replications defined before, are
-stopped. This is explicitly mentioned in CouchDB's log:
-
-.. code-block:: text
-
-    [Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:44:20 GMT] [info] [<0.104.0>] Stopping all ongoing replications because the replicator database was deleted or changed
-    [Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:44:20 GMT] [info] [<0.127.0>] 127.0.0.1 - - PUT /_config/replicator/db 200
-
-Imagine now you add a replication document to the new replicator
-database named ``another_replicator_db``:
-
-.. code-block:: javascript
-
-    {
-        "_id": "rep_from_X",
-        "source":  "http://xserver.com:5984/foo",
-        "target":  "foo_x",
-        "continuous":  true
-    }
-
-From now own you have a single replication going on in your system: a
-pull replication pulling from server X. Now you change back the
-replicator database to the original one ``_replicator``:
-
-::
-
-    $ curl -X PUT http://localhost:5984/_config/replicator/db -d '"_replicator"'
-    "another_replicator_db"
-
-Immediately after this operation, the replication pulling from server X
-will be stopped and the replications defined in the ``_replicator``
-database (pulling from servers A and B) will be resumed.
-
-Changing again the replicator database to ``another_replicator_db`` will
-stop the pull replications pulling from servers A and B, and resume the
-pull replication pulling from server X.
-
-Replicating the replicator database
------------------------------------
-
-Imagine you have in server C a replicator database with the two
-following pull replication documents in it:
-
-.. code-block:: javascript
-
-    {
-         "_id": "rep_from_A",
-         "source":  "http://aserver.com:5984/foo",
-         "target":  "foo_a",
-         "continuous":  true,
-         "_replication_id":  "c0ebe9256695ff083347cbf95f93e280",
-         "_replication_state":  "triggered",
-         "_replication_state_time":  1297971311
-    }
-
-.. code-block:: javascript
-
-    {
-         "_id": "rep_from_B",
-         "source":  "http://bserver.com:5984/foo",
-         "target":  "foo_b",
-         "continuous":  true,
-         "_replication_id":  "231bb3cf9d48314eaa8d48a9170570d1",
-         "_replication_state":  "triggered",
-         "_replication_state_time":  1297974122
-    }
-
-Now you would like to have the same pull replications going on in server
-D, that is, you would like to have server D pull replicating from
-servers A and B. You have two options:
-
--  Explicitly add two documents to server's D replicator database
-
--  Replicate server's C replicator database into server's D replicator
-   database
-
-Both alternatives accomplish exactly the same goal.
-
-Delegations
------------
-
-Replication documents can have a custom ``user_ctx`` property. This
-property defines the user context under which a replication runs. For
-the old way of triggering replications (POSTing to ``/_replicate/``),
-this property was not needed (it didn't exist in fact) - this is because
-at the moment of triggering the replication it has information about the
-authenticated user. With the replicator database, since it's a regular
-database, the information about the authenticated user is only present
-at the moment the replication document is written to the database - the
-replicator database implementation is like a ``_changes`` feed consumer
-(with ``?include_docs=true``) that reacts to what was written to the
-replicator database - in fact this feature could be implemented with an
-external script/program. This implementation detail implies that for non
-admin users, a ``user_ctx`` property, containing the user's name and a
-subset of his/her roles, must be defined in the replication document.
-This is ensured by the document update validation function present in
-the default design document of the replicator database. This validation
-function also ensure that a non admin user can set a user name property
-in the ``user_ctx`` property that doesn't match his/her own name (same
-principle applies for the roles).
-
-For admins, the ``user_ctx`` property is optional, and if it's missing
-it defaults to a user context with name null and an empty list of roles
-- this mean design documents will not be written to local targets. If
-writing design documents to local targets is desired, the a user context
-with the roles ``_admin`` must be set explicitly.
-
-Also, for admins the ``user_ctx`` property can be used to trigger a
-replication on behalf of another user. This is the user context that
-will be passed to local target database document validation functions.
-
-.. note::
-   The ``user_ctx`` property only has effect for local endpoints.
-
-Example delegated replication document:
-
-.. code-block:: javascript
-
-    {
-         "_id": "my_rep",
-         "source":  "http://bserver.com:5984/foo",
-         "target":  "bar",
-         "continuous":  true,
-         "user_ctx": {
-              "name": "joe",
-              "roles": ["erlanger", "researcher"]
-         }
-    }
-
-As stated before, for admins the ``user_ctx`` property is optional, while
-for regular (non admin) users it's mandatory. When the roles property of
-``user_ctx`` is missing, it defaults to the empty list ``[ ]``.

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-Native SSL Support
-==================
-
-CouchDB |version| supports SSL natively. All your secure connection needs can
-now be served without needing to setup and maintain a separate proxy server
-that handles SSL.
-
-SSL setup can be tricky, but the configuration in CouchDB was designed
-to be as easy as possible. All you need is two files; a certificate and
-a private key. If you bought an official SSL certificate from a
-certificate authority, both should be in your possession already.
-
-If you just want to try this out and don't want to pay anything upfront,
-you can create a self-signed certificate. Everything will work the same,
-but clients will get a warning about an insecure certificate.
-
-You will need the OpenSSL command line tool installed. It probably
-already is.
-
-::
-
-    shell> mkdir cert && cd cert
-    shell> openssl genrsa > privkey.pem
-    shell> openssl req -new -x509 -key privkey.pem -out mycert.pem -days 1095
-    shell> ls
-    mycert.pem privkey.pem
-
-Now, you need to edit CouchDB's configuration, either by editing your
-``local.ini`` file or using the ``/_config`` API calls or the
-configuration screen in Futon. Here is what you need to do in
-``local.ini``, you can infer what needs doing in the other places.
-
-Be sure to make these edits. Under ``[daemons]`` you should see:
-
-::
-
-    ; enable SSL support by uncommenting the following line and supply the PEM's below.
-    ; the default ssl port CouchDB listens on is 6984
-    ;httpsd = {couch_httpd, start_link, [https]}
-
-Here uncomment the last line:
-
-::
-
-    httpsd = {couch_httpd, start_link, [https]}
-
-Next, under ``[ssl]`` you will see:
-
-::
-
-    ;cert_file = /full/path/to/server_cert.pem
-    ;key_file = /full/path/to/server_key.pem
-
-Uncomment and adjust the paths so it matches your system's paths:
-
-::
-
-    cert_file = /home/jan/cert/mycert.pem
-    key_file = /home/jan/cert/privkey.pem
-
-For more information please read
-`http://www.openssl.org/docs/HOWTO/certificates.txt`_.
-
-Now start (or restart) CouchDB. You should be able to connect to it
-using HTTPS on port 6984:
-
-::
-
-    shell> curl https://127.0.0.1:6984/
-    curl: (60) SSL certificate problem, verify that the CA cert is OK. Details:
-    error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed
-    More details here: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/sslcerts.html
-
-    curl performs SSL certificate verification by default, using a "bundle"
-    of Certificate Authority (CA) public keys (CA certs). If the default
-    bundle file isn't adequate, you can specify an alternate file
-    using the --cacert option.
-    If this HTTPS server uses a certificate signed by a CA represented in
-    the bundle, the certificate verification probably failed due to a
-    problem with the certificate (it might be expired, or the name might
-    not match the domain name in the URL).
-    If you'd like to turn off curl's verification of the certificate, use
-    the -k (or --insecure) option.
-
-Oh no what happened?! — Remember, clients will notify their users that
-your certificate is self signed. ``curl`` is the client in this case and
-it notifies you. Luckily you trust yourself (don't you?) and you can
-specify the ``-k`` option as the message reads:
-
-::
-
-    shell> curl -k https://127.0.0.1:6984/
-    {"couchdb":"Welcome","version":"|version|"}
-
-All done.
-
-.. _`http://www.openssl.org/docs/HOWTO/certificates.txt`: http://www.openssl.org/docs/HOWTO/certificates.txt

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+.. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+.. use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+.. the License at
+..
+..   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+..
+.. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+.. distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+.. WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+.. License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+.. the License.
+
+.. _api-basics:
+
+===========
+CouchDB API
+===========
+
+The CouchDB API is the primary method of interfacing to a CouchDB
+instance. Requests are made using HTTP and requests are used to request
+information from the database, store new data, and perform views and
+formatting of the information stored within the documents.
+
+Requests to the API can be categorised by the different areas of the
+CouchDB system that you are accessing, and the HTTP method used to send
+the request. Different methods imply different operations, for example
+retrieval of information from the database is typically handled by the
+``GET`` operation, while updates are handled by either a ``POST`` or
+``PUT`` request. There are some differences between the information that
+must be supplied for the different methods. For a guide to the basic
+HTTP methods and request structure, see :ref:`api-format`.
+
+For nearly all operations, the submitted data, and the returned data
+structure, is defined within a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) object.
+Basic information on the content and data types for JSON are provided in
+:ref:`json`.
+
+Errors when accessing the CouchDB API are reported using standard HTTP
+Status Codes. A guide to the generic codes returned by CouchDB are
+provided in :ref:`errors`.
+
+When accessing specific areas of the CouchDB API, specific information
+and examples on the HTTP methods and request, JSON structures, and error
+codes are provided. For a guide to the different areas of the API, see
+:ref:`api-overview`.
+
+.. _api-format:
+
+Request Format and Responses
+============================
+
+CouchDB supports the following HTTP request methods:
+
+-  ``GET``
+
+   Request the specified item. As with normal HTTP requests, the format
+   of the URL defines what is returned. With CouchDB this can include
+   static items, database documents, and configuration and statistical
+   information. In most cases the information is returned in the form of
+   a JSON document.
+
+-  ``HEAD``
+
+   The ``HEAD`` method is used to get the HTTP header of a ``GET``
+   request without the body of the response.
+
+-  ``POST``
+
+   Upload data. Within CouchDB ``POST`` is used to set values, including
+   uploading documents, setting document values, and starting certain
+   administration commands.
+
+-  ``PUT``
+
+   Used to put a specified resource. In CouchDB ``PUT`` is used to
+   create new objects, including databases, documents, views and design
+   documents.
+
+-  ``DELETE``
+
+   Deletes the specified resource, including documents, views, and
+   design documents.
+
+-  ``COPY``
+
+   A special method that can be used to copy documents and objects.
+
+If you use the an unsupported HTTP request type with a URL that does not
+support the specified type, a 405 error will be returned, listing the
+supported HTTP methods. For example:
+
+.. code-block:: javascript
+
+    {
+        "error":"method_not_allowed",
+        "reason":"Only GET,HEAD allowed"
+    }
+          
+
+The CouchDB design document API and the functions when returning HTML
+(for example as part of a show or list) enables you to include custom
+HTTP headers through the ``headers`` block of the return object.
+
+HTTP Headers
+============
+
+Because CouchDB uses HTTP for all communication, you need to ensure that
+the correct HTTP headers are supplied (and processed on retrieval) so
+that you get the right format and encoding. Different environments and
+clients will be more or less strict on the effect of these HTTP headers
+(especially when not present). Where possible you should be as specific
+as possible.
+
+Request Headers
+---------------
+
+-  ``Content-type``
+
+   Specifies the content type of the information being supplied within
+   the request. The specification uses MIME type specifications. For the
+   majority of requests this will be JSON (``application/json``). For
+   some settings the MIME type will be plain text. When uploading
+   attachments it should be the corresponding MIME type for the
+   attachment or binary (``application/octet-stream``).
+
+   The use of the ``Content-type`` on a request is highly recommended.
+
+-  ``Accept``
+
+   Specifies the list of accepted data types to be returned by the
+   server (i.e. that are accepted/understandable by the client). The
+   format should be a list of one or more MIME types, separated by
+   colons.
+
+   For the majority of requests the definition should be for JSON data
+   (``application/json``). For attachments you can either specify the
+   MIME type explicitly, or use ``*/*`` to specify that all file types
+   are supported. If the ``Accept`` header is not supplied, then the
+   ``*/*`` MIME type is assumed (i.e. client accepts all formats).
+
+   The use of ``Accept`` in queries for CouchDB is not required, but is
+   highly recommended as it helps to ensure that the data returned can
+   be processed by the client.
+
+   If you specify a data type using the ``Accept`` header, CouchDB will
+   honor the specified type in the ``Content-type`` header field
+   returned. For example, if you explicitly request ``application/json``
+   in the ``Accept`` of a request, the returned HTTP headers will use
+   the value in the returned ``Content-type`` field.
+
+   For example, when sending a request without an explicit ``Accept``
+   header, or when specifying ``*/*``:
+
+   .. code-block:: http
+
+       GET /recipes HTTP/1.1
+       Host: couchdb:5984
+       Accept: */*
+
+   The returned headers are:
+
+   .. code-block:: http
+
+       Server: CouchDB/1.0.1 (Erlang OTP/R13B)
+       Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:39:34 GMT
+       Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8
+       Content-Length: 227
+       Cache-Control: must-revalidate
+
+   Note that the returned content type is ``text/plain`` even though the
+   information returned by the request is in JSON format.
+
+   Explicitly specifying the ``Accept`` header:
+
+   .. code-block:: http
+
+       GET /recipes HTTP/1.1
+       Host: couchdb:5984
+       Accept: application/json
+
+   The headers returned include the ``application/json`` content type:
+
+   .. code-block:: http
+
+       Server: CouchDB/|version| (Erlang OTP/R13B)
+       Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:40:11 GMT
+       Content-Type: application/json
+       Content-Length: 227
+       Cache-Control: must-revalidate
+
+Response Headers
+----------------
+
+Response headers are returned by the server when sending back content
+and include a number of different header fields, many of which are
+standard HTTP response header and have no significance to CouchDB
+operation. The list of response headers important to CouchDB are listed
+below.
+
+-  ``Content-type``
+
+   Specifies the MIME type of the returned data. For most request, the
+   returned MIME type is ``text/plain``. All text is encoded in Unicode
+   (UTF-8), and this is explicitly stated in the returned
+   ``Content-type``, as ``text/plain;charset=utf-8``.
+
+-  ``Cache-control``
+
+   The cache control HTTP response header provides a suggestion for
+   client caching mechanisms on how to treat the returned information.
+   CouchDB typically returns the ``must-revalidate``, which indicates
+   that the information should be revalidated if possible. This is used
+   to ensure that the dynamic nature of the content is correctly
+   updated.
+
+-  ``Content-length``
+
+   The length (in bytes) of the returned content.
+
+-  ``Etag``
+
+   The ``Etag`` HTTP header field is used to show the revision for a
+   document, or a view.
+
+   ETags have been assigned to a map/reduce group (the collection of
+   views in a single design document). Any change to any of the indexes
+   for those views would generate a new ETag for all view URL's in a
+   single design doc, even if that specific view's results had not
+   changed.
+
+   Each ``_view`` URL has its own ETag which only gets updated when
+   changes are made to the database that effect that index. If the
+   index for that specific view does not change, that view keeps the
+   original ETag head (therefore sending back 304 Not Modified more
+   often).
+
+.. _json:
+
+JSON Basics
+===========
+
+The majority of requests and responses to CouchDB use the JavaScript
+Object Notation (JSON) for formatting the content and structure of the
+data and responses.
+
+JSON is used because it is the simplest and easiest to use solution for
+working with data within a web browser, as JSON structures can be
+evaluated and used as JavaScript objects within the web browser
+environment. JSON also integrates with the server-side JavaScript used
+within CouchDB.
+
+JSON supports the same basic types as supported by JavaScript, these
+are:
+
+-  Number (either integer or floating-point).
+
+-  String; this should be enclosed by double-quotes and supports Unicode
+   characters and backslash escaping. For example:
+
+   .. code-block:: javascript
+
+       "A String"
+
+-  Boolean - a ``true`` or ``false`` value. You can use these strings
+   directly. For example:
+
+   .. code-block:: javascript
+
+       { "value": true}
+
+-  Array - a list of values enclosed in square brackets. For example:
+
+   .. code-block:: javascript
+
+       ["one", "two", "three"]
+
+-  Object - a set of key/value pairs (i.e. an associative array, or
+   hash). The key must be a string, but the value can be any of the
+   supported JSON values. For example:
+
+   .. code-block:: javascript
+
+       {
+          "servings" : 4,
+          "subtitle" : "Easy to make in advance, and then cook when ready",
+          "cooktime" : 60,
+          "title" : "Chicken Coriander"
+       }
+           
+
+   In CouchDB, the JSON object is used to represent a variety of
+   structures, including the main CouchDB document.
+
+Parsing JSON into a JavaScript object is supported through the
+``JSON.parse()`` function in JavaScript, or through various libraries that
+will perform the parsing of the content into a JavaScript object for
+you. Libraries for parsing and generating JSON are available in many
+languages, including Perl, Python, Ruby, Erlang and others.
+
+.. warning::
+   Care should be taken to ensure that your JSON structures are
+   valid, invalid structures will cause CouchDB to return an HTTP status code
+   of 500 (server error).
+
+.. _errors:
+
+HTTP Status Codes
+=================
+
+With the interface to CouchDB working through HTTP, error codes and
+statuses are reported using a combination of the HTTP status code
+number, and corresponding data in the body of the response data.
+
+A list of the error codes returned by CouchDB, and generic descriptions
+of the related errors are provided below. The meaning of different
+status codes for specific request types are provided in the
+corresponding API call reference.
+
+-  ``200 - OK``
+
+   Request completed successfully.
+
+-  ``201 - Created``
+
+   Document created successfully.
+
+-  ``202 - Accepted``
+
+   Request has been accepted, but the corresponding operation may not
+   have completed. This is used for background operations, such as
+   database compaction.
+
+-  ``304 - Not Modified``
+
+   The additional content requested has not been modified. This is used
+   with the ETag system to identify the version of information returned.
+
+-  ``400 - Bad Request``
+
+   Bad request structure. The error can indicate an error with the
+   request URL, path or headers. Differences in the supplied MD5 hash
+   and content also trigger this error, as this may indicate message
+   corruption.
+
+-  ``401 - Unauthorized``
+
+   The item requested was not available using the supplied
+   authorization, or authorization was not supplied.
+
+-  ``403 - Forbidden``
+
+   The requested item or operation is forbidden.
+
+-  ``404 - Not Found``
+
+   The requested content could not be found. The content will include
+   further information, as a JSON object, if available. The structure
+   will contain two keys, ``error`` and ``reason``. For example:
+
+   .. code-block:: javascript
+
+       {"error":"not_found","reason":"no_db_file"}
+
+-  ``405 - Resource Not Allowed``
+
+   A request was made using an invalid HTTP request type for the URL
+   requested. For example, you have requested a ``PUT`` when a ``POST``
+   is required. Errors of this type can also triggered by invalid URL
+   strings.
+
+-  ``406 - Not Acceptable``
+
+   The requested content type is not supported by the server.
+
+-  ``409 - Conflict``
+
+   Request resulted in an update conflict.
+
+-  ``412 - Precondition Failed``
+
+   The request headers from the client and the capabilities of the
+   server do not match.
+
+-  ``415 - Bad Content Type``
+
+   The content types supported, and the content type of the information
+   being requested or submitted indicate that the content type is not
+   supported.
+
+-  ``416 - Requested Range Not Satisfiable``
+
+   The range specified in the request header cannot be satisfied by the
+   server.
+
+-  ``417 - Expectation Failed``
+
+   When sending documents in bulk, the bulk load operation failed.
+
+-  ``500 - Internal Server Error``
+
+   The request was invalid, either because the supplied JSON was
+   invalid, or invalid information was supplied as part of the request.
+
+.. _api-overview:
+
+CouchDB API Overview
+====================
+
+The components of the API URL path help determine the part of the
+CouchDB server that is being accessed. The result is the structure of
+the URL request both identifies and effectively describes the area of
+the database you are accessing.
+
+As with all URLs, the individual components are separated by a forward
+slash.
+
+As a general rule, URL components and JSON fields starting with the
+``_`` (underscore) character represent a special component or entity
+within the server or returned object. For example, the URL fragment
+``/_all_dbs`` gets a list of all of the databases in a CouchDB instance.
+
+The remainder of the URL API structure can be divided up according to
+the URL structure. The different sections are divided as follows:
+
+-  ``/db``
+
+   Database methods, related to adding, updating or deleting databases,
+   and setting database parameters and operations. For more detailed
+   information, see :ref:`api-db`.
+
+-  ``/db/doc``
+
+   Document methods, those that create, store, update or delete CouchDB
+   documents and their attachments. For more information, see :ref:`api-doc`.
+
+-  ``/db/_local/local-doc``
+
+   Document methods, those that create, store, update or delete CouchDB
+   documents only within the local database. Local documents are not
+   synchronized with other databases. For more information, see
+   :ref:`api-local`.
+
+-  ``/db/_design/design-doc``
+
+   Design documents provide the methods and structure for recovering
+   information from a CouchDB database in the form of views, shows and
+   lists. For more information, see :ref:`api-design`.
+
+-  ``/_special``
+
+   Special methods that obtain or set information about the CouchDB
+   instance, including methods for configuring replication, accessing
+   the logs, and generate Universally Unique IDs (UUIDs). For more
+   information, see :ref:`api-misc`.
+
+-  ``/_config``
+
+   Methods for getting, and settings, CouchDB configuration parameters.
+   For more information, see :ref:`api-config`.

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+.. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+.. use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+.. the License at
+..
+..   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+..
+.. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+.. distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+.. WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+.. License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+.. the License.
+
+======================
+Authentication Methods
+======================
+
+.. todo:: Authentication Methods
+
+The CouchDB Authentication methods provide an interface for obtaining
+session and authorization data.
+
+A list of the available methods and URL paths are provided below:
+
++--------+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| Method | Path                    | Description                               |
++========+=========================+===========================================+
+| GET    | /_oauth/access_token    | TBC                                       |
++--------+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| GET    | /_oauth/authorize       | TBC                                       |
++--------+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| POST   | /_oauth/authorize       | TBC                                       |
++--------+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| GET    | /_oauth/request_token   | TBC                                       |
++--------+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| GET    | /_session               | Returns cookie based login user           |
+|        |                         | information                               |
++--------+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| POST   | /_session               | Do cookie based user login                |
++--------+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| DELETE | /_session               | Logout cookie based user                  |
++--------+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------+

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+.. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+.. use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+.. the License at
+..
+..   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+..
+.. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+.. distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+.. WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+.. License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+.. the License.
+
+.. _api-config:
+
+=====================
+Configuration Methods
+=====================
+
+The CouchDB API Server Configuration Methods provide an interface to
+query and update the various configuration values within a running
+CouchDB instance.
+
+A list of the available methods and URL paths are provided below:
+
++--------+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| Method | Path                    | Description                               |
++========+=========================+===========================================+
+| GET    | /_config                | Obtain a list of the entire server        |
+|        |                         | configuration                             |
++--------+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| GET    | /_config/section        | Get all the configuration values for the  |
+|        |                         | specified section                         |
++--------+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| GET    | /_config/section/key    | Get a specific section/configuration value|
++--------+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| PUT    | /_config/section/key    | Set the specified configuration value     |
++--------+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| DELETE | /_config/section/key    | Delete the current setting                |
++--------+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+
+``GET /_config``
+================
+
+* **Method**: ``GET /_config``
+* **Request**: None
+* **Response**: Returns a structure configuration name and value pairs,
+  organized by section
+* **Admin Privileges Required**: yes
+* **Return Codes**:
+
+  * **200**:
+    Request completed successfully.
+
+Returns the entire CouchDB server configuration as a JSON structure. The
+structure is organized by different configuration sections, with
+individual values.
+
+For example, to get the configuration for a server:
+
+.. code-block:: http
+
+    GET http://couchdb:5984/_config
+    Accept: application/json
+
+The response is the JSON structure:
+
+.. code-block:: javascript
+
+    {
+       "query_server_config" : {
+          "reduce_limit" : "true"
+       },
+       "couchdb" : {
+          "os_process_timeout" : "5000",
+          "max_attachment_chunk_size" : "4294967296",
+          "max_document_size" : "4294967296",
+          "uri_file" : "/var/lib/couchdb/couch.uri",
+          "max_dbs_open" : "100",
+          "view_index_dir" : "/var/lib/couchdb",
+          "util_driver_dir" : "/usr/lib64/couchdb/erlang/lib/couch-1.0.1/priv/lib",
+          "database_dir" : "/var/lib/couchdb",
+          "delayed_commits" : "true"
+       },
+       "attachments" : {
+          "compressible_types" : "text/*, application/javascript, application/json,  application/xml",
+          "compression_level" : "8"
+       },
+       "uuids" : {
+          "algorithm" : "utc_random"
+       },
+       "daemons" : {
+          "view_manager" : "{couch_view, start_link, []}",
+          "auth_cache" : "{couch_auth_cache, start_link, []}",
+          "uuids" : "{couch_uuids, start, []}",
+          "stats_aggregator" : "{couch_stats_aggregator, start, []}",
+          "query_servers" : "{couch_query_servers, start_link, []}",
+          "httpd" : "{couch_httpd, start_link, []}",
+          "stats_collector" : "{couch_stats_collector, start, []}",
+          "db_update_notifier" : "{couch_db_update_notifier_sup, start_link, []}",
+          "external_manager" : "{couch_external_manager, start_link, []}"
+       },
+       "stats" : {
+          "samples" : "[0, 60, 300, 900]",
+          "rate" : "1000"
+       },
+       "httpd" : {
+          "vhost_global_handlers" : "_utils, _uuids, _session, _oauth, _users",
+          "secure_rewrites" : "true",
+          "authentication_handlers" : "{couch_httpd_oauth, oauth_authentication_handler},
+                                       {couch_httpd_auth, cookie_authentication_handler},
+                                       {couch_httpd_auth, default_authentication_handler}",
+          "port" : "5984",
+          "default_handler" : "{couch_httpd_db, handle_request}",
+          "allow_jsonp" : "false",
+          "bind_address" : "192.168.0.2",
+          "max_connections" : "2048"
+       },
+       "query_servers" : {
+          "javascript" : "/usr/bin/couchjs /usr/share/couchdb/server/main.js"
+       },
+       "couch_httpd_auth" : {
+          "authentication_db" : "_users",
+          "require_valid_user" : "false",
+          "authentication_redirect" : "/_utils/session.html",
+          "timeout" : "600",
+          "auth_cache_size" : "50"
+       },
+       "httpd_db_handlers" : {
+          "_design" : "{couch_httpd_db, handle_design_req}",
+          "_compact" : "{couch_httpd_db, handle_compact_req}",
+          "_view_cleanup" : "{couch_httpd_db, handle_view_cleanup_req}",
+          "_temp_view" : "{couch_httpd_view, handle_temp_view_req}",
+          "_changes" : "{couch_httpd_db, handle_changes_req}"
+       },
+       "replicator" : {
+          "max_http_sessions" : "10",
+          "max_http_pipeline_size" : "10"
+       },
+       "log" : {
+          "include_sasl" : "true",
+          "level" : "info",
+          "file" : "/var/log/couchdb/couch.log"
+       },
+       "httpd_design_handlers" : {
+          "_update" : "{couch_httpd_show, handle_doc_update_req}",
+          "_show" : "{couch_httpd_show, handle_doc_show_req}",
+          "_info" : "{couch_httpd_db,   handle_design_info_req}",
+          "_list" : "{couch_httpd_show, handle_view_list_req}",
+          "_view" : "{couch_httpd_view, handle_view_req}",
+          "_rewrite" : "{couch_httpd_rewrite, handle_rewrite_req}"
+       },
+       "httpd_global_handlers" : {
+          "_replicate" : "{couch_httpd_misc_handlers, handle_replicate_req}",
+          "/" : "{couch_httpd_misc_handlers, handle_welcome_req, <<\"Welcome\">>}",
+          "_config" : "{couch_httpd_misc_handlers, handle_config_req}",
+          "_utils" : "{couch_httpd_misc_handlers, handle_utils_dir_req, \"/usr/share/couchdb/www\"}",
+          "_active_tasks" : "{couch_httpd_misc_handlers, handle_task_status_req}",
+          "_session" : "{couch_httpd_auth, handle_session_req}",
+          "_log" : "{couch_httpd_misc_handlers, handle_log_req}",
+          "favicon.ico" : "{couch_httpd_misc_handlers, handle_favicon_req, \"/usr/share/couchdb/www\"}",
+          "_all_dbs" : "{couch_httpd_misc_handlers, handle_all_dbs_req}",
+          "_oauth" : "{couch_httpd_oauth, handle_oauth_req}",
+          "_restart" : "{couch_httpd_misc_handlers, handle_restart_req}",
+          "_uuids" : "{couch_httpd_misc_handlers, handle_uuids_req}",
+          "_stats" : "{couch_httpd_stats_handlers, handle_stats_req}"
+       }
+    }
+        
+
+``GET /_config/section``
+========================
+
+* **Method**: ``GET /_config/section``
+* **Request**: None
+* **Response**: All the configuration values within a specified section
+* **Admin Privileges Required**: yes
+* **Return Codes**:
+
+  * **200**:
+    Request completed successfully.
+
+Gets the configuration structure for a single section. For example, to
+retrieve the CouchDB configuration section values:
+
+.. code-block:: http
+
+    GET http://couchdb:5984/_config/couchdb
+    Accept: application/json
+
+The returned JSON contains just the configuration values for this
+section:
+
+.. code-block:: javascript
+
+    {
+       "os_process_timeout" : "5000",
+       "max_attachment_chunk_size" : "4294967296",
+       "max_document_size" : "4294967296",
+       "uri_file" : "/var/lib/couchdb/couch.uri",
+       "max_dbs_open" : "100",
+       "view_index_dir" : "/var/lib/couchdb",
+       "util_driver_dir" : "/usr/lib64/couchdb/erlang/lib/couch-1.0.1/priv/lib",
+       "database_dir" : "/var/lib/couchdb",
+       "delayed_commits" : "true"
+    }
+
+``GET /_config/section/key``
+============================
+
+* **Method**: ``GET /_config/section/key``
+* **Request**: None
+* **Response**: Value of the specified key/section
+* **Admin Privileges Required**: yes
+* **Return Codes**:
+
+  * **200**:
+    Request completed successfully.
+
+Gets a single configuration value from within a specific configuration
+section. For example, to obtain the current log level:
+
+.. code-block:: http
+
+    GET http://couchdb:5984/_config/log/level
+    Accept: application/json
+
+Returns the string of the log level:
+
+.. code-block:: javascript
+
+    "info"
+
+.. note::
+   The returned value will be the JSON of the value, which may be a
+   string or numeric value, or an array or object. Some client
+   environments may not parse simple strings or numeric values as valid JSON.
+
+.. _api-put-config:
+
+``PUT /_config/section/key``
+============================
+
+* **Method**: ``PUT /_config/section/key``
+* **Request**: Value structure
+* **Response**: Previous value
+* **Admin Privileges Required**: yes
+* **Return Codes**:
+
+  * **200**:
+    Configuration option updated successfully
+
+  * **500**:
+    Error setting configuration
+
+Updates a configuration value. The new value should be supplied in the
+request body in the corresponding JSON format. For example, if you are
+setting a string value, you must supply a valid JSON string.
+
+For example, to set the function used to generate UUIDs by the
+``GET /_uuids`` API call to use the ``utc_random`` generator:
+
+.. code-block:: http
+
+    PUT http://couchdb:5984/_config/uuids/algorithm
+    Content-Type: application/json
+
+    "utc_random"
+
+The return value will be empty, with the response code indicating the
+success or failure of the configuration setting.
+
+``DELETE /_config/section/key``
+===============================
+
+* **Method**: ``DELETE /_config/section/key``
+* **Request**: None
+* **Response**: Previous value
+* **Admin Privileges Required**: yes
+* **Return Codes**:
+
+  * **409**:
+    Supplied revision is incorrect or missing
+
+Deletes a configuration value. The returned JSON will be the value of
+the configuration parameter before it was deleted. For example, to
+delete the UUID parameter:
+
+.. code-block:: http
+
+    DELETE http://couchdb:5984/_config/uuids/algorithm
+    Content-Type: application/json
+
+The returned value is the last configured UUID function:
+
+.. code-block:: javascript
+
+    "random"