[GitHub] [couchdb-fauxton] DiegoJArg opened a new issue #1291: DELETE for attachments

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DiegoJArg opened a new issue #1291:
URL: https://github.com/apache/couchdb-fauxton/issues/1291


   While starting to discover CouchDB and Fauxton, it is easy to add attachments, but an attempt to delete them seem to not be as easy as expected.
   I don't really know what is happening and the error message doesn't really shows much.
   
   ## Expected Behavior
   Click somewhere in Fauxton to delete the attachment.
   
   ## Current Behavior
   `curl -X DELETE http://admin:secret@localhost:5984/couchproducts/_design%2Fcouchproducts/myfile.zip`
   {"error":"conflict","reason":"Document update conflict."}
   
   `curl -X GET http://admin:secret@localhost:5984/couchproducts/_design%2Fcouchproducts/myfile.zip?revs_info=true`
   Returns nothing
   
   ```
   "_attachments": {
       "myfile.zip": {
         "content_type": "application/zip",
         "revpos": 4,
         "digest": "md5-AiwXFik75/GtK89+z/7ItQ==",
         "length": 46892239,
         "stub": true
       },
   ```
   
   ## Possible Solution
   Feature to list attached files and be able to delete them.
   
   ## Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)
   1. Create a document
   2. Attach a big file
   3. Watch how this expand the size of the database
   4. Try to delete it to reduce the size of the database
   
   ## Context
   I was trying to learn more from CouchDB as a beginner.
   The attempt was to check if attachments were stored as files or documents, or inside the database as blobs.
   It turns out that they are stored as blobs.
   Now I want to delete it and while Fauxton doesn't have the tool to do it, it is rejected by curl.
   
   ## Your Environment
   * Version used: CouchDB 3.1.0
   * Browser Name and version: Chrome 84
   * Operating System and version (desktop or mobile): macOS 10.15.5
   * Link to your project:
   
   


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