package
4.3.3
Repository: https://github.com/go-kivik/kivik.git
Documentation: pkg.go.dev

# README

Go Reference

Kivik CouchDB

CouchDB driver for Kivik.

Usage

This package provides an implementation of the github.com/go-kivik/kivik/v4/driver interface. You must import the driver and can then use the full Kivik API.

package main

import (
    "context"

    kivik "github.com/go-kivik/kivik/v4"
    _ "github.com/go-kivik/kivik/v4/couchdb" // The CouchDB driver
)

func main() {
    client, err := kivik.New(context.TODO(), "couch", "")
    // ...
}

License

This software is released under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENCE.md, or read the full license.

# Packages

Package chttp provides a minimal HTTP driver backend for communicating with CouchDB servers.
Package test manages the integration tests for the CouchDB driver.

# Functions

BasicAuth provides support for HTTP Basic authentication.
CookieAuth provides CouchDB [Cookie auth].
JWTAuth provides support for CouchDB JWT-based authentication.
NewAttachment is a convenience function, which sets the size of the attachment based on content.
OptionFullCommit is the option key used to set the `X-Couch-Full-Commit` header in the request when set to true.
OptionHTTPClient may be passed as an option when creating a CouchDB client to specify an custom [net/http.Client] to be used when making all API calls.
OptionIfNoneMatch is an option key to set the `If-None-Match` header on the request.
OptionNoMultipartGet instructs [github.com/go-kivik/kivik/v4.DB.Get] not to use CouchDB's ability to download attachments with the multipart/related media type.
OptionNoMultipartPut instructs [github.com/go-kivik/kivik/v4.DB.Put] not to use CouchDB's multipart/related upload capabilities.
OptionNoRequestCompression instructs the CouchDB client not to use gzip compression for request bodies sent to the server.
OptionPartition instructs supporting methods to limit the query to the specified partition.
OptionUserAgent may be passed as an option when creating a client object, to append to the default User-Agent header sent on all requests.
ProxyAuth provides support for CouchDB's [proxy authentication].