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Apache CouchDB Mango API

Mango declarative JSON query API

Apache CouchDB Mango API is one of 9 APIs that Apache CouchDB publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

This API exposes 48 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Mango. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, an API reference, a GitHub repository, an AsyncAPI specification, and 48 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 3.5.1.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: http://localhost:5984, https://{host}:6984.

3 operations 2 paths 7 schemas 1 GET2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
3.5.1
Servers
http://localhost:5984
https://{host}:6984
Authentication
HTTP Basic, API Key
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Apache CouchDB Mango API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). An API key is passed in the cookie as AuthSession (cookieAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic authentication using CouchDB admin credentials
  • cookieAuth — Cookie-based session authentication obtained via POST /session

Paths & Operations 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 1 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Mango 3

Mango declarative JSON query API

POST
/{db}/_find
Apache CouchDB Find Documents (Mango Query)
findDocuments 1 param body → 200400
GET
/{db}/_index
Apache CouchDB Get Mango Indexes
getIndexes 1 param → 200
POST
/{db}/_index
Apache CouchDB Create Mango Index
createIndex 1 param body → 200

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are FindRequest (6 properties), CreateIndexRequest (4 properties), CreateIndexResponse (3 properties), FindResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

FindRequest
object
Mango query request
6 properties 1 required
IndexesResponse
object
List of Mango indexes for a database
2 properties
Document
object
A CouchDB document with system fields and user-defined fields
3 properties
FindResponse
object
Mango query results
3 properties
CreateIndexRequest
object
Request to create a Mango index
4 properties
ErrorResponse
object
Standard CouchDB error response
2 properties
CreateIndexResponse
object
Response from creating a Mango index
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

apache-couchdb-mango-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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