Couchbase Lite

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Plugin to install Couchbase Lite in your PhoneGap app on iOS or Android

Repo: https://github.com/couchbaselabs/Couchbase-Lite-PhoneGap-Plugin

Installation

1. Install the Cordova and Ionic Native plugins:
   

   $ ionic cordova plugin add couchbase-lite-phonegap-plugin
   $ npm install --save @ionic-native/couchbase-lite
   

2. Add this plugin to your app's module

Supported platforms

• Android
• iOS

Usage

import { CouchbaseLite } from '@ionic-native/couchbase-lite';
import { Http } from '@angular/http';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable'
constructor(private couchbase: CouchbaseLite, private platform:Platform,private _http:Http) {
   this.initMethod();
}
url:string;
initMethod() {
   this.couchbase.getURL().then((url)=> {
       this.url = url;
   })
}
getUrl() {
     return this.url;
}
// DATABASES //
createDatabase(database_name:string) {
     let url = this.getUrl();
     url = url+database_name;
     return this._http
       .put(url)
       .map(data => { this.results = data['results'] })
       .catch((error:any) => {
          return Observable.throw(error.json() || 'Couchbase Lite error');
        })
 }
deleteDatabase(database_name:string) {
     let url = this.getUrl();
     url = url+database_name;
     return this._http
       .delete(url)
       .map(data => { this.results = data['results'] })
       .catch((error:any) => {
          return Observable.throw(error.json() || 'Couchbase Lite error');
       })
}
getAllDbs() {
     let url = this.getUrl();
     url = url+'_all_dbs';
     return this._http
       .get(url)
       .map(data => { this.results = data['results'] })
       .catch((error:any) => {
          return Observable.throw(error.json() || 'Couchbase Lite error');
       })
}
// DOCUMENTS //
getAllDocuments(database_name:string){
     let url = this.getUrl();
     // include_docs=true will include a doc inside response, it is false by default
     url = url + database_name + '/_all_docs?include_docs=true';
     return this._http
       .get(url)
       .map(data => { this.results = data['results'] })
       .catch((error:any) => {
          return Observable.throw(error.json() || 'Couchbase Lite error');
       })        .
}      
createDocument(database_name:string,document){   
     let url = this.getUrl();
     url = url + database_name;
     return this._http
       .post(url,document)
       .map(data => { this.results = data['results'] })
       .catch((error:any) => {
          return Observable.throw(error.json() || 'Couchbase Lite error');
       })        .
}
let document = {
   _id:'You can either specify the document ID (must be string) else couchbase generates one for your doc',
   data:{name:'sandman',age:25,city:pune}
 }
createDocument('justbe', document);
// successful response
{ "id": "string","rev": "string","ok": true }
updateDocument(database_name:string,document){    
     let url = this.getUrl();
     url = url + database_name + '/' + document._id;     
     return this._http
       .put(url,document)
       .map(data => { this.results = data['results'] })
       .catch((error:any) => {
          return Observable.throw(error.json() || 'Couchbase Lite error');
       })        .
}
// for updation of document your document must contain most recent rev(revision) id.
// for each updation of document new rev id is get generated
// successful response
{ "id": "string","rev": "string(new revision id)","ok": true }
deleteDocument(database_name:string,document){
     let url = this.getUrl();
     url = url + database_name + '/' + document._id +'?rev='+doc._rev;
     return this._http
       .delete(url)
       .map(data => { this.results = data['results'] })
       .catch((error:any) => {
          return Observable.throw(error.json() || 'Couchbase Lite error');
       })        .
}

Instance Members

getURL()

Get the database url