documentation does not tell you how to pass credentials

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documentation does not tell you how to pass credentials

snowch opened this issue 9 years ago · comments

Maybe it's in the docs, but I couldn't see how you pass your credentials to couchdb.

I eventually found out using google, but this info should probably be in the docs?

Jan · Answer 1 · Fri Jun 19 2015 21:19:04 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

You said you found out how to do it. Can you share that information?
I think about switching to https://py-couchdb.readthedocs.org/.

Dirkjan Ochtman · Answer 2 · Fri Jun 19 2015 22:48:55 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

The statement on that package's homepage that others are not maintained is incorrect. CouchDB-Python is maintained just fine (but not much development is otherwise happening).

IIRC you can just pass the authentication data in the URL, http://user:pass@host:port/.

Jan · Answer 3 · Fri Jun 19 2015 23:51:35 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Thanks for the fast answer. Yes, that works :)
Without SSL it is not safe to use over internet, right?

Dirkjan Ochtman · Answer 4 · Mon Jun 22 2015 02:45:28 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

That's right. I guess you could possibly use OAuth authentication in that case, but it's a bit more complex.

Jan · Answer 5 · Mon Jun 22 2015 06:44:06 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Is SSL possible with couchdb-python?

Dirkjan Ochtman · Answer 6 · Mon Jun 22 2015 14:18:54 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I've never tried it, but I don't know why it wouldn't work. Let's put it like this: you're welkom to file bugs if it breaks.

Alexander Shorin · Answer 7 · Mon Jun 22 2015 19:55:37 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@Tamriel couchdb-python works fine with SSL.