API Quick Reference

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	GET /	Returns the welcome message and version information
	/_active_tasks
	GET /_active_tasks	Obtains a list of the tasks running in the server
	/_all_dbs
	GET /_all_dbs	Returns a list of all the databases
	/_cluster_setup
	GET /_cluster_setup	Return the status of the cluster setup wizard
	POST /_cluster_setup	Sets up a node as a single node or as part of a cluster.
	/_db_updates
	GET /_db_updates	Return the server changes of databases
	/_dbs_info
	GET /_dbs_info	Returns all databases information
	POST /_dbs_info	Returns information of a list of the specified databases
	/_membership
	GET /_membership	Returns a list of nodes
	/_node
	GET /_node/{node-name}	Returns node name
	GET /_node/{node-name}/_config	Obtains a list of the entire server configuration
	GET /_node/{node-name}/_config/{section}	Returns all the configuration values for the specified section
	GET /_node/{node-name}/_config/{section}/{key}	Returns a specific section/configuration value
	GET /_node/{node-name}/_prometheus	Returns server statistics in prometheus format
	GET /_node/{node-name}/_smoosh/status	Returns metrics of the CouchDB's auto-compaction daemon
	GET /_node/{node-name}/_stats	Returns server statistics
	GET /_node/{node-name}/_system	Returns system-level server statistics
	GET /_node/{node-name}/_versions	Returns system-level server version informations
	POST /_node/{node-name}/_config/_reload	Reload the configuration from disk
	POST /_node/{node-name}/_restart	Restarts CouchDB application on a given node
	PUT /_node/{node-name}/_config/{section}/{key}	Sets the specified configuration value
	DELETE /_node/{node-name}/_config/{section}/{key}	Removes the current setting
	/_nouveau_analyze
	POST /_nouveau_analyze	Tests the results of analyzer tokenization
	/_replicate
	POST /_replicate	Starts or cancels the replication
	/_reshard
	GET /_reshard	Retrieve summary information about resharding on the cluster
	GET /_reshard/jobs	Retrieve information about all the resharding jobs on the cluster
	GET /_reshard/jobs/{jobid}	Retrieve information about a particular resharding job
	GET /_reshard/jobs/{jobid}/state	Retrieve the state of a single resharding job
	GET /_reshard/state	Retrieve the state of resharding on the cluster
	POST /_reshard/jobs	Create one or more resharding jobs
	PUT /_reshard/jobs/{jobid}/state	Change the state of a resharding job
	PUT /_reshard/state	Change resharding state on the cluster
	DELETE /_reshard/jobs/{jobid}	Remove a resharding job
	/_scheduler
	GET /_scheduler/docs	Retrieve information about replication documents from the ``_replicator`` database.
	GET /_scheduler/docs/{replicator_db}	Retrieve information about replication documents from a specific replicator database.
	GET /_scheduler/docs/{replicator_db}/{docid}	Retrieve information about a particular replication document
	GET /_scheduler/jobs	Retrieve information about replication jobs
	/_search_analyze
	POST /_search_analyze	Tests the results of analyzer tokenization
	/_session
	GET /_session	Returns Cookie-based login user information
	POST /_session	Authenticates user by Cookie-based user login
	DELETE /_session	Logout Cookie-based user
	/_up
	GET /_up	Health check endpoint
	/_utils
	GET /_utils	Redirects to /_utils/
	GET /_utils/	CouchDB administration interface (Fauxton)
	/_uuids
	GET /_uuids	Generates a list of UUIDs from the server
	/favicon.ico
	GET /favicon.ico	Returns the site icon
	/{db}
	HEAD /{db}	Checks the database existence
	HEAD /{db}/_design/{ddoc}	Returns bare information in the HTTP Headers for the design document
	HEAD /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/{attname}	Returns bare information in the HTTP Headers for the attachment
	HEAD /{db}/{docid}	Returns bare information in the HTTP Headers for the document
	HEAD /{db}/{docid}/{attname}	Returns bare information in the HTTP Headers for the attachment
	GET /{db}	Returns the database information
	GET /{db}/_all_docs	Returns a built-in view of all documents in this database
	GET /{db}/_changes	Returns changes for the given database
	GET /{db}/_design/{ddoc}	Returns the design document
	GET /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/_info	Returns view index information for the specified design document
	GET /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/_list/{func}/{other-ddoc}/{view}	Executes a list function against the view from other design document
	GET /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/_list/{func}/{view}	Executes a list function against the view from the same design document
	GET /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/_nouveau/{index}	Returns results for the specified nouveau index
	GET /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/_nouveau_info/{index}	Returns metadata for the specified nouveau index
	GET /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/_search/{index}	Returns results for the specified search index
	GET /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/_search_info/{index}	Returns metadata for the specified search index
	GET /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/_show/{func}	Executes a show function against null document
	GET /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/_show/{func}/{docid}	Executes a show function against the specified document
	GET /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/_view/{view}	Returns results for the specified stored view
	GET /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/{attname}	Gets the attachment of a design document
	GET /{db}/_design_docs	Returns a built-in view of all design documents in this database
	GET /{db}/_index	List all indexes.
	GET /{db}/_local/{docid}	Returns the latest revision of the local document
	GET /{db}/_local_docs	Returns a built-in view of all local (non-replicating) documents in this database
	GET /{db}/_partition/{partition_id}	Returns document and size info for the given partition
	GET /{db}/_partition/{partition_id}/_all_docs	Return all docs in the specified partition
	GET /{db}/_partition/{partition_id}/_design/{ddoc}/_view/{view}	Execute a partitioned query
	GET /{db}/_purged_infos	Returns a history list of purged document IDs and revisions
	GET /{db}/_purged_infos_limit	Returns the limit of historical purges to store in the database
	GET /{db}/_revs_limit	Returns the limit of historical revisions to store for a single document in the database
	GET /{db}/_security	Returns the special security object for the database
	GET /{db}/_shards	Displays the shard map layout of a database
	GET /{db}/_shards/{docid}	Returns the specific shard in which a document is stored
	GET /{db}/{docid}	Returns the document
	GET /{db}/{docid}/{attname}	Gets the attachment of a document
	POST /{db}	Creates a new document with generated ID if _id is not specified
	POST /{db}/_all_docs	Returns a built-in view of all documents in this database
	POST /{db}/_all_docs/queries	Returns results for the specified queries
	POST /{db}/_bulk_docs	Inserts or updates multiple documents in to the database in a single request
	POST /{db}/_bulk_get	Fetches several documents at the given revisions
	POST /{db}/_changes	Returns changes for the given database for certain document IDs or selector filter.
	POST /{db}/_compact	Starts a compaction for the database
	POST /{db}/_compact/{ddoc}	Starts a compaction for all the views in the selected design document
	POST /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/_list/{func}/{other-ddoc}/{view}	Same as GET method for the related endpoint
	POST /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/_list/{func}/{view}	Same as GET method for the related endpoint
	POST /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/_show/{func}	Same as GET method for the related endpoint
	POST /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/_show/{func}/{docid}	Same as GET method for the related endpoint
	POST /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/_update/{func}	Executes an update function against the null document
	POST /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/_view/{view}	Returns results for the specified view
	POST /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/_view/{view}/queries	Returns results for the specified queries
	POST /{db}/_design_docs	Returns a built-in view of all design documents in this database
	POST /{db}/_design_docs/queries	Returns results for the specified queries
	POST /{db}/_ensure_full_commit	Deprecated endpoint to support CouchDB versions < 3.0 replicators.
	POST /{db}/_explain	Identify which index is being used by a particular query.
	POST /{db}/_find	Find documents within a given database.
	POST /{db}/_index	Create a new index.
	POST /{db}/_index/_bulk_delete	Delete indexes in bulk.
	POST /{db}/_local_docs	Returns a built-in view of all local (non-replicating) documents in this database
	POST /{db}/_local_docs/queries	Returns results for the specified queries
	POST /{db}/_missing_revs	By given list of document revisions returns the document revisions that do not exist in the database
	POST /{db}/_nouveau_cleanup	Deletes unreachable nouveau search indexes for the database
	POST /{db}/_partition/{partition_id}/_explain	Find index that is used with a query
	POST /{db}/_partition/{partition_id}/_find	Query the partition specified by ``partition_id``
	POST /{db}/_purge	Purges documents entirely from database
	POST /{db}/_revs_diff	By given list of document revisions returns differences between the given revisions and ones that are in the database
	POST /{db}/_search_cleanup	Deletes unreachable search indexes for the database
	POST /{db}/_sync_shards	Trigger a synchronization of all shard replicas in the database
	POST /{db}/_view_cleanup	Removes view files that are not used by any design document
	PUT /{db}	Creates a new database
	PUT /{db}/_design/{ddoc}	Creates a new design document or new version of an existing one
	PUT /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/_update/{func}/{docid}	Executes an update function against the specified document
	PUT /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/{attname}	Adds an attachment of a design document
	PUT /{db}/_local/{docid}	Inserts a new version of the local document
	PUT /{db}/_purged_infos_limit	Sets the limit of historical purges to store in the database
	PUT /{db}/_revs_limit	Sets the limit of historical revisions to store for a single document in the database
	PUT /{db}/_security	Sets the special security object for the database
	PUT /{db}/{docid}	Creates a new document or new version of an existing document
	PUT /{db}/{docid}/{attname}	Adds an attachment of a document
	DELETE /{db}	Deletes an existing database
	DELETE /{db}/_design/{ddoc}	Deletes the design document
	DELETE /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/{attname}	Deletes an attachment of a design document
	DELETE /{db}/_index/{design_doc}/json/{name}	Delete an index.
	DELETE /{db}/_local/{docid}	Deletes the local document
	DELETE /{db}/{docid}	Deletes the document
	DELETE /{db}/{docid}/{attname}	Deletes an attachment of a document
	COPY /{db}/_design/{ddoc}	Copies the design document
	COPY /{db}/_local/{docid}	Copies the local document within the same database
	COPY /{db}/{docid}	Copies the document within the same database
	ANY /{db}/_design/{ddoc}/_rewrite/{path}	Rewrites HTTP request for the specified path by using stored array of routing rules or JavaScript function