How to get all documents from couchdb using lightcouch api in java

Question

Is there any way to get all documents from a db rather than specifying an id and retrieving a single document using lightcouch api in Java.Presently i am using the method

JsonObject json = dbClient.find(JsonObject.class, "some-id") to retrieve a single document.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

How about the _all_docs view? That will return a list of all the docs in the database. Or if you include include_docs=true to the request, you will also get the contents of the documents.

Answer 2

Try this... use a view that emits documents, but don't send any key values. There is a chance you will get all the documents of the type you specified. Also, a warning... if you use a LightCouch view, you might need to retrieve the id's of your documents, then get your actual data by "finding" it using those id's.