#tar zxvf apache-couchdb-*.tar.gz

#cd apache-couchdb-*

#./configure --prefix=/usr/local/couchdb

#make && make install

#groupadd couchdb

#useradd couchdb -g couchdb -d /usr/local/couchdb/var/lib/couchdb

#chown -R couchdb /usr/local/couchdb/var

require 'net/http'

module Couch

  class Server
    def initialize(host, port, options = nil)
      @host = host;
      @port = port;
      @options = options;
    end

    def delete(uri)
      request(Net::HTTP::Delete.new(uri))
    end

    def get(uri)
      request(Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri))
    end

    def put(uri, json)
      req = Net::HTTP::Put.new(uri)
      req["content-type"] = "application/json"
      req.body = json
      request(req)
    end

    def post(uri, json)
      req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
      req["content-type"] = "application/json"
      req.body = json
      request(req)
    end

    def request(req)
      res = Net::HTTP.start(@host, @port) {|http|
        http.request(req)
      }
      if (not res.kind_of?(Net::HTTPSuccess))
        handle_error(req, res)
      end
      res
    end

    private

    def handle_error(req, res)
      e = RuntimeError.new("#{res.code}:#{res.message}\nMETHOD:" +

           "#{req.method}\nURI:#{req.path}\n#{res.body}")
      raise e
    end
  end
end

#irb

>require 'couchdb_ruby'

=>true

>server = Couch::Server.new('192.168.0.77', '5984')

=>#

>server.put "/testdb/", ""

=>Errno:.....