CouchRest to delete document from couchdb

Question

How can I delete a document from couchdb using CouchRest, I have the document id. I guess it is something simple I am missing here.

I tried -

    CouchRest.delete("http://localhost:5984/db/docid") 

It throws an RestClient::ResourceNotFound: 404 Resource Not Found:

Could anybody throw some light on this issue please.

Cheers

Answer 1

You cannot delete a document without knowing its _rev.

Answer 2

I don't use CouchRest, but according to your code, you may append a _rev query parameter like this:

CouchRest.delete("http://localhost:5984/db/docid?_rev=docrev")