Is there a way to check if a remote database exists?

Question

Is there a pouchdb API to check if a remote database exists?

There is a db.info() method, but that requires a db object and using the following to create a db object will also create the target if it doesn't already exist:

var db = new PouchDB(url);

Answer 1

Yup, just use the skip_setup option:

var db = new PouchDB('http://localhost:5984/i_dont_exist', {skip_setup: true});
db.info()
  .then(console.log.bind(console))
  .catch(console.log.bind(console));

This will throw an error:

{ 
  status: 404,
  name: 'not_found',
  message: 'missing',
  error: true,
  reason: 'no_db_file'
}