Using jquery couchdb plugin to delete docs from a database (1.6.1)

removeDocsFromCouchdb.js

var targetDB = 'db'
var blacklist = ['_design/']
var ddoc = 'test'
var viewName = 'emittedDocsToBeDeleted'
var toBeDeletedDocs = {}
var skip = 0
var limit = 5000
var totalRows = 0
deleteDocuments(skip, limit)

function deleteDocuments (skip, limit) {
  $.couch.db(targetDB).view(ddoc + '/' + viewName, {
    limit: limit,
    skip: skip,
    include_docs: true,
    'success': function (allDocs) {
      if (totalRows === 0) totalRows = allDocs.total_rows
      toBeDeletedDocs['docs'] = allDocs.rows.map(function (row) {
        var doc = row.doc
        return row.doc
      })
      // deleteDoc(toBeDeletedDocs[0], toBeDeletedDocs)
      bulkRemove(toBeDeletedDocs)
    }})
}

function bulkRemove (docs) {
  $.couch.db(targetDB).bulkRemove(docs, {
    success: function () {
      if (skip > totalRows) return

      skip = skip + limit
        // limit += 100
      deleteDocuments(skip, limit)
    }
  })
}

function deleteDoc (doc, toBeDeletedDocs) {
  $.couch.db(targetDB).removeDoc(doc, {
    success: function (doc) {
      console.log(toBeDeletedDocs)
      toBeDeletedDocs.shift()
      if (toBeDeletedDocs.length > 0) {
        deleteDoc(toBeDeletedDocs[0], toBeDeletedDocs)
      } else {
        if (skip > totalRows) return

        skip = skip + limit
        // limit += 100
        deleteDocuments(skip, limit)
      }
    }
  })
}