partial-couch-wrapper.cs

public async Task<R> Put<T, R>(T docObject)
{  
   string DbName = "demodb";
   string NewDocId = "newDocId";

   // Valid paths, methods and response codes are documented here: http://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/http-api.html

   using (var httpClient = new HttpClient())
   {
      httpClient.BaseAddress = new Uri("http://server:5984/");
      httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
      httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));

      // NB: PutAsJsonAsync is an extension method defined in System.Net.Http.Formatting
      var response = await httpClient.PutAsJsonAsync(DbName + "/" + NewDocId, docObject);
      R returnValue;
      if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
      {
         returnValue = await response.Content.ReadAsAsync<R>();
      }
      // Check the docs for response codes returned by each method.  
      // Do not forget to check for HttpStatusCode.Conflict (HTTP 409) and respond accordingly.
   }
}