_users couchdb

gistfile1.js

//http://blog.couchbase.com/what%E2%80%99s-new-couchdb-10-%E2%80%94-part-4-security%E2%80%99n-stuff-users-authentication-authorisation-and-permissions

//i wasn't able to do the curl stuff from the above site, but i was able to do stuff with $.couch in futon

//editing an existing user (need to be logged in as admin to do this)
$.couch.userDb(function(db){
    db.openDoc("org.couchdb.user:10", //user name is "10"
	       {success:function(user){
		   user.roles.push("hello");
		   db.saveDoc(user);
	       }})})

//signing up a new user (need to be logged on as admin to set roles)
//user only needs a name and the userDoc _id == "org.couchdb.user:" + .name
$.couch.signup({name:"user name", roles:["pos_sales"]}, 
	       "password",
	       {success:function(){
		   console.log(arguments);}})

//logging in as admin, or other. returns response.roles[]
$.couch.login({name:"paul",password:"12345",
	       success:function(response){
		   console.log(response)
	       }})

function autoLog(){console.log(arguments);}
function autoSuccess(){return {success:autoLog};}

//getting session information
$.couch.session(autoSuccess())
/* response session obj
//unauthenticated requests to CouchDB will not see values for userCtx.name or userCtx.roles.
{info: {
    authenticated: "cookie",
    authentication_db: "_users",
    authentication_handlers: ["oauth","cookie","default"]
},
 ok: true,
 userCtx:{
     name: "paul",
     roles: ["_admin"]  //notice "_admin"
 }
}
*/

//creating a user doc with a new password (doesn't save to the db, just makes a doc with a proper password)
$.couch.prepareUserDoc({name:"special",roles:["myrole"]},'12345')
//XHR finished loading: "http://localhost:5984/_uuids?count=1".
Object = {
    _id: "org.couchdb.user:special",
    name: "special",
    password_sha: "ebd098d5a41bd11756ab8a8f3a759ba7b2d123bf",
    roles: Array[1],
    salt: "129d294032a8aafd9c188bca3b00a706",
    type: "user",
    __proto__: Object
}

//this should change the user password (doc validation must allow for this to happen)
function changeUserPassword(userName,newPassword){
    $.couch.userDb
    (function(db){
	 db.openDoc("org.couchdb.user:"+userName,
		    {success:function(user){
			 //$.couch.prepareUserDoc(user,newPassword)
			 $.couch.signup(user,newPassword);
		     }})})
}

function printSession(){
    $.couch.session({success:function(){console.log(arguments);}});
}