Proxy CouchDB queries in Node

gistfile1.js

function recent(req, res, page){

    var skip = page * 10;
    db.view("recent", "recent", {"limit": 10, "skip":skip, "descending": "true"}, function(er, docs) {
            if (er) {
                new Error('Failed to load user ' + sys.inspect(er));
            }
	    else{
                res.send(docs);
            }
        });
}

app.get('/api/recent/:page',  function(req, res){
        recent(req, res, req.params.page);
    });
app.get('/api/recent',  function(req, res){
        recent(req, res, 0);
    });