Create (if necessary) and replicate all databases from a couchdb server to another one

couchclone.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# Janos Kasza (@janoskk)
#
# Creates (if necessary) and replicates all databases from a couchdb server to another one
#

if [ -z "$2" ]; then 
    cat <<EOF 
Usage: $0 <sourceUrl> <targetUrl>
Creates (if necessary) and replicates all databases from a couchdb server to another one. 
Note that the urls must not contain the trailing '/' and the targetUrl may need to contain 
authentication for admin.

Example: $0 http://example.com:5984 http://admin:admin@localhost:5984
EOF
    exit 1
fi 

#include _users, etc
DBNAMES=`curl -s -X GET $1/_all_dbs | sed 's/\[//;s/\]//;s/[,\"]/ /g'`

for i in $DBNAMES; do 
    curl -s -X PUT $2/$i
    curl -s -X POST $2/_replicate  -d '{"source":"'$1/$i'", "target":"'$2/$i'"}' -H "Content-Type: application/json"
done