file.txt

// map.js

function(doc) {
  // !json sentences.sentences

  var k
  for (k in doc) {      
	if (sentences.sentences[k])
  		emit([doc._id, k], sentences.sentences[k]);
  }
};




// sentences/sentences.js

{
	"revenue" : {
		[-Infinity, -1] : "Revenue growth was poor",
		[-1, 1] : "Revenue growth was stable",
		[1, Infinity] : "Revenue growth was positive"
	}
}



// in the design doc:
// inserted json as string :"(

function(doc) {
  var sentences = {"sentences": "{\n\t\"revenue\" : {\n\t\t[-Infinity, -1] : \"Revenue growth was poor\",\n\t\t[-1, 1] : \"Revenue growth was stable\",\n\t\t[1, Infinity] : \"Revenue growth was positive\"\n\t}\n}"};

  var k, keys = [] 

  for (k in doc) {      
	if (sentences.sentences[k])
  		emit([doc._id, k], sentences.sentences[k]);
  }
  
};

gistfile2.txt

yikes, if I add another key to my json file:

{
	"revenue" : [
		{ "min": -Infinity, "max": -1, "result": "Revenue growth was poor" },
		{ "min": -1, "max": 1, "result": "Revenue growth was stable" },
		{ "min": 1, "max": Infinity, "result": "Revenue growth was da bomb!"},
	],
	"what": "sup"
}   



// Things really blow up:

» couchapp push http://localhost:5984/relax2
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/couchapp", line 8, in <module>
    load_entry_point('Couchapp==0.2', 'console_scripts', 'couchapp')()
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/Couchapp-0.2-py2.5.egg/couchapp/bin/couchapp_cli.py", line 148, in main
    push(appdir, appname, dbstring, options.verbose, options=options)
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/Couchapp-0.2-py2.5.egg/couchapp/bin/couchapp_cli.py", line 47, in push
    nocss=options.css, nojs=options.js)
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/Couchapp-0.2-py2.5.egg/couchapp/file_manager.py", line 251, in push_app
    self.package_views(doc["views"], app_dir, verbose=verbose)
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/Couchapp-0.2-py2.5.egg/couchapp/file_manager.py", line 693, in package_views
    self.apply_lib(funcs, app_dir, verbose=verbose)
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/Couchapp-0.2-py2.5.egg/couchapp/file_manager.py", line 706, in apply_lib
    app_dir, verbose=verbose)
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/Couchapp-0.2-py2.5.egg/couchapp/file_manager.py", line 791, in run_json_macros
    re_json.sub(rjson, f_string)
  File "/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/Couchapp-0.2-py2.5.egg/couchapp/file_manager.py", line 778, in rjson
    library = library[field]
TypeError: string indices must be integers

gistfile3.txt

doh, use !code, not !json.