Get the views from couchdb to the file system in a directory structure that fits couchdbkit

getviewsfromcouch.py

import urllib2
import optparse
import json
import os


def main():

    def chdir_safe(path):
        if not os.path.exists(path):
            os.makedirs(path)
        os.chdir(path)

    parser = optparse.OptionParser()
    parser.add_option('-s', '--server', default='http://0.0.0.0:5984')
    parser.add_option('-d', '--database')

    opts, args = parser.parse_args()
    resp = urllib2.urlopen('%s/%s/_design/apps' % (opts.server, opts.database))

    design_doc = json.loads(resp.read())

    design_doc_id = design_doc['_id']
    chdir_safe('%s/views' % design_doc_id)

    for view_name, view_code in design_doc['views'].items():
        chdir_safe(view_name)
        with open('map.js', 'w') as map_func:
            map_func.write(view_code['map'])
        os.chdir('..')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()