gistfile1.js

var _ = require('underscore');
var couchdb = require('couchdb-api');
var server = couchdb.srv();
var db = server.db("databank-test");

var docs = [
    { _id: "kuno", name: "Kuno" },
    { _id: "warp", name: "Warp" },
    { _id: "pak-sang-soo", name: "박 상수" }
];

var map = function (doc) {
    emit ([doc._id, doc.name], doc);
};

var printresponse = function (name) {
    return function (err, response) {
        console.log (name + " ERROR:    ", err);
        console.log (name + " RESPONSE: ", JSON.stringify (response, null, 2));
    };
};

/* ===[ db.tempView ]=================================== */

var tempsearch = function () {

    var query = {
        "qs": { "key": JSON.stringify (["warp", "Warp"]) }
    };

    db.tempView (map, null, null, query, printresponse("db.tempView"));

    /*
      the code above works.  however, I would have expected this to work:

      var query = { "key": ["warp", "Warp"] };
      db.tempView (map, null, query, printresponse("db.tempView"));
    */
};

/* ===[ view.query ]=================================== */

var permsearch = function () {

    var ddoc = db.designDoc("viewtest");
    ddoc.view("id-name-test", map).save(function (err, response) {

        var query = { "key": ["warp", "Warp"] };
        var view = db.ddoc("viewtest").view("id-name-test");

        view.query (query, null, printresponse("view.query"));
    });

};

db.bulkDocs(docs, function (err, body, res) {

    tempsearch ();
    permsearch ();

});