nEDM Interface

Default nEDM update functions

_design/nedm_default

This is a default set of update functions that all databases share.

insert_with_timestamp

This is a default function which should always be used when inserting documents in the database. It does the following:

• If the document does not exist:
  • Add a timestamp
  • Add the field created_by (if it doesn't exist)
  • Save in the database

• If the document does exist:

  • If ?overwrite=true was passed in then remove old information in document
  • Otherwise update the document with information from the request body.
  • Update the timestamp

• Usage:

  • It is used inside of pyendm.ProcessObject.write_document_to_db.

attachment

This is used by the python backend of the File Server to associate new files with a particular document. See its usage in this code.