couchnuke

A simple script to "nuke" a couchdb server, use with care!

#!/bin/bash

# Delete all databases on a couchdb server

# Exit on 1'st error
set -e

if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
    echo "usage: $(basename $0) [DB_URL]"
    exit 1
fi

URL=${1-http://localhost:5984}

echo -n "Delete *ALL* databases on $URL? [y/n] "
read ans
if [ "$ans" != "y" ]; then
    exit
fi

for db in $(curl -s $URL/_all_dbs | tr '",[]' ' \n  ');
do
    echo "Deleting $db"
    curl -X DELETE $URL/$db
done