Add record
# [SNIPPET_NAME: Add record] # [SNIPPET_CATEGORIES: DesktopCouch] # [SNIPPET_DESCRIPTION: Add a new record into the database] # [SNIPPET_AUTHOR: Huntly Cameron <[email protected]>] # [SNIPPET_DOCS: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/desktopcouch/Documentation/SimpleGuide] # [SNIPPET_LICENSE: GPL] from desktopcouch.records.server import CouchDatabase from desktopcouch.records.record import Record #create the database db = CouchDatabase("addrecordexample", create=True) #Records work like python dictionaries, and *should* have an #online description of how the record should look like. record_type = "http://example.com/somerecordtype.html" new_record = Record({"a field" : "a value", "another field" : "another value"}, record_type) #put our new record into the datbase db.put_record(new_record) #run xdg-open /home/$USER/.local/share/desktop-couch/couchdb.html #from the terminal to view the desktopcouch