export COUCHDB_HOST=couchdb.homeserver.box export COUCHDB_USER=admin export COUCHDB_PASSWORD=setme export COUCHDB function couchdb() { if [[ -z "$1" ]] || [[ -z "$2" ]] || [[ -n "$3" ]]; then echo "USAGE: $0 METHOD URI" return 1 fi method=$1 local="https://${COUCHDB_USER}:${COUCHDB_PASSWORD}@${COUCHDB_HOST}/${2}" echo "request: $method $local" curl -X $method "$local" }