[COUCHDB-1303] Add a _bulk_update handler similar to _update but for bulk document changes

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Labels: api update_request_handler
• Skill Level: Dont Know
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Benjamin Young
• Created: 06/Oct/11 00:04
• Updated: 02/Sep/18 06:36
• Resolved: 02/Sep/18 06:36

Description

_update handlers are great (and getting better!) for building RESTful API's inside CouchDB. One limitation I found tonight is that _update can only do a single document at a time. If the API I'm building needs to update multiple docs (in a similar fashion to _bulk_docs), then an outside "proxy" script is required. It would be ideal to have a _bulk_update handler to allow for the same functionality as _update, but with the ability to insert multiple documents at once.

Perhaps the current _update handler API could be extended to support multiple IDs/documents, but a separate API endpoint would be seem reasonable if needed.

Thanks for considering this idea.