I get "Status: 400 - Bad request" when I try to create _design document(view)

Mobile
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Hi Jens,

thank you for your quick respond. You’re right. My platform is Cordova and I’ve been using javascript and REST API (I’d forgotten add platform and others :blush: ).

I like the Couchbase’s logic. It offers effective solutions for different problems. I’ve been trying to learn how to use Couchbase with PhoneGap in a project. There are a lot of documentations. I’ve been reading for 2 weeks.

In fact thanks to you, I could watch and read lots of guides include doc.couchbase.com, developer.couchbase.com/mobile, forum.couchbase.com, your google forums and the following sources. In the beginning I got confused, but now I’m better (from chaos to harmony).

  • Your webinar (Sync & Swim With CouchDB for IOS)
  • J.Chris Anderson (TodoLite-PhoneGap & CouchChat-PhoneGap)
  • Lorin Beer (anoter app)
  • Andrew Reslan (Introduction to Couchbase Sync Gateway)
  • And other Sync Gateway sources…

Nevertheless I can be missed somethings because I try to get better my English.

I think, Javascript is a very flexible language and for this reason there are lots of different library that was created by different person and logic. And for the same reason I think, Javascript is the most difficult way to develop a complex mobile application though I have never used Java. But I have the will to succeed! :smile:

Actually, some related parts of my codes like the following ;

var cblUrl;
var dbName = "user";

// I try to get Couchbase URL on DeviceReady event
if(window.cblite) {
     window.cblite.getURL(function(err, url) {
            if(err) {
                console.log("error launching Couchbase Lite: " + err);
            } else {
                console.log("Couchbase Lite running at " + url);
                cblUrl = url;
            }
     });

} else {
     console.log("error, Couchbase Lite plugin not found.");
}


// I try to create a View when a user on tap Create button
$("#create").on("tap", function() {

   var view  =  {
       "language" : "javascript",
       "views" : {
            "user" : {
                "map" : "function(doc) {if (doc.username) {emit(doc)}}"
            }
        }
    }

    $.ajax({
           url: cblUrl + dbName + "/_design/user",
           type: 'PUT', 
           data: view,
           success: function (data, textStatus, xhr) {
                    console.log(xhr);
           },
           error: function (xhr, statusText, error) {
                    console.log(xhr);
                }
    });

});