couch2pg

NOTE: couch2pg is deprecated. Look into CHT Sync instead.

Library and cli for one-way replicating CouchDB databases to PostgreSQL 9.4+.

Requirements

Node and npm

You will need to install the following:

• Node.js 8.11.x up to 12.x.x. Must be an LTS release. LTS is designated with an even major version number.
• npm 6.x.x above

Database setup

couch2pg supports PostgreSQL 9.4 and greater. The user passed in the postgres url needs to have full creation rights on the given database.

Example cli usage

npm install -g couch2pg
couch2pg --help

Example library usage

npm install --save couch2pg

var PG_URL = 'postgres://localhost:5432/db-name',
    COUCHDB_URL = 'http://localhost:5984/db-name';

var couchdb = require('pouchdb')(COUCHDB_URL),
    db = require('pg-promise')()(PG_URL);

var couch2pg = require('couch2pg'),
    migrator = couch2pg.migrator(PG_URL),
    importer = couch2pg.importer(db, couchdb);

return migrator()
    .then(importer.importAll);

migrator ensures that the named DB is ready to use, importAll imports all docs from CouchDB into the postgres. If it's been run before against this DB it will pick up from where it left off last time.

Running tests

Enjoy your tests with: npm test.

Some environment variables that may be required for the integration tests to run correctly:

• INT_PG_HOST: postgres host, defaults to localhost
• INT_PG_PORT: postgres port, defaults to 5432
• INT_PG_USER: postgres user, defaults to none (system default). This user must be able to create databases on the given host.
• INT_PG_PASS: user's password, defaults to none (system default)
• INT_PG_DB: test database to use, defaults to medic-analytics-test
• INT_COUCHDB_URL: url to test couchdb, defaults to http://admin:pass@localhost:5984/medic-analytics-test. The user must have the ability to destory and create databases on that host.

You may be able to get away with not setting any of these, or only needing to set some of these depending on your development environment.

NB: the integration tests destroy and re-create the given databases each time they are run. Use test databases.