Question

I am currently evaluating Mongo and CouchDB for storing data points (analytics).

During my earlier interaction with CouchDB, I loved its JSONP based interface. I could perform all CRUD operations from purely JavaScript.
Just run CouchDB and write some JavaScript – no server side component needed.

When comparing this to Mongo, is there any REST interface available?
Is it possible to do CRUD purely from javascript in Mongo?

Thanks!

Answer 1

There is no full-blown REST interface to MongoDB, mainly because the server uses native binary protocol for efficiency. You can find few REST wrappers in official documentation (edit: MongoDB inc has now deleted this information):

• RESTHeart (Java 8) is a the data REST API server part of the MongoDB ecosystem. RESTHeart uses a standard representation format based on HAL with full native mongodb data support via the strict mode representation of BSON.
  It provides API for CRUD and data model operations, built-in authentication and authorization and it supports CORS.
  It is easy to setup and a docker container is available. RESTHeart is also fast and lightweight (~7 Mb footprint and ~200 Mb RAM peek usage).

• Sleepy Mongoose (Python) is a full featured REST interface for MongoDB which is available as a separate project.

• Rest on Mongo for node.js. The older MongoDB Rest is no longer maintained.

• Simple REST Interface The mongod process includes a simple read-only REST interface for convenience. For full REST capabilities we recommend using an external tool such as Sleepy.Mongoose.