Question

I have a large set of documents in a CouchDB database that were just accidentally bulk deleted using _deleted:true. I also have a backup for this set of data that includes their last known good revision and metadata. I need to maintain the same _id, so simple restore with a new _id is not an option.

Compaction has not been run and I can access any of these documents via the &rev= url parameter as well as their attachments (which are needed).

What I need to do is “restore” these documents to the revision I have on file. Surprisingly, I have come up empty with any queries on how to achieve this. Tips or hacks appreciated.

Answer 1

If you just PUT the whole document, including the attachment stub, back into the DB, with the deleted rev, but less the _deleted:true parameter, then all will be well.