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Asked: 2026-05-26T09:28:16+00:00

PROBLEM I want to be able to attach one/multiple attachment(s) as the document is

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PROBLEM

I want to be able to attach one/multiple attachment(s) as the document is created, through the command-line (see below). I can only get this to work in Futon (Couchbase), but only after a document has already been created.

I have tried the following:

curl -X PUT 'http://username:password@localhost:5984/client_info'

curl -X POST 'http://username:password@localhost:5984/client_info' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"client_type": "Private", "client_name": "John Doe","client_email": "john@doe.com","client_city": "Toronto","created_at": "2011-09-06 12:45:03","expires_at": "2012-01-01 00:00:00", "_attachments": {
   "test01.jpg": {
       "content_type": "image/jpeg",
       "length": 30189          
    }
  }
}'

This only results in the following error: 

{"error":"unknown_error","reason":"function_clause"}

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  1. Editorial Team

    You must upload your attachment in a separate step, containing the actual attachment file in the request body. So first create your regular document, then issue another request where you upload the file. Here is an example on how to upload an attachment using curl (http://guide.couchdb.org/draft/api.html#attachments): curl -v -X PUT http://127.0.0.1:5984/albums/6e1295ed6c29495e54cc05947f18c8af/artwork.jpg?rev=2-2739352689 --data-binary @artwork.jpg -H "Content-Type: image/jpg"

    And here is the official API for attachments: http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/HTTP_Document_API#Standalone_Attachments

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