How to query couchbase for a document using the rest API - couchbase

Question

I know how to do it for views, for example:
http://127.0.0.1:8092/<my_bucket>/_design/all/_view/all?full_set=true&key=<my_document_key>&connection_timeout=60000
And I tried:
http://127.0.0.1:8091/contacts/hello
(after creating via the UI a document with the key hello).
And the response was "Not Found."
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Michael

Answer 1

There is no REST API for retrieving documents by key. You can either write your own thin service layer that uses the client SDK internally, or as of Couchbase 4.0, use the N1QL REST API to get the document through a query by key:
SELECT * FROM bucket USE KEYS [docId];
You can read about using the N1QL service endpoint here: http://developer.couchbase.com/documentation/server/4.1/n1ql/n1ql-rest-api/index.html
(Edit: Changed N1QL syntax to actually work. Thanks Gerald.)

Answer 2

In following way we can access couchbase document
Syntax:
hostname:8091/pools/default/buckets/{bucketname}/docs/{docid}
http://localhost:8091/pools/default/buckets/Aggregation/docs/AvgSumAssuredByProduct
Where
To access bucket related, use api: http://localhost:8091/pools/default/buckets/
Bucket Name: Aggregation
docid : AvgSumAssuredByProduct

Answer 3

If you want to use it for development purpose then you can use CLI or admin console (UI).
In production you should ALWAYS use language specific client SDK. Couchbase SDKs are intelligent as they have details about cluster map. Client knows before hand about which node should be used for CRUD operation.