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| .. _api/design-docs: |
| |
| ================ |
| Design Documents |
| ================ |
| |
| In CouchDB, design documents provide the main interface for building a |
| CouchDB application. The design document defines the views used to |
| extract information from CouchDB through one or more views. Design |
| documents are created within your CouchDB instance in the same way as |
| you create database documents, but the content and definition of the |
| documents is different. Design Documents are named using an ID defined |
| with the design document URL path, and this URL can then be used to |
| access the database contents. |
| |
| Views and lists operate together to provide automated (and formatted) |
| output from your database. |
| |
| .. toctree:: |
| |
| common |
| views |
| render |
| rewrites |
