examples/express.js

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var express = require('express')
   , db    = require('nano')('http://localhost:5984/my_couch')
   , app     = module.exports = express()
   ;

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
   db.get('foo', function (error, body, headers) {
      if(error) {
         res.status(error.statusCode);
         return res.send(error.message); 
      }
      res.status(200);
      res.send(body);
   });
});

app.listen(3333);
console.log('server is running. check expressjs.com for more cool tricks');