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Joshua Beckers
Joshua Beckers

Reputation: 907

How to access DB/_local_docs on Cloudant without getting error "server_admin access is required for this request""

I want to retrieve the list of local documents an my Cloudant Bluemix CouchDB.

Under CouchDB 2 i can GET /db/_local_docs to get a listing similar to _all_docs.

Unfortunately Cloudant returns following error when i call the endpoint:

{"error":"forbidden","reason":"server_admin access is required for this request"}

I tried to access the endpoint while logged in as account owner into the Cloudant Dashboard as well as authenticated with an API key.

I event tried to add an API key with the role server admin but without success

How can i access a list of local docs in Cloudant?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 230

Answers (1)

Ella Blackledge
Ella Blackledge

Reputation: 339

I turned this into an issue. See here https://github.com/ibm-cloud-docs/Cloudant/issues. This should allow tracking its progress.

In the documentation https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/services/Cloudant?topic=cloudant-comparison-of-ibm-cloudant-and-couchdb-api-endpoints it shows that in CouchDB 1.6 only individual local documents can be accessed, and Couch DB 2.0 introduces the /db/_local_docs endpoint to list all local documents.

If you click on the Cloudant icon in that table, the documentation for /db/_local is missing. It appears that that functionality should be in Cloudant, but something is amiss.

Upvotes: 2

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