# How to get CouchDB views through Dreamfactory API?

**URL:** <https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/how-to-get-couchdb-views-through-dreamfactory-api/4064>\
**Category:** REST API\
**Created:** [September 21, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/how-to-get-couchdb-views-through-dreamfactory-api/4064 "2017-09-21T00:04:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![RQJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@RQJ](https://community.dreamfactory.com/u/RQJ)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/how-to-get-couchdb-views-through-dreamfactory-api/4064/1 "2017-09-21T00:04:41Z")

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What is the best way to get a CouchDB API working through Dreamfactory which can access CouchDB views?

It looks like there used to be a way to access CouchDBs ([No CouchDB filter parameter](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/no-couchdb-filter-parameter/1287/2)); however, it seems this was removed? Is there something I’m missing in the dreamfactory CouchDB API? I also see posts about using a web service as a way of accessing the API: [How to read records from couchdb view](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/how-to-read-records-from-couchdb-view/1762/13). I’ve been able to get this to work on a basic level and can get data using curl, but so far it hangs for a long time when requesting any data other than a view. A third option would be to learn server-side-scripting and build my own.

Which of these would be the best route to pursue? Or is there another way I should go? Is it possible to make a modified version of the existing CouchDB API in dreamfactory as a custom service?

Thank you!