Error about 'invalid JSON' with couchDB view but the json's fine

Question

I am trying to setup the following view on CouchDB

{
\"_id\":\"_design/id\",
\"_rev\":\"1-9be2e55e05ac368da3047841f301203d\",
\"language\":\"javascript\",
    \"         


        

Answer 1

It might be necessary to put your JSON into single quotes:

curl -vX PUT http://localhost:5984/dbname/docid -d '{"foo" : "bar"}'

works for me but

curl -vX PUT http://localhost:5984/dbname/docid -d {"foo" : "bar"}

throws the error you mention. I guess the shell somehow interferes with the data you send when you omit the single quotes.

edit: I'm using bash.