HTML5 Local Storage & Couchbase

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Michael Crandall

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Jul 18, 2014, 2:09:32 PM7/18/14

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Hi,

I'm new to Couchbase and I'm looking for some good examples and tutorials on how to use HTML5 local storage and sync to a Couchbase server instance.

Can I use Couchbase as my local storage for a disconnected web app? If so, how?

Thanks for your help in advance!

Mike.

Jens Alfke

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Jul 18, 2014, 7:12:36 PM7/18/14

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On Jul 18, 2014, at 11:09 AM, Michael Crandall <michael....@i3creations.com> wrote:

I'm new to Couchbase and I'm looking for some good examples and tutorials on how to use HTML5 local storage and sync to a Couchbase server instance.
Can I use Couchbase as my local storage for a disconnected web app? If so, how?

Couchbase Lite is a native library so you can’t use it in a web app that can run in a standard web browser. You can use it in a web-app packaged as an application via PhoneGap, though.

If you want something that will run in a regular browser and can sync, take a look at PouchDB, which is a pure-JS library that uses the HTML5 local database and the CouchDB sync protocol. The Couchbase Sync Gateway is compatible with this sync protocol so you can use PouchDB as a client for it.