For another perspective on your view, click on the link right above the grid of results. This link will lead to a JSON view of our index:
{ "total_rows": 5891, "rows": [ { "id": "sullivan_s_black_forest_brew_haus_grill", "key": ".38 Special Bitter", "value": null }, { "id": "512_brewing_company-512_alt", "key": "(512) ALT", "value": null }, { "id": "512_brewing_company-512_bruin", "key": "(512) Bruin", "value": null } ] }
The client libraries will use this JSON when querying a view. This view also introduces an important element of the Couchbase Server view API—the fact that it's HTTP-based. Unlike the key/value API, which is a binary protocol, views are queried over a RESTful API, with parameter values supplied as query string arguments. Being able to see the JSON that your client library sees...