Query view with stale = ok does not work

[nicolelovecoding]

Expected Behavior

it should return the data in the db I am querying

Current Behavior

It returns empty array

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

1, Set up a CouchDb running locally.
2, Try to query a view by:

var db = new PouchDB('http:https://admin:admin@localhost:5984/dbname');
db.query('design_name/view_name', {
      stale: 'ok',
      limit: limit,
      skip: skip,
      include_docs: true,
      reduce: false
    });

Context

I am writing a test for my project which needs to set up db locally and get data from it. The query sentence with stale = 'ok' actually works well with the remote cloudant database. But when I set up the CouchDb locally, it does not work.

Your Environment

• Version used:v. 2.0.0
• Browser Name and version:Chrome
• Operating System and version (desktop or mobile): Mac

[wohali]

There is a difference between the Cloudant offering and your local CouchDB. Cloudant have a "view warming" service that automatically builds views for you in the background. CouchDB doesn't offer this functionality.

You have to build your view at least once, by querying it without the stale=ok option. Once you have done this once, subsequent queries can be made with stale=ok.