merge design doc resource branch. breaking changes to _view query paths.

closes COUCHDB-280


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb/trunk@751813 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

12 files changed, 155 insertions, 118 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 396f82f6..5419e55d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ Futon Utility Client:
  * Added pagination to the database listing page.
  * Implemented attachment uploading from the document page.
 
+Design Document Resource Paths:
+
+ * Added httpd_design_handlers config section.
+ * Moved _view to httpd_design_handlers.
+ * Added ability to render documents as non-JSON content-types with _show and 
+   _list functions, which are also httpd_design_handlers.
+
 Version 0.8.1-incubating
 ------------------------
 
diff --git a/etc/couchdb/default.ini.tpl.in b/etc/couchdb/default.ini.tpl.in
index 8deca3cf..dd63db0b 100644
--- a/etc/couchdb/default.ini.tpl.in
+++ b/etc/couchdb/default.ini.tpl.in
@@ -52,13 +52,16 @@ _restart = {couch_httpd_misc_handlers, handle_restart_req}
 _stats = {couch_httpd_stats_handlers, handle_stats_req}
 
 [httpd_db_handlers]
-_view = {couch_httpd_view, handle_view_req}
+_design = {couch_httpd_db, handle_design_req}
 _temp_view = {couch_httpd_view, handle_temp_view_req}
-_show = {couch_httpd_show, handle_doc_show_req}
-_list = {couch_httpd_show, handle_view_list_req}
 
 ; The external module takes an optional argument allowing you to narrow it to a
 ; single script. Otherwise the script name is inferred from the first path section 
 ; after _external's own path.
 ; _mypath = {couch_httpd_external, handle_external_req, <<"mykey">>}
 ; _external = {couch_httpd_external, handle_external_req}
+
+[httpd_design_handlers]
+_view = {couch_httpd_view, handle_view_req}
+_show = {couch_httpd_show, handle_doc_show_req}
+_list = {couch_httpd_show, handle_view_list_req}
diff --git a/share/www/script/couch.js b/share/www/script/couch.js
index 8a0d3d23..821fb694 100644
--- a/share/www/script/couch.js
+++ b/share/www/script/couch.js
@@ -142,12 +142,13 @@ function CouchDB(name, httpHeaders) {
   }
 
   this.view = function(viewname, options, keys) {
+    var viewParts = viewname.split('/');
+    var viewPath = this.uri + "_design/" + viewParts[0] + "/_view/" 
+        + viewParts[1] + encodeOptions(options);
     if(!keys) {
-      this.last_req = this.request("GET", this.uri + "_view/" +
-          viewname + encodeOptions(options));      
+      this.last_req = this.request("GET", viewPath);      
     } else {
-      this.last_req = this.request("POST", this.uri + "_view/" + 
-        viewname + encodeOptions(options), {
+      this.last_req = this.request("POST", viewPath, {
         headers: {"Content-Type": "application/json"},
         body: JSON.stringify({keys:keys})
       });      
diff --git a/share/www/script/jquery.couch.js b/share/www/script/jquery.couch.js
index 0c55aa49..ace9a8a6 100644
--- a/share/www/script/jquery.couch.js
+++ b/share/www/script/jquery.couch.js
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@
                       appName = appName.join('/');
                       index = ddoc.couchapp && ddoc.couchapp.index;
                       if (index) {
-                        appPath = ['', name, index[0], appName, index[1]].join('/');
+                        appPath = ['', name, ddoc._id, index].join('/');
                       } else if (ddoc._attachments && ddoc._attachments["index.html"]) {
-                        appPath = ['', name, '_design', appName, "index.html"].join('/');
+                        appPath = ['', name, ddoc._id, "index.html"].join('/');
                       }
                       if (appPath) options.eachApp(appName, appPath, ddoc);
                     }
@@ -298,8 +298,9 @@
         },
         view: function(name, options) {
           options = options || {};
+          name = name.split('/');
           $.ajax({
-            type: "GET", url: this.uri + "_view/" + name + encodeOptions(options),
+            type: "GET", url: this.uri + "_design/" + name[0] + "/_view/" + name[1] + encodeOptions(options),
             dataType: "json",
             complete: function(req) {
               var resp = $.httpData(req, "json");
diff --git a/share/www/script/test/etags_views.js b/share/www/script/test/etags_views.js
index 808a6829..cb38ccf6 100644
--- a/share/www/script/test/etags_views.js
+++ b/share/www/script/test/etags_views.js
@@ -46,20 +46,20 @@ couchTests.etags_views = function(debug) {
   T(saveResult.ok);
   
   // verify get w/Etag on map view
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_view/etags/basicView");
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/etags/_view/basicView");
   T(xhr.status == 200);
   var etag = xhr.getResponseHeader("etag");
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_view/etags/basicView", {
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/etags/_view/basicView", {
     headers: {"if-none-match": etag}
   });
   T(xhr.status == 304);
   // TODO GET with keys (when that is available)
   
   // reduce view
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_view/etags/withReduce");
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/etags/_view/withReduce");
   T(xhr.status == 200);
   var etag = xhr.getResponseHeader("etag");
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_view/etags/withReduce", {
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/etags/_view/withReduce", {
     headers: {"if-none-match": etag}
   });
   T(xhr.status == 304);
diff --git a/share/www/script/test/list_views.js b/share/www/script/test/list_views.js
index 3e5e8db4..055ef51c 100644
--- a/share/www/script/test/list_views.js
+++ b/share/www/script/test/list_views.js
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ couchTests.list_views = function(debug) {
   T(view.total_rows == 10);
   
   // standard get
-  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/simpleForm/basicView");
-  T(xhr.status == 200);
+  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/simpleForm/basicView");
+  T(xhr.status == 200, "standard get should be 200");
   T(/Total Rows/.test(xhr.responseText));
   T(/Key: 1/.test(xhr.responseText));
   T(/LineNo: 0/.test(xhr.responseText));
@@ -159,14 +159,14 @@ couchTests.list_views = function(debug) {
 
   // test that etags are available
   var etag = xhr.getResponseHeader("etag");
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/simpleForm/basicView", {
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/simpleForm/basicView", {
     headers: {"if-none-match": etag}
   });
   T(xhr.status == 304);
 
   // get with query params
-  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/simpleForm/basicView?startkey=3");
-  T(xhr.status == 200);
+  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/simpleForm/basicView?startkey=3");
+  T(xhr.status == 200, "with query params");
   T(/Total Rows/.test(xhr.responseText));
   T(!(/Key: 1/.test(xhr.responseText)));
   T(/FirstKey: 3/.test(xhr.responseText));
@@ -174,33 +174,33 @@ couchTests.list_views = function(debug) {
 
   
   // with 0 rows
-  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/simpleForm/basicView?startkey=30");
-  T(xhr.status == 200);
+  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/simpleForm/basicView?startkey=30");
+  T(xhr.status == 200, "0 rows");
   T(/Total Rows/.test(xhr.responseText));
   T(/Offset: null/.test(xhr.responseText));
 
   // reduce with 0 rows
-  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/simpleForm/withReduce?startkey=30");
-  T(xhr.status == 200);
+  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/simpleForm/withReduce?startkey=30");
+  T(xhr.status == 200, "reduce 0 rows");
   T(/Total Rows/.test(xhr.responseText));
   T(/Offset: undefined/.test(xhr.responseText));
 
   
   // when there is a reduce present, but not used
-  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/simpleForm/withReduce?reduce=false");
-  T(xhr.status == 200);
+  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/simpleForm/withReduce?reduce=false");
+  T(xhr.status == 200, "reduce false");
   T(/Total Rows/.test(xhr.responseText));
   T(/Key: 1/.test(xhr.responseText));
   
   // when there is a reduce present, and used
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/simpleForm/withReduce?group=true");
-  T(xhr.status == 200);
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/simpleForm/withReduce?group=true");
+  T(xhr.status == 200, "group reduce");
   T(/Key: 1/.test(xhr.responseText));
   
   // there should be etags on reduce as well
   var etag = xhr.getResponseHeader("etag");
   T(etag, "Etags should be served with reduce lists");
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/simpleForm/withReduce?group=true", {
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/simpleForm/withReduce?group=true", {
     headers: {"if-none-match": etag}
   });
   T(xhr.status == 304);
@@ -210,13 +210,13 @@ couchTests.list_views = function(debug) {
   var saveResult = db.bulkSave(docs);
   T(saveResult.ok);
   
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/simpleForm/withReduce?group=true", {
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/simpleForm/withReduce?group=true", {
     headers: {"if-none-match": etag}
   });
-  T(xhr.status == 200);
+  T(xhr.status == 200, "reduce etag");
   
   // with accept headers for HTML
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/acceptSwitch/basicView", {
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/acceptSwitch/basicView", {
     headers: {
       "Accept": 'text/html'
     }
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ couchTests.list_views = function(debug) {
   T(xhr.responseText.match(/Value/));
 
   // now with xml
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/acceptSwitch/basicView", {
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/acceptSwitch/basicView", {
     headers: {
       "Accept": 'application/xml'
     }
@@ -236,49 +236,40 @@ couchTests.list_views = function(debug) {
   T(xhr.responseText.match(/entry/));
 
   // now with extra qs params
-  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/qsParams/basicView?foo=blam");
+  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/qsParams/basicView?foo=blam");
   T(xhr.responseText.match(/blam/));
   
   // aborting iteration
-  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/stopIter/basicView");
+  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/stopIter/basicView");
   T(xhr.responseText.match(/^head 0 1 2 tail$/));
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/stopIter2/basicView");
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/stopIter2/basicView");
   T(xhr.responseText.match(/^head 0 1 2 tail$/));
 
   // aborting iteration with reduce
-  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/stopIter/withReduce?group=true");
+  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/stopIter/withReduce?group=true");
   T(xhr.responseText.match(/^head 0 1 2 tail$/));
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/stopIter2/withReduce?group=true");
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/stopIter2/withReduce?group=true");
   T(xhr.responseText.match(/^head 0 1 2 tail$/));
 
   // empty list
-  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/emptyList/basicView");
+  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/emptyList/basicView");
   T(xhr.responseText.match(/^$/));
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/emptyList/withReduce?group=true");
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/emptyList/withReduce?group=true");
   T(xhr.responseText.match(/^$/));
 
   // multi-key fetch
-  var xhr = CouchDB.request("POST", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/simpleForm/basicView", {
+  var xhr = CouchDB.request("POST", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/simpleForm/basicView", {
     body: '{"keys":[2,4,5,7]}'
   });
-  T(xhr.status == 200);
+  T(xhr.status == 200, "multi key");
   T(/Total Rows/.test(xhr.responseText));
   T(!(/Key: 1/.test(xhr.responseText)));
   T(/Key: 2/.test(xhr.responseText));
   T(/FirstKey: 2/.test(xhr.responseText));
   T(/LastKey: 7/.test(xhr.responseText));
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("POST", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/simpleForm/withReduce?group=true", {
-    body: '{"keys":[2,4,5,7]}'
-  });
-  T(xhr.status == 200);
-  T(/Total Rows/.test(xhr.responseText));
-  T(!(/Key: 1/.test(xhr.responseText)));
-  T(/Key: 2/.test(xhr.responseText));
-  T(/FirstKey: 2/.test(xhr.responseText));
-  T(/LastKey: 7/.test(xhr.responseText));
-  
+
   // no multi-key fetch allowed when group=false
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("POST", "/test_suite_db/_list/lists/simpleForm/withReduce?group=false", {
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("POST", "/test_suite_db/_design/lists/_list/simpleForm/withReduce?group=false", {
     body: '{"keys":[2,4,5,7]}'
   });
   T(xhr.status == 400);
diff --git a/share/www/script/test/show_documents.js b/share/www/script/test/show_documents.js
index b9a66a1d..ed1ab3b3 100644
--- a/share/www/script/test/show_documents.js
+++ b/share/www/script/test/show_documents.js
@@ -33,9 +33,16 @@ couchTests.show_documents = function(debug) {
         }
       }),
       "just-name" : stringFun(function(doc, req) {
-        return {
-          body : "Just " + doc.name
-        };
+        if (doc) {
+          return {
+            body : "Just " + doc.name
+          };
+        } else {
+          return {
+            body : "No such doc",
+            code : 404
+          };
+        }
       }),
       "req-info" : stringFun(function(doc, req) {
         return {
@@ -123,68 +130,72 @@ couchTests.show_documents = function(debug) {
   var docid = resp.id;
 
   // show error
-  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/");
-  T(xhr.status == 404);
+  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/");
+  T(xhr.status == 404, 'Should be missing');
   T(JSON.parse(xhr.responseText).reason == "Invalid path.");
   
   // hello template world
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/hello/"+docid);
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/hello/"+docid);
   T(xhr.responseText == "Hello World");
  
   // hello template world (no docid)
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/hello/");
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/hello");
   T(xhr.responseText == "Empty World");
 
   // // hello template world (non-existing docid)
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/hello/nonExistingDoc");
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/hello/nonExistingDoc");
   T(xhr.responseText == "New World");
   
   // show with doc
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/just-name/"+docid);
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/just-name/"+docid);
   T(xhr.responseText == "Just Rusty");
   
+  // show with missing doc
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/just-name/missingdoc");
+  console.log(xhr)
+  T(xhr.status == 404, 'Doc should be missing');
+  T(xhr.responseText == "No such doc");
   
   // show with missing func
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/missing/"+docid);
-  T(xhr.status == 404);
-
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/missing/"+docid);
+  T(xhr.status == 404, "function is missing");
+  
   // missing design doc
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/missingdoc/just-name/"+docid);
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/missingddoc/_show/just-name/"+docid);
   T(xhr.status == 404);
   var resp = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
   T(resp.error == "not_found");
 
   // query parameters
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/req-info/"+docid+"?foo=bar", {
-   headers: {
-     "Accept": "text/html;text/plain;*/*",
-     "X-Foo" : "bar"
-   }
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/req-info/"+docid+"?foo=bar", {
+    headers: {
+      "Accept": "text/html;text/plain;*/*",
+      "X-Foo" : "bar"
+    }
   });
   var resp = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
   T(equals(resp.headers["X-Foo"], "bar"));
   T(equals(resp.query, {foo:"bar"}));
   T(equals(resp.verb, "GET"));
-  T(equals(resp.path[4], docid));
+  T(equals(resp.path[5], docid));
   T(equals(resp.info.db_name, "test_suite_db"));
 
   // returning a content-type
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/xml-type/"+docid);
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/xml-type/"+docid);
   T("application/xml" == xhr.getResponseHeader("Content-Type"));
   T("Accept" == xhr.getResponseHeader("Vary"));
 
   // accept header switching
-  // different mime has different etag
-
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/accept-switch/"+docid, {
-   headers: {"Accept": "text/html;text/plain;*/*"}
+  // different mime has different etag  
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/accept-switch/"+docid, {
+    headers: {"Accept": "text/html;text/plain;*/*"}
   });
   T("text/html" == xhr.getResponseHeader("Content-Type"));
   T("Accept" == xhr.getResponseHeader("Vary"));
   var etag = xhr.getResponseHeader("etag");
 
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/accept-switch/"+docid, {
-   headers: {"Accept": "image/png;*/*"}
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/accept-switch/"+docid, {
+    headers: {"Accept": "image/png;*/*"}
   });
   T(xhr.responseText.match(/PNG/))
   T("image/png" == xhr.getResponseHeader("Content-Type"));
@@ -193,12 +204,12 @@ couchTests.show_documents = function(debug) {
 
   // proper etags
   // show with doc
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/just-name/"+docid);
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/just-name/"+docid);
   // extract the ETag header values
   etag = xhr.getResponseHeader("etag");
   // get again with etag in request
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/just-name/"+docid, {
-   headers: {"if-none-match": etag}
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/just-name/"+docid, {
+    headers: {"if-none-match": etag}
   });
   // should be 304
   T(xhr.status == 304);    
@@ -208,16 +219,16 @@ couchTests.show_documents = function(debug) {
   resp = db.save(doc);
   T(resp.ok);
   // req with same etag
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/just-name/"+docid, {
-   headers: {"if-none-match": etag}
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/just-name/"+docid, {
+    headers: {"if-none-match": etag}
   });
   // status is 200    
   T(xhr.status == 200);
 
   // get new etag and request again
   etag = xhr.getResponseHeader("etag");
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/just-name/"+docid, {
-   headers: {"if-none-match": etag}
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/just-name/"+docid, {
+    headers: {"if-none-match": etag}
   });
   // should be 304
   T(xhr.status == 304);
@@ -225,9 +236,9 @@ couchTests.show_documents = function(debug) {
   // update design doc (but not function)
   designDoc.isChanged = true;
   T(db.save(designDoc).ok);
-
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/just-name/"+docid, {
-   headers: {"if-none-match": etag}
+  
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/just-name/"+docid, {
+    headers: {"if-none-match": etag}
   });
   // should be 304
   T(xhr.status == 304);
@@ -240,49 +251,49 @@ couchTests.show_documents = function(debug) {
   }).toString();
   T(db.save(designDoc).ok);
 
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/just-name/"+docid, {
-   headers: {"if-none-match": etag}
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/just-name/"+docid, {
+    headers: {"if-none-match": etag}
   });
   // status is 200    
   T(xhr.status == 200);
 
 
   // JS can't set etag
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/no-set-etag/"+docid);
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/no-set-etag/"+docid);
   // extract the ETag header values
   etag = xhr.getResponseHeader("etag");
   T(etag != "skipped")
 
   // test the respondWith mime matcher
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/respondWith/"+docid, {
-   headers: {
-     "Accept": 'text/html,application/atom+xml; q=0.9'
-   }
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/respondWith/"+docid, {
+    headers: {
+      "Accept": 'text/html,application/atom+xml; q=0.9'
+    }
   });
   T(xhr.getResponseHeader("Content-Type") == "text/html");
   T(xhr.responseText == "Ha ha, you said \"plankton\".");
 
   // now with xml
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/respondWith/"+docid, {
-   headers: {
-     "Accept": 'application/xml'
-   }
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/respondWith/"+docid, {
+    headers: {
+      "Accept": 'application/xml'
+    }
   });
   T(xhr.getResponseHeader("Content-Type") == "application/xml");
   T(xhr.responseText.match(/node/));
   T(xhr.responseText.match(/plankton/));
 
   // registering types works
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/respondWith/"+docid, {
-   headers: {
-     "Accept": "application/x-foo"
-   }
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/respondWith/"+docid, {
+    headers: {
+      "Accept": "application/x-foo"
+    }
   });
   T(xhr.getResponseHeader("Content-Type") == "application/x-foo");
   T(xhr.responseText.match(/foofoo/));
 
   // test the respondWith mime matcher without
-  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_show/template/respondWith/"+docid, {
+  xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/test_suite_db/_design/template/_show/respondWith/"+docid, {
    headers: {
      "Accept": 'text/html,application/atom+xml; q=0.9'
    }
diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_db.hrl b/src/couchdb/couch_db.hrl
index aa97a19c..026afe14 100644
--- a/src/couchdb/couch_db.hrl
+++ b/src/couchdb/couch_db.hrl
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
     path_parts,
     db_url_handlers,
     user_ctx,
-    req_body = undefined
+    req_body = undefined,
+    design_url_handlers
     }).
     
 
diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl
index 44ae0bb1..48ff403b 100644
--- a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl
+++ b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 -module(couch_httpd).
 -include("couch_db.hrl").
 
--export([start_link/0, stop/0, handle_request/3]).
+-export([start_link/0, stop/0, handle_request/4]).
 
 -export([header_value/2,header_value/3,qs_value/2,qs_value/3,qs/1,path/1,absolute_uri/2]).
 -export([verify_is_server_admin/1,unquote/1,quote/1,recv/2,recv_chunked/4]).
@@ -44,11 +44,18 @@ start_link() ->
         fun({UrlKey, SpecStr}) ->
             {?l2b(UrlKey), make_arity_2_fun(SpecStr)}
         end, couch_config:get("httpd_db_handlers")),
+
+    DesignUrlHandlersList = lists:map(
+        fun({UrlKey, SpecStr}) ->
+            {?l2b(UrlKey), make_arity_2_fun(SpecStr)}
+        end, couch_config:get("httpd_design_handlers")),
+        
     UrlHandlers = dict:from_list(UrlHandlersList),
     DbUrlHandlers = dict:from_list(DbUrlHandlersList),
+    DesignUrlHandlers = dict:from_list(DesignUrlHandlersList),
     Loop = fun(Req)->
             apply(?MODULE, handle_request,
-                    [Req, UrlHandlers, DbUrlHandlers])
+                    [Req, UrlHandlers, DbUrlHandlers, DesignUrlHandlers])
         end,
 
     % and off we go
@@ -101,7 +108,7 @@ stop() ->
     mochiweb_http:stop(?MODULE).
     
 
-handle_request(MochiReq, UrlHandlers, DbUrlHandlers) ->
+handle_request(MochiReq, UrlHandlers, DbUrlHandlers, DesignUrlHandlers) ->
     statistics(runtime), % prepare request_time counter, see end of function
     AuthenticationFun = make_arity_1_fun(
             couch_config:get("httpd", "authentication_handler")),
@@ -147,7 +154,8 @@ handle_request(MochiReq, UrlHandlers, DbUrlHandlers) ->
         method = Method,
         path_parts = [list_to_binary(couch_httpd:unquote(Part))
                 || Part <- string:tokens(Path, "/")],
-        db_url_handlers = DbUrlHandlers
+        db_url_handlers = DbUrlHandlers,
+        design_url_handlers = DesignUrlHandlers
         },
     DefaultFun = fun couch_httpd_db:handle_request/1,
     HandlerFun = couch_util:dict_find(HandlerKey, UrlHandlers, DefaultFun),
diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_db.erl b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_db.erl
index 005e32d1..75022cd3 100644
--- a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_db.erl
+++ b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_db.erl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 -module(couch_httpd_db).
 -include("couch_db.hrl").
 
--export([handle_request/1, db_req/2, couch_doc_open/4]).
+-export([handle_request/1, handle_design_req/2, db_req/2, couch_doc_open/4]).
 
 -import(couch_httpd,
     [send_json/2,send_json/3,send_json/4,send_method_not_allowed/2,
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ handle_request(#httpd{path_parts=[DbName|RestParts],method=Method,
         do_db_req(Req, Handler)
     end.
 
+handle_design_req(#httpd{
+        path_parts=[_DbName,_Design,_DesName, <<"_",_/binary>> = Action | _Rest],
+        design_url_handlers = DesignUrlHandlers
+    }=Req, Db) ->
+    Handler = couch_util:dict_find(Action, DesignUrlHandlers, fun db_req/2),
+    Handler(Req, Db);
+    
+handle_design_req(Req, Db) ->
+    db_req(Req, Db).
+
 create_db_req(#httpd{user_ctx=UserCtx}=Req, DbName) ->
     ok = couch_httpd:verify_is_server_admin(Req),
     case couch_server:create(DbName, [{user_ctx, UserCtx}]) of
diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_show.erl b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_show.erl
index 5a03d9de..7b6f2832 100644
--- a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_show.erl
+++ b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_show.erl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     
 handle_doc_show_req(#httpd{
         method='GET',
-        path_parts=[_, _, DesignName, ShowName, DocId]
+        path_parts=[_DbName, _Design, DesignName, _Show, ShowName, DocId]
     }=Req, Db) ->
     DesignId = <<"_design/", DesignName/binary>>,
     #doc{body={Props}} = couch_httpd_db:couch_doc_open(Db, DesignId, [], []),
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ handle_doc_show_req(#httpd{
 
 handle_doc_show_req(#httpd{
         method='GET',
-        path_parts=[_, _, DesignName, ShowName]
+        path_parts=[_DbName, _Design, DesignName, _Show, ShowName]
     }=Req, Db) ->
     DesignId = <<"_design/", DesignName/binary>>,
     #doc{body={Props}} = couch_httpd_db:couch_doc_open(Db, DesignId, [], []),
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ handle_doc_show_req(#httpd{method='GET'}=Req, _Db) ->
 handle_doc_show_req(Req, _Db) ->
     send_method_not_allowed(Req, "GET,HEAD").
 
-handle_view_list_req(#httpd{method='GET',path_parts=[_, _, DesignName, ListName, ViewName]}=Req, Db) ->
+handle_view_list_req(#httpd{method='GET',
+        path_parts=[_DbName, _Design, DesignName, _List, ListName, ViewName]}=Req, Db) ->
     DesignId = <<"_design/", DesignName/binary>>,
     #doc{body={Props}} = couch_httpd_db:couch_doc_open(Db, DesignId, [], []),
     Lang = proplists:get_value(<<"language">>, Props, <<"javascript">>),
@@ -63,7 +64,8 @@ handle_view_list_req(#httpd{method='GET',path_parts=[_, _, DesignName, ListName,
 handle_view_list_req(#httpd{method='GET'}=Req, _Db) ->
     send_error(Req, 404, <<"list_error">>, <<"Invalid path.">>);
 
-handle_view_list_req(#httpd{method='POST',path_parts=[_, _, DesignName, ListName, ViewName]}=Req, Db) ->
+handle_view_list_req(#httpd{method='POST',
+        path_parts=[_DbName, _Design, DesignName, _List, ListName, ViewName]}=Req, Db) ->
     DesignId = <<"_design/", DesignName/binary>>,
     #doc{body={Props}} = couch_httpd_db:couch_doc_open(Db, DesignId, [], []),
     Lang = proplists:get_value(<<"language">>, Props, <<"javascript">>),
diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_view.erl b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_view.erl
index 6b9befe1..322cf945 100644
--- a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_view.erl
+++ b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_view.erl
@@ -49,13 +49,15 @@ design_doc_view(Req, Db, Id, ViewName, Keys) ->
     couch_stats_collector:increment({httpd, view_reads}),
     Result.
 
-handle_view_req(#httpd{method='GET',path_parts=[_,_, Id, ViewName]}=Req, Db) ->
-    design_doc_view(Req, Db, Id, ViewName, nil);
+handle_view_req(#httpd{method='GET',
+        path_parts=[_Db, _Design, DName, _View, ViewName]}=Req, Db) ->
+    design_doc_view(Req, Db, DName, ViewName, nil);
 
-handle_view_req(#httpd{method='POST',path_parts=[_,_, Id, ViewName]}=Req, Db) ->
+handle_view_req(#httpd{method='POST',
+        path_parts=[_Db, _Design, DName, _View, ViewName]}=Req, Db) ->
     {Props} = couch_httpd:json_body(Req),
     Keys = proplists:get_value(<<"keys">>, Props, nil),
-    design_doc_view(Req, Db, Id, ViewName, Keys);
+    design_doc_view(Req, Db, DName, ViewName, Keys);
 
 handle_view_req(Req, _Db) ->
     send_method_not_allowed(Req, "GET,POST,HEAD").