Crumbs is a CSV importer for CouchDB.

Crumbs is different from other import solutions in that it is served as an attachment to a CouchDB design document. The File API of HTML5 allows the browser to read one or more input files directly from the local machine without any uploads and additional server-side logic. Crumbs is even able to process large files without affecting the user experience; its implementation as a Web Worker pushes the workload in the background.

Clone this repository and use CouchApp to push Crumbs to <your_host>/<your_db>:

git clone https://github.com/agrueneberg/Crumbs.git
couchapp push Crumbs/ http://<your_host>/<your_db>

Alternatively, replicate an existing deployment of Crumbs to <your_host>/<your_db> using curl:

curl\
  -X POST\
  -H "Content-Type:application/json"\
  -d "{\"source\":\"https://couchdb.gutpassfilter.de/crumbs\",\
       \"target\":\"http://<your_host>/<your_db>\",\
       \"filter\":\"vacuum/rw\"}"\
  http://localhost:5984/_replicate

After installing Crumbs, point your browser to <your_host>/<your_db>/_design/crumbs/import.html, select one or more CSV files and click Import files.