couchdb POST method not supported in local instance
couchdb
Solution
You need to specify `contentType: "application/json"` in your `$.ajax` call, as some configurations of CouchDB choke when they receive a non-`application/json` POST body.
Problem
My local instance of couchdb seems not to support the POST method. This is the answer I have from chrome dev tools ``` POST http://localhost:5984/epos-couch/_design/epos-couch/_view/ri 415 (Unsupported Media Type) ``` the code in use is a simple ajax request with post method set: ``` $.ajax({ async: true, url: ajaxURL, type:"POST", data:....., dataType: 'json', timeout:5000, success:function(response){ riResponseList=response.rows; }, error:function(){ alert('fetching error'); } }); ``` I'm pretty sure the problem is in my local instance because running such code on cloudant.com everyhing works fine. So my question is: how can I set my local instance of couchdb to support the POST method? I searched on the interet a bit (http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb, http://guide.couchdb.org/) but couln't find an answer.