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Accessing views
These functions implement the HTTP API for accessing views.
database.arangoSearchView
database.arangoSearchView(viewName): ArangoSearchView
This method is only available when targeting ArangoDB 3.4 or later, see Compatibility.
Returns a ArangoSearchView instance for the given view name.
Arguments
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viewName:
stringName of the arangosearch view.
Examples
const db = new Database();
const view = db.arangoSearchView("potatoes");
database.listViews
async database.listViews(): Array<Object>
This method is only available when targeting ArangoDB 3.4 or later, see Compatibility.
Fetches all views from the database and returns an array of view descriptions.
Examples
const db = new Database();
const views = await db.listViews();
// views is an array of view descriptions
database.views
async database.views([excludeSystem]): Array<View>
This method is only available when targeting ArangoDB 3.4 or later, see Compatibility.
Fetches all views from the database and returns an array of ArangoSearchView instances for the views.
Examples
const db = new Database();
const views = await db.views();
// views is an array of ArangoSearchView instances