6.6.1. Copying a Document

6.6.1. Copying a Document
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You can copy the latest version of a document to a new document by specifying the current document and target document:

COPY http://couchdb:5984/recipes/FishStew
Content-Type: application/json
Destination: IrishFishStew

The above request copies the document FishStew to the new document IrishFishStew. The response is the ID and revision of the new document.

{
   "id" : "IrishFishStew",
   "rev" : "1-9c65296036141e575d32ba9c034dd3ee"
}