CouchDB auto-generate UUID _id attributes with POST

I was trying to PUT a new document in CouchDB and have the database assign a UUID.

It turns out that if you make a POST request instead of a PUT, and explicitly include the correct Content-Type header, CouchDB will generate the UUID for you.

For example, using cURL:

curl -X POST http://user:password@example.com:5984/exampledb/ \

     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \

     -d '{"amos": true}'