Company
Date Published
Author
Manuel Hurtado, Solutions Engineer, Couchbase
Word count
751
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The text provides guidance on integrating Couchbase with R for data analysis, highlighting the ease of importing data from Couchbase into R without needing additional components. By utilizing Couchbase's N1QL query engine to accept REST requests and return JSON documents, users can efficiently import data into R. The document illustrates this process through examples, such as loading airline data into an R Data Frame to create a bar graph and mapping pet-friendly hotels in London using the leaflet library. It also mentions the need to manage server addresses when using R, as it lacks the cluster management capabilities found in other Couchbase SDKs. The text serves as a practical introduction for those interested in combining Couchbase and R for data analysis tasks.