title: CouchDB, Elastic Search, and River Plugin not operating correctly
body: <p>I'm trying to get ElasticSearch to work, specifically with the River Plugin.  For some reason I just can't get it to work. I've included the procedure I'm using to try and do it, found <a href="http://www.elasticsearch.org/tutorials/2010/08/01/couchb-integration.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>curl -XDELETE 'http://localhost:9200/_all/'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Response:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
    "ok": true,
    "acknowledged": true
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is so I know I'm working with an empty set of elasticsearch instances.</p>
  
  <p>I have an existing database, called test and the river plugin has already been installed. Is there anyway to test to confirm the River Plugin is installed and running?</p>
  
  <p>I issue the following command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/_river/my_index/_meta' -d '{
      "type" : "couchdb",
      "couchdb" : {
          "host" : "localhost",
          "port" : 5984,
          "db" : "my_couch_db",
          "filter" : null
      }
  }'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>my_couch_db is a real database, I see it in Futon.  There is a document in it.</p>
  
  <p>Response: </p>
  
  <pre><code>{
    "ok": true,
    "_index": "_river",
    "_type": "my_index",
    "_id": "_meta",
    "_version": 1
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now at this point, my understanding is elasticseach should be working as I saw in the tutorial.</p>
  
  <p>I try to query, just to find anything. I go to</p>
  
  <pre><code> http://localhost:9200/my_couch_db/my_couch_db.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Response: </p>
  
  <pre><code>No handler found for uri [/my_couch_db/my_couch_db] and method [GET]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What's weird is when I go to</p>
  
  <pre><code>localhost:5984/my_couch_db/__changes 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
    "error": "not_found",
    "reason": "missing"
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Anyone have any idea what part of this I'm screwing up?</p>