lib/fluent/plugin/out_couch.rb in fluent-plugin-couch-0.3.3 vs lib/fluent/plugin/out_couch.rb in fluent-plugin-couch-0.3.5

@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@
 
         config_param :database, :string
 
         config_param :host, :string, :default => 'localhost'
         config_param :port, :string, :default => '5984'
+        config_param :protocol, :string, :default => 'http'
 
         config_param :refresh_view_index , :string, :default => nil
         
         config_param :user, :string, :default => nil
         config_param :password, :string, :default => nil
@@ -30,14 +31,14 @@
         def configure(conf)
             super
         end
 
         def start
-            super
+    
             if @user && @password
-                @db = CouchRest.database!("http://#{@user}:#{@password}@#{@host}:#{@port}/#{@database}")
+                @db = CouchRest.database!("#{@protocol}://#{@user}:#{@password}@#{@host}:#{@port}/#{@database}")
             else
-                @db = CouchRest.database!("http://#{@host}:#{@port}/#{@database}")
+                @db = CouchRest.database!("#{@protocol}://#{@host}:#{@port}/#{@database}")
             end
             @views = []
             if @refresh_view_index
                 begin
                     @db.get("_design/#{@refresh_view_index}")['views'].each do |view_name,func|