def datoms(self, index='aevt', e='', a='', v='', 
                   limit=0, offset=0, chunk=100, 
                   start='', end='', since='', as_of='', history='', **kwargs):
    """ Returns a lazy generator that will only fetch groups of datoms
        at the chunk size specified.

    http://docs.datomic.com/clojure/index.html#datomic.api/datoms
    """
    assert index in ['aevt','eavt','avet','vaet'], "non-existant index"
    data = {'index':   index, 
            'a':       ':{0}'.format(a) if a else '',
            'v':       dump_edn_val(v) if v else '',
            'e':       int(e) if e else '', 
            'offset':  offset or 0,
            'start':   start,
            'end':     end,
            'limit':   limit,
            'history': 'true' if history else '',
            'as-of':   int(as_of) if as_of else '',
            'since':   int(since) if since else '',
            }
    data['limit'] = offset + chunk
    rs = True
    while rs and (data['offset'] < (limit or 1000000000)):
      ta = datetime.datetime.now()
      rs = self.rest('GET', self.uri_db + '-/datoms', data=data, parse=True)
      if not len(rs):
        rs = False
      tb = datetime.datetime.now() - ta
      print cl('<<< fetched %i datoms at offset %i in %sms' % (
        len(rs), data['offset'], tb.microseconds/1000.0), 'cyan')
      for r in rs: yield r
      data['offset'] += chunk
Returns a lazy generator that will only fetch groups of datoms
        at the chunk size specified.

    http://docs.datomic.com/clojure/index.html#datomic.api/datoms