title: couchdb python query document from view
body: <p>Based on existing question
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1640054/multiple-couchdb-document-fetch-with-couchdb-python">Multiple CouchDB Document fetch with couchdb-python</a></p>
  
  <p>The question was: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Blockquote: How to fetch multiple documents from CouchDB, in particular with couchdb-python?</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>One answer was:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Blockquote: Easiest way is to pass a include_docs=True arg to Database.view. Each row of the results will include the doc</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>My question: how can i 'cast' or convert the returned document to my custom defined document.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>