diff --git a/lib/couchrest/core/model.rb b/lib/couchrest/core/model.rb
index 1e68daa..ccbf91a 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/core/model.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/core/model.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module CouchRest
       protected
       
       def create
-        set_uniq_id if respond_to?(:set_uniq_id) # hack
+        set_unique_id if respond_to?(:set_unique_id) # hack
         save_doc
       end
       
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ module CouchRest
         end
       end
       
-      def uniq_id method
-        define_method :set_uniq_id do
+      def unique_id method
+        define_method :set_unique_id do
           doc['_id'] ||= self.send(method)
         end
       end
@@ -126,25 +126,33 @@ module CouchRest
 
     module MagicViews
       def view_by *keys
+        opts = keys.pop if keys.last.is_a?(Hash)
         type = self.to_s
-        doc_keys = keys.collect{|k|"doc['#{k}']"}
-        key_protection = doc_keys.join(' && ')
-        key_emit = doc_keys.length == 1 ? "#{doc_keys.first}" : "[#{doc_keys.join(', ')}]"
-        map_function = <<-JAVASCRIPT
-        function(doc) {
-          if (doc.type == '#{type}' && #{key_protection}) {
-            emit(#{key_emit}, null);
-          }
-        }
-        JAVASCRIPT
 
         method_name = "by_#{keys.join('_and_')}"
-        
         @@design_doc ||= default_design_doc
-        @@design_doc['views'][method_name] = {
-          'map' => map_function
-        }
-
+        
+        if opts && opts[:map]
+          view = {}
+          view['map'] = opts[:map]
+          view['reduce'] = opts[:reduce] if opts[:reduce]
+          @@design_doc['views'][method_name] = view
+        else
+          doc_keys = keys.collect{|k|"doc['#{k}']"}
+          key_protection = doc_keys.join(' && ')
+          key_emit = doc_keys.length == 1 ? "#{doc_keys.first}" : "[#{doc_keys.join(', ')}]"
+          map_function = <<-JAVASCRIPT
+          function(doc) {
+            if (doc.type == '#{type}' && #{key_protection}) {
+              emit(#{key_emit}, null);
+            }
+          }
+          JAVASCRIPT
+          @@design_doc['views'][method_name] = {
+            'map' => map_function
+          }
+        end
+        
         @@design_doc_fresh = false
         
         self.meta_class.instance_eval do
diff --git a/spec/couchrest/core/model_spec.rb b/spec/couchrest/core/model_spec.rb
index 0438049..f92ca7a 100644
--- a/spec/couchrest/core/model_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/couchrest/core/model_spec.rb
@@ -7,22 +7,35 @@ end
 class Article
   include CouchRest::Model
   use_database CouchRest.database!('http://localhost:5984/couchrest-model-test')
-  uniq_id :slug
-  
-  key_accessor :title
-  key_reader :slug, :created_at, :updated_at
-  before(:create, :generate_slug_from_title)
-
-  timestamps!
-  
-  def generate_slug_from_title
-    doc['slug'] = title.downcase.gsub(/[^a-z0-9]/,'-').squeeze('-').gsub(/^\-|\-$/,'')
-  end
-
-  key_writer :date
+  unique_id :slug
   
   view_by :date
   view_by :user_id, :date
+  
+  view_by :tags,
+    :map => 
+      "function(doc) {
+        if (doc.type == 'Article' && doc.tags) {
+          doc.tags.forEach(function(tag){
+            emit(tag, 1);
+          });
+        }
+      }",
+    :reduce => 
+      "function(keys, values, rereduce) {
+        return sum(values);
+      }"  
+
+  key_writer :date
+  key_reader :slug, :created_at, :updated_at
+  key_accessor :title
+
+  timestamps!
+  
+  before(:create, :generate_slug_from_title)  
+  def generate_slug_from_title
+    doc['slug'] = title.downcase.gsub(/[^a-z0-9]/,'-').squeeze('-').gsub(/^\-|\-$/,'')
+  end
 end
 
 describe CouchRest::Model do
@@ -130,7 +143,7 @@ describe CouchRest::Model do
     end
   end
 
-  describe "saving a model with a uniq_id configured" do
+  describe "saving a model with a unique_id configured" do
     before(:each) do
       @art = Article.new
       @old = Article.database.get('this-is-the-title') rescue nil
@@ -245,4 +258,21 @@ describe CouchRest::Model do
       articles[0].title.should == "even more interesting"
     end
   end
+  
+  describe "with a custom view" do
+    before(:all) do
+      @titles = ["very uniq one", "even less interesting", "some fun", "really junk", "crazy bob"]
+      @tags = ["cool", "lame"]
+      @titles.each_with_index do |title,i|
+        u = i % 2
+        a = Article.new(:title => title, :tags => [@tags[u]])
+        a.save
+        puts a.inspect
+      end
+    end
+    it "should be available raw" do
+      view = Article.by_tags :raw => true, :group => true
+      view.should == 'x'
+    end
+  end
 end
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