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HBase-JSONRest-0.044
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NAME

HBase::JSONRest - Simple REST client for HBase

SYNOPSIS

A simple get request:

    my $hbase = HBase::JSONRest->new(host => $hostname);

    my $records = $hbase->get({
        table   => 'table_name',
        where   => {
            key_begins_with => "key_prefix"
        },
    });

A simple put request:

    # array of hashes, where each hash is one row
    my $rows = [
        ...
        {
            row_key => "$row_key",

            # cells: array of hashes where eash hash is one cell
            row_cells => [
              { column => "$family_name:$colum_name", value => "$value" },
            ],
       },
       ...
    ];

    my $res = $hbase->put({
        table   => $table_name,
        changes => $rows
    });

DESCRIPTION

A simple rest client for HBase.

METHODS

new

Constructor. Cretes an hbase client object that is used to talk to HBase.

    my $hostname = "hbase-restserver.mydomain.com";
    
    my $hbase = HBase::JSONRest->new(host => $hostname);

get

Scans a table by key prefix or exact key match depending on options passed:

    # scan by key prefix:
    my $records = $hbase->get({
        table       => $table_name,
        where       => {
            key_begins_with => "$key_prefix"
        },
    });

    # exact key match: get the whole row
    my $record = $hbase->get({
        table       => $table_name,
        where       => {
            key_equals => "$key"
        },
    });

    # exact key match: get only specific columns
    my $record = $hbase->get({
      table => $table_name,
      where => {
           key_equals => $key
      },
      columns => [
          'd:some_column_name',
          'd:some_other_column_name'
      ],
    });

    # exact key match: get last $N cell versions
    my $records = $hbase->get({
      table => $table_name,
      where => {
           key_equals => $key
      },
      columns => [
          'd:some_column_name',
          'd:some_other_column_name'
      ],
      versions => $N,
    });

    # exact key match: get cell versions created within a timestamp range
    my $records = $hbase->get({
      table => $table_name,
      where => {
           key_equals => $key
      },
      columns => [
          'd:some_column_name',
          'd:some_other_column_name'
      ],
      timestamp_range => {
          from  => $timestamp_from,
          until => $timestamp_until,
      }
    });

multiget

Does a multiget request to HBase, so that multiple keys can be matched in one http request. It also makes sure that the request url is not longer than 2000 chars, so if the number of keys passed is large enough and would result in url longer than 2000 chars, the request is split into multiple smaller request so each is shorter than 2000 chars.

    # multiget: get only last cell version from matched rows
    my @keys = ($key1,...,$keyN);
    my $records = $hbase->multiget({
        table   => $table_name,
        where   => {
            key_in => \@keys
        },
    });

    # multiget: get last $N cell versions from matched rows
    my @keys = ($key1,...,$keyN);
    my $records = $hbase->multiget({
        table   => $table_name,
        where   => {
            key_in => \@keys
        },
        versions => $N,
    });

put

Inserts one or multiple rows. If a key allready exists then depending on if HBase versioning is ON for that specific table, the record will be updated (versioning is off) or new version will be inserted (versioning is on)

    # multiple rows
    my $rows = [
        ...
        {
            row_key => "$row_key",

            # cells: array of hashes where eash hash is one cell
            row_cells => [
                {
                    column => "$family_name1:$colum_name1",
                    value  => "$value1",
                    timestamp => "$timestamp1", # <- optional (override HBase timestamp)
                },
                ...,
                {
                    column => "$family_nameN:$colum_nameN",
                    value  => "$valueN",
                    timestamp => "$timestampN", # <- optional (override HBase timestamp)
                },
            ],
       },
       ...
    ];

    my $res = $hbase->put({
        table   => $table_name,
        changes => $rows
    });

    # single row - basically the same as multiple rows, but
    # the rows array has just one elements
    my $rows = [
        {
            row_key => "$row_key",

            # cells: array of hashes where eash hash is one cell
            row_cells => [
              { column => "$family_name:$colum_name", value => "$value" },
            ],
       },
    ];

    my $res = $hbase->put({
        table   => $table_name,
        changes => $rows
    });

delete

Deletes an entire record or selected columns of it

    my $success = $hbase->delete({
        table    => 'table',
        key      => 'key',
        family   => 'family', # optional, unless column is given
        column   => 'column', # optional
    });

version

Returns a hashref with server version info

    my $version_info = $hbase->version;
    print Dumper($version_info);

    output example:
    ---------------
    version => $VAR1 = {
          'Server' => 'jetty/6.1.26.cloudera.2',
          'Jersey' => '1.8',
          'REST' => '0.0.2',
          'OS' => 'Linux 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6.x86_64 amd64',
          'JVM' => 'Oracle Corporation 1.7.0_51-24.51-b03'
        };

list

Returns a list of tables available in HBase

    print "tables => " . Dumper($hbase->list);

    tables => $VAR1 = [
              {
                'name' => 'very_big_table'
              },
              ..., 
              {
                'name' => 'super_big_table'
              }
            ];

ERROR HANDLING

Information on error is stored in hbase object under key last error:

    my $records = $hbase->get({
        table       => $table_name,
        where       => {
            key_begins_with => "$key_prefix"
        },
    });
    if ($hbase->{last_error}) {
        # handle error    
    }
    else {
        # process records    
    }

VERSION

Current version: 0.044

AUTHOR

bdevetak - Bosko Devetak (cpan:BDEVETAK) <bosko.devetak@gmail.com>

CONTRIBUTORS

theMage, <cpan:NEVES>, <mailto:themage@magick-source.net>

Sawyer X, <xsawyerx at cpan.org>

Eric Herman, <eherman at cpan.org>

Robert Nilsson, <rn@orbstation.com>

tsheasha - T Sheasha, <tarek.sheasha@gmail.com>

dtcyganov - Dmitrii Tcyganov, <dtcyganov at github.com>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2014 the HBase::JSONRest "AUTHOR" and "CONTRIBUTORS" as listed above.

LICENSE

This library is free software and may be distributed under the same terms as perl itself. See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/.

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