http://<name-node-and-port/file/<path-of-file-in-hdfs>
You will be redirected to one of the datanodes so you have to support redirection and you have to have access to the entire cluster by names that they know about. On 3/24/08 1:47 AM, "Naama Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Ted, > > Could you please elaborate or send out a pointer with more information ? > > Thanks, Naama > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 2:56 AM, Ted Dunning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Reading files from HDFS is very easy since there is a URL based mechanism >> for that. >> >> >> On 3/20/08 5:21 PM, "Michael Bieniosek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> If you want to talk to the hdfs from flash, your best bet is probably to >> set >>> up a java server and talk to it over http. There's a webdav server >> patch >>> here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-496 (I worked on this >> a >>> while, but never finished it). I think some other people have written >> their >>> own servers. >>> >>> -Michael >>> >>> On 3/20/08 11:16 AM, "dhruba Borthakur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> There is a C-language based API to access HDFS. You can find more >>> details at: >>> >>> http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/LibHDFS >>> >>> If you download the Hadoop source code from >>> http://hadoop.apache.org/core/releases.html, you will see this API in >>> src/c++/libhdfs/hdfs.c >>> >>> hope this helps, >>> dhruba >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Cagdas Gerede [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:54 AM >>> To: core-user@hadoop.apache.org >>> Subject: HDFS: Flash Application and Available APIs >>> >>> I have two questions: >>> >>> - I was wondering if an HDFS client can be invoked from a Flash >>> application. >>> - What are the available APIs for HDFS? (I read that there is a C/C++ >>> api for Hadoop Map/Reduce but is there a C/C++ API for HDFS? or Can it >>> only be invoked from a Java application? >>> >>> >>> Thanks for your help, >>> Cagdas >>> >>> >> >> >
