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stack commented on HADOOP-2068: ------------------------------- Thanks for feedback Tom. 401 rather than 404 was because I was watching TV at same time as writing the issue (smile). Regards 3. above, if I understand your question, there is no typing of hbase content -- as far as hbase is concerned, its all bytes -- so returned cell data should default mimetype binary/octet-stream. Later, might add switching resource format returned keyed off request headers. For cluster, table, and column descriptors, default text/plain UTF-8 or perhaps text/xml if specified in request headers. Thanks too for pointer to Leonard's book. > [hbase] RESTful interface > ------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-2068 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-2068 > Project: Hadoop > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: contrib/hbase > Reporter: stack > Priority: Minor > > A RESTful interface would be one means of making hbase accessible to clients > that are not java. It might look something like the below: > + An HTTP GET of http://MASTER:PORT/ outputs the master's attributes: online > meta regions, list of tables, etc.: i.e. what you see now when you go to > http://MASTER:PORT/master.jsp. > + An HTTP GET of http://MASTER:PORT/TABLENAME: 200 if tables exists and > HTableDescription (mimetype: text/plain or text/xml) or 401 if no such table. > HTTP DELETE would drop the table. HTTP PUT would add one. > + An HTTP GET of http://MASTER:PORT/TABLENAME/ROW: 200 if row exists and 401 > if not. > + An HTTP GET of http://MASTER:PORT/TABLENAME/ROW/COLUMNFAMILY: > HColumnDescriptor (mimetype: text/plain or text/xml) or 401 if no such table. > + An HTTP GET of http://MASTER:PORT/TABLENAME/ROW/COLUMNNAME/: 200 and latest > version (mimetype: binary/octet-stream) or 401 if no such cell. HTTP DELETE > would delete the cell. HTTP PUT would add a new version. > + An HTTP GET of http://MASTER:PORT/TABLENAME/ROW/COLUMNNAME/TIMESTAMP: 200 > (mimetype: binary/octet-stream) or 401 if no such cell. HTTP DELETE would > remove. HTTP PUT would put this record. > + Browser originally goes against master but master then redirects to the > hosting region server to serve, update, delete, etc. the addressed cell -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.