webhdfs - A client library implementation for Hadoop WebHDFS, and HttpFs, for Ruby

The webhdfs gem is to access Hadoop WebHDFS (EXPERIMENTAL: and HttpFs). WebHDFS::Client is a client class, and WebHDFS::FileUtils is utility like 'fileutils'.

Installation

gem install webhdfs

Usage

WebHDFS::Client

For client object interface:

require 'webhdfs'
client = WebHDFS::Client.new(hostname, port)
# or with pseudo username authentication
client = WebHDFS::Client.new(hostname, port, username)

To create/append/read files:

client.create('/path/to/file', data)
client.create('/path/to/file', data, :overwrite => false, :blocksize => 268435456, :replication => 5, :permission => 0666)

client.append('/path/to/existing/file', data)

client.read('/path/to/target') #=> data
client.read('/path/to/target' :offset => 2048, :length => 1024) #=> data

To mkdir/rename/delete directories or files:

client.mkdir('/hdfs/dirname')
client.mkdir('/hdfs/dirname', :permission => 0777)

client.rename(original_path, dst_path)

client.delete(path)
client.delete(dir_path, :recursive => true)

To get status or list of files and directories:

client.stat(file_path) #=> key-value pairs for file status
client.list(dir_path)  #=> list of key-value pairs for files in dir_path

And, 'content_summary', 'checksum', 'homedir', 'chmod', 'chown', 'replication' and 'touch' methods available.

For known errors, automated retries are available. Set retry_known_errors option as true.

#### To retry for LeaseExpiredException automatically
client.retry_known_errors = true

# client.retry_interval = 1 # [sec], default: 1
# client.retry_times = 1 # [times], default: 1

WebHDFS::FileUtils

require 'webhdfs/fileutils'
WebHDFS::FileUtils.set_server(host, port)
# or
WebHDFS::FileUtils.set_server(host, port, username, doas)

WebHDFS::FileUtils.copy_from_local(localpath, hdfspath)
WebHDFS::FileUtils.copy_to_local(hdfspath, localpath)

WebHDFS::FileUtils.append(path, data)

For HttpFs

For HttpFs instead of WebHDFS:

client = WebHDFS::Client.new('hostname', 14000)
client.httpfs_mode = true

client.read(path) #=> data

# or with webhdfs/filetuils
WebHDFS::FileUtils.set_server('hostname', 14000)
WebHDFS::FileUtils.set_httpfs_mode
WebHDFS::FileUtils.copy_to_local(remote_path, local_path)

For HTTP Proxy servers

client = WebHDFS::Client.new('hostname', 14000, 'proxy.server.local', 8080)
client.proxy_user = 'jack'   # if needed
client.proxy_pass = 'secret' # if needed

AUTHORS

• Kazuki Ohta [email protected]
• TAGOMORI Satoshi [email protected]

LICENSE

• Copyright: Copyright (c) 2012- Fluentd Project
• License: Apache License, Version 2.0