PyBase

Native Python HBase Client (i.e doesn't use Thrift) developed during an internship at Flipboard.

Currently supports the following commands -

Get
Scan
Put
Append
Increment
Delete

Additionally supports every filter here for gets and scans.

Development has slowed down now that I'm back at school. Would love help moving forward - see the contributing section for details.

Supported Versions

Developed on HBase >= 1.0. Theoretically compatible with any version of HBase utilizing Protobuf (0.96+) but wholly untested.

Installation

pip install git+git://github.com/CurleySamuel/PyBase.git

or add following to requirements.txt

git+git://github.com/hzhaofb/PyBase.git#egg=pybase

Example Usage

Create a client

import pybase
client = pybase.NewClient(zkquorum)

Insert a cell

#   values = {
#      "cf1": {
#           "mycol": "hodor",
#           "mycol2": "alsohodor"
#      },
#      "cf2": {
#           "mycolumn7": "nothodor"
#      }
#   }
rsp = client.put(table, key, values)

Get an entire row

rsp = client.get(table, key)

Get specific cells

#    families = {
#        "columnFamily1": [
#            "qual1",
#            "qual2"
#        ],
#        "columnFamily2": [
#            "qual3"
#        ]
#    }
rsp = client.get(table, key, families=families)

Get specific cells with a filter

from pybase import filters
pFilter = filters.KeyOnlyFilter(True)
rsp = client.get(table, key, families=families, filters=pFilter)

Scan with a filter

pFilter = filters.KeyOnlyFilter(True)
rsp = client.scan(table, filters=pFilter)

Construct complex filters

# Method 1
cFilter1 = filters.ColumnCountGetFilter(24)
cFilter2 = filters.ColumnRangeFilter("min", True, "max", True)
pFilter = filters.FilterList(filters.MUST_PASS_ALL, cFilter1, cFilter2)

# Method 2
pFilter = filters.FilterList(filters.MUST_PASS_ALL)
pFilter.add_filters(cFilter1, cFilter2)

Increment a cell

# inc_values = {
#     cf1: {
#         "oberyn": "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x05",
#     },
#     cf2: {
#         "one": "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x08"
#     }
# }
rsp = c.increment(table, key, inc_values)

Contributing

Development has slowed down now that I'm back at school. Would love help moving forward.

Here's a knowledge transfer document to help get up to speed.
I've created a few Github issues as a starting point.
If you want to help out feel free to shoot me an email so we don't step on each other's toes.

Setting up HBase

Want to try out the client locally? mblair helped write a bash script to install + setup HBase in pseudo-distributed mode on a vagrant instance.