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Version: v1.5.0

Zed lake API

Status

This is a brief sketch of the functionality exposed in the Zed API. More detailed documentation of the API will be forthcoming.

Endpoints

Pools

Create pool

Create a new lake pool.

POST /pool

Params

NameTypeInDescription
namestringbodyRequired. Name of the pool. Must be unique to lake.
layout.orderstringbodyOrder of storage by primary key(s) in pool. Possible values: desc, asc. Default: asc.
layout.keys[[string]]bodyPrimary key(s) of pool. The element of each inner string array should reflect the hierarchical ordering of named fields within indexed records. Default: [[ts]].
threshintbodyThe size in bytes of each seek index.

Example Request

curl -X POST \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"name": "inventory", "layout": {"keys": [["product","serial_number"]]}}' \
http://localhost:9867/pool

Example Response

{
"pool": {
"ts": "2022-07-13T21:23:05.323016Z",
"name": "inventory",
"id": "0x0f5ce9b9b6202f3883c9db8ff58d8721a075d1e4",
"layout": {
"order": "asc",
"keys": [
[
"product",
"serial_number"
]
]
},
"seek_stride": 65536,
"threshold": 524288000
},
"branch": {
"ts": "2022-07-13T21:23:05.367365Z",
"name": "main",
"commit": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
}
}

Rename pool

Change a pool's name.

PUT /pool/{pool}

Params

NameTypeInDescription
poolstringpathRequired. ID or name of the requested pool.
namestringbodyRequired. The desired new name of the pool. Must be unique to lake.

Example Request

curl -X PUT \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"name": "catalog"}' \
http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory

On success, HTTP 204 is returned with no response payload.


Delete pool

Permanently delete a pool.

DELETE /pool/{pool}

Params

NameTypeInDescription
poolstringpathRequired. ID or name of the requested pool.

Example Request

curl -X DELETE \
http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory

On success, HTTP 204 is returned with no response payload.


Branches

Load Data

Add data to a pool and return a reference commit ID.

POST /pool/{pool}/branch/{branch}

Params

NameTypeInDescription
poolstringpathRequired. ID or name of the pool.
branchstringpathRequired. Name of branch to which data will be loaded.
variousbodyRequired. Contents of the posted data.
Content-TypestringheaderMIME type of the posted content. If undefined, the service will attempt to introspect the data and determine type automatically.
csv.delimstringqueryExactly one character specifing the field delimiter for CSV data. Defaults to ",".

Example Request

curl -X POST \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"product": {"serial_number": 12345, "name": "widget"}, "warehouse": "chicago"}
{"product": {"serial_number": 12345, "name": "widget"}, "warehouse": "miami"}
{"product": {"serial_number": 12346, "name": "gadget"}, "warehouse": "chicago"}' \
http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory/branch/main

Example Response

{"commit":"0x0ed4f42da5763a9500ee71bc3fa5c69f306872de","warnings":[]}

Get Branch

Get information about a branch.

GET /pool/{pool}/branch/{branch}

Params

NameTypeInDescription
poolstringpathRequired. ID or name of the pool.
branchstringpathRequired. Name of branch.

Example Request

curl -X GET \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory/branch/main

Example Response

{"commit":"0x0ed4fa21616ecd8fec9d6fd395ad876db98a5dae","warnings":null}

Delete Branch

Delete a branch.

DELETE /pool/{pool}/branch/{branch}

Params

NameTypeInDescription
poolstringpathRequired. ID or name of the pool.
branchstringpathRequired. Name of branch.

Example Request

curl -X DELETE \
http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory/branch/staging

On success, HTTP 204 is returned with no response payload.


Delete Data

Create a commit that reflects the deletion of some data in the branch. The data to delete can be specified via a list of object IDs or as a filter expression (see limitations).

POST /pool/{pool}/branch/{branch}/delete

Params

NameTypeInDescription
poolstringpathRequired. ID of the pool.
branchstringpathRequired. Name of branch.
object_ids[string]bodyObject IDs to be deleted.
wherestringbodyFilter expression (see limitations).

Example Request

curl -X POST \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"object_ids": ["274Eb1Kn8MTM6qxPyBpVTvYhLLa", "274EavbXt546VNelRLNXrzWShNh"]}' \
http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory/branch/main/delete

Example Response

{"commit":"0x0ed4fee861e8fb61568783205a46a218182eba6c","warnings":null}

Example Request

curl -X POST \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"where": "product.serial_number > 12345"}' \
http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory/branch/main/delete

Example Response

{"commit":"0x0f5ceaeaaec7b4c33cfdece9f2e8577ad89d21e2","warnings":null}

Merge Branches

Create a commit with the difference of the child branch added to the selected branch.

POST /pool/{pool}/branch/{branch}/merge/{child}

Params

NameTypeInDescription
poolstringpathRequired. ID of the pool.
branchstringpathRequired. Name of branch selected as merge destination.
childstringpathRequired. Name of child branch selected as source of merge.

Example Request

curl -X POST \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory/branch/main/merge/staging

Example Response

{"commit":"0x0ed4ffc2566b423ee444c1c8e6bf964515290f4c","warnings":null}

Revert

Create a revert commit of the specified commit.

POST /pool/{pool}/branch/{branch}/revert/{commit}

Params

NameTypeInDescription
poolstringpathRequired. ID of the pool.
branchstringpathRequired. Name of branch on which to revert commit.
commitstringpathRequired. ID of commit to be reverted.

Example Request

curl -X POST \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory/branch/main/revert/27D22ifDw3Ms2NMzo8jXpDfpgjc

Example Response

{"commit":"0x0ed500ab6f80e5ac8a1b871bddd88c57fe963ab1","warnings":null}

Index Objects

Create an index of object(s) for the specified rule.

POST /pool/{pool}/branch/{branch}/index

Params

NameTypeInDescription
poolstringpathRequired. ID of the pool.
branchstringpathRequired. Name of branch.
rule_namestringbodyRequired. Name of indexing rule.
tags[string]bodyIDs of data objects to index.

Example Request

curl -X POST \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"rule_name": "MyRuleGroup", "tags": ["27DAbmqxukfABARaAHauARBJOXH", "27DAbeUBW7llN2mXAadYz00Zjpk"]}' \
http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory/branch/main/index

Example Response

{"commit":"0x0ed510f4648da9742e8e9c35e3439d5b708843e1","warnings":null}

Update Index

Apply all rules or a range of index rules for all objects that are not indexed in a branch.

POST /pool/{pool}/branch/{branch}/index/update

Params

NameTypeInDescription
poolstringpathRequired. ID of the pool.
branchstringpathRequired. Name of branch.
rule_names[string]bodyName(s) of index rule(s) to apply. If undefined, all rules will be applied.

Example Request

curl -X POST \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"rule_names": ["MyRuleGroup", "AnotherRuleGroup"]}' \
http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory/branch/main/index/update

Example Response

{"commit":"0x0ed51322b7d69bd0bddad10e31e3211408e34a88","warnings":null}

Query

Execute a Zed query against data in a data lake.

POST /query

Params

NameTypeInDescription
querystringbodyZed query to execute. All data is returned if not specified.
head.poolstringbodyPool to query against Not required if pool is specified in query.
head.branchstringbodyBranch to query against. Defaults to "main".
ctrlstringquerySet to "T" to include control messages in ZNG or ZJSON responses. Defaults to "F".

Example Request

curl -X POST \
-H 'Accept: application/x-zson' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
http://localhost:9867/query -d '{"query":"from inventory@main | count() by warehouse"}'

Example Response

{warehouse:"chicago",count:2(uint64)}
{warehouse:"miami",count:1(uint64)}

Example Request

curl -X POST \
-H 'Accept: application/x-zjson' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
http://localhost:9867/query?ctrl=T -d '{"query":"from inventory@main | count() by warehouse"}'

Example Response

{"type":"QueryChannelSet","value":{"channel_id":0}}
{"type":{"kind":"record","id":30,"fields":[{"name":"warehouse","type":{"kind":"primitive","name":"string"}},{"name":"count","type":{"kind":"primitive","name":"uint64"}}]},"value":["miami","1"]}
{"type":{"kind":"ref","id":30},"value":["chicago","2"]}
{"type":"QueryChannelEnd","value":{"channel_id":0}}
{"type":"QueryStats","value":{"start_time":{"sec":1658193276,"ns":964207000},"update_time":{"sec":1658193276,"ns":964592000},"bytes_read":55,"bytes_matched":55,"records_read":3,"records_matched":3}}

Events

Subscribe to an events feed, which returns an event stream in the format of server-sent events. The MIME type specified in the request's Accept HTTP header determines the format of data field values in the event stream.

GET /events

Params

None

Example Request

curl -X GET \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
http://localhost:9867/events

Example Response

event: pool-new
data: {"pool_id": "1sMDXpVwqxm36Rc2vfrmgizc3jz"}

event: pool-update
data: {"pool_id": "1sMDXpVwqxm36Rc2vfrmgizc3jz"}

event: pool-commit
data: {"pool_id": "1sMDXpVwqxm36Rc2vfrmgizc3jz", "commit_id": "1tisISpHoWI7MAZdFBiMERXeA2X"}

event: pool-delete
data: {"pool_id": "1sMDXpVwqxm36Rc2vfrmgizc3jz"}

Media Types

For response content types, the service can produce a variety of formats. To receive responses in the desired format, include the MIME type of the format in the request's Accept HTTP header.

If the Accept header is not specified, the service will return ZSON as the default response format for the endpoints described above.

The supported MIME types are as follows:

FormatMIME Type
Arrow IPC Streamapplication/vnd.apache.arrow.stream
CSVtext/csv
JSONapplication/json
NDJSONapplication/x-ndjson
Parquetapplication/x-parquet
ZJSONapplication/x-zjson
ZSONapplication/x-zson
ZNGapplication/x-zng