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The following page has been changed by stack: http://wiki.apache.org/lucene-hadoop/Hbase/HbaseRest The comment on the change is: minor edit on starting REST server. added a little preamble ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + This page describes the hbase REST api. It starts with the specification. Towards the end are examples using curl as a client and a description on how to start an instance of the REST server outside of the master web UI. - - = Starting the Servlet = - - {{{ - cd $HBASE_HOME - bin/hbase org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest.Dispatcher - }}} - - --help gives you the options. - - = Request Spec = - - This is a the spec for the Hbase-REST API done under the aegis of [https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-2068 HADOOP-2068]. At the end of this document you can find some examples using curl exercising the API. == System Information == @@ -229, +217 @@ This avoids the problems with having semicolon separators in a single query string parameter, and is easily read into an array in Java. + + == Starting the REST Server == + + By default, an instance of the REST servlet runs in the master UI; just browse to '''http://MASTER_HOST:MASTER_PORT/api/''' (Results are returned as xml by default so you may have to look at source to see results). + + If you intend to use the hbase REST API heavily, to run an instance of the REST server outside of the master, do the following: + + {{{ + cd $HBASE_HOME + bin/hbase org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest.Dispatcher + }}} + + Pass '''--help''' to see REST server usage. + + = Request Spec = + + This is a the spec for the Hbase-REST API done under the aegis of [https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-2068 HADOOP-2068]. It was committed 11/30/2007. + + == Examples using curl == Here is a GET of a row. Notice how values are Base64'd.
