Writing to avro files depends on how you serialize your data on the sink side, using a serializer. Note that JSON supports only UTF-8/16/32 encoding, so if you want to send binary data you will need to write your own handler for that (you can use the JSON handler as an example) and configure the source to use that handler. Once the data is in Flume, just plug in your own serializer (which can take the byte array from the event and convert it into the schema you want) and write it out.
Thanks, Hari -- Hari Shreedharan On Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Bart Verwilst wrote: > Hi Hari, > > Just to be absolutely sure, you can write to avro files by using this? If so, > I will try out a snapshot of 1.3 tomorrow and start playing with it. ;) > > Kind regards, > > Bart > > > Hari Shreedharan schreef op 08.11.2012 20:06: > > No, I am talking about: > > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=flume.git;a=commit;h=bc1928bc2e23293cb20f4bc2693a3bc262f507b3 > > > > This will be in the next release which will be out soon. > > > > > > Thanks, > > Hari > > > > -- > > Hari Shreedharan > > > > > > > > On Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Bart Verwilst wrote: > > > > > Hi Hari, > > > > > > Are you talking about ipc.HTTPTransciever ( > > > http://nullege.com/codes/search/avro.ipc.HTTPTransceiver )? This was the > > > class I tried before i noticed it wasn't supported by Flume-1.2 :) > > > I assume the http/json source will also allow for avro to be received? > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > Bart > > > > > > Hari Shreedharan schreef op 08.11.2012 19:51: > > > > The next release of Flume-1.3.0 adds support for an HTTP source, which > > > > will allow you to send data to Flume via HTTP/JSON(the representation > > > > of the data is pluggable - but a JSON representation is default). You > > > > could use this to write data to Flume from Python, which I believe has > > > > good http and json support. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Hari > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Hari Shreedharan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Bart Verwilst wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > I've been spending quite a few hours trying to push avro data to Flume > > > > > so i can store it on HDFS, this all with Python. > > > > > It seems like something that is impossible for now, since the only way > > > > > to push avro data to Flume is by the use of deprecated thrift binding > > > > > that look pretty cumbersome to get working. > > > > > I would like to know what's the best way to import avro data into > > > > > Flume > > > > > with Python? Maybe Flume isnt the right tool and I should use > > > > > something > > > > > else? My goal is to have multiple python workers pushing data to HDFS > > > > > which ( by means of Flume in this case ) consolidates this all in 1 > > > > > file > > > > > there. > > > > > > > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > Bart > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
