Keys and values need to be base64 encoded in all non-binary representations, XML and JSON currently. Best regards,
- Andy Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein (via Tom White) >________________________________ >From: Ben West <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2011 1:15 PM >Subject: Spaces disappear in HBase? > >Hey all, > >I'm running the standalone HBase server (0.90.4) and REST client (version >0.0.2). When I POST data and then GET it back, the data is changed; >particularly the spaces seem to be removed. Does anyone know what's going on? > >Here is a python script replicating my problem; I have a table named 'eipi' >with a column family 'eipi': > >#!/usr/bin/python > >import sys >import urllib2 >import simplejson > > >def getData(name, val): >cell = { 'Row': >{'@key' : 'foo', >'Cell': [{'@column': 'eipi:%s' % name, >'$': val }] >} >} >return simplejson.dumps(cell) > >def sendData(key, colName, colVal): >opener = urllib2.build_opener() >url = 'http://localhost:8081/eipi/%s/eipi:%s' % (key, colName) >print colVal >req = urllib2.Request(url, >headers = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, >data = getData(colName, colVal)) >f = opener.open(req) >f.read() > >def printData(key): >opener = urllib2.build_opener() >url = 'http://localhost:8081/eipi/%s' % key >req = urllib2.Request(url, >headers = { 'Accept': 'application/json' }) >f = opener.open(req) >parsed = simplejson.load(f) >print(parsed['Row'][0]['Cell'][0]['$']) > >sendData('test','eipi:test','some stuff') >printData('test') > > >result: >> python getHBase.py >some stuff >somestuf > >(The space was removed, as well as a trailing 'f'...) > >Thanks! >-Ben > > > >
