Hwrapper

Hwrapper is python 3+ wrapper for hbase rest.

(alternate download from pypi http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Hwrapper/0.1 )



Common Usage :

start your hbase rest $bin/hbase rest start -p 9300 (Default port is 8080)
check out wiki for more detailed tutorial.

Creating a table

hwrapper=Hwrapper()
hwrapper.connectionParameters("host","port", False) // third argument set to false if you are not using https
hwrapper.setAcceptType("json")
columnFamilies={"cf","cf1"}
hwrapper.create_table("table_name",columnFamilies)


get Row data by ID (decoded base64 values)

hwrapper.get_RowBy_ID("0000000-120529115546748") // outputs list of dicts, dicts contain column names and values


Dropping a table

hwrapper.drop_table("table_name")


Displaying table schema

hwrapper.table_schema("table_name")


Listing all tables from hbase

hwrapper.list_tables()