API Documentation

HPE Data Fabric supports public APIs for file system, HPE Data Fabric Database, and HPE Data Fabric Streams. These APIs are available for application-development purposes.

IMPORTANT
Development using HPE Data Fabric non-public (private or internal) APIs is not supported.
Table 1. HPE Data Fabric API Document List with Links
Feature Language Link to Location Description
HPE Data Fabric Streams Administration Java For source Java APIs, see:

See HPE Data Fabric Streams Java Applications for streams and topics information for application development.

HPE Data Fabric Streams Java API for performing administrative tasks on streams and topics, setting values for the attributes of streams, and accessing streams for analytics purposes.

HPE Data Fabric modified Kafka interfaces, classes, and packages used for HPE Data Fabric streams API. This library is a HPE Data Fabric modified version of the open source Kafka library.

HPE Data Fabric Database JSON Client Java HPE Data Fabric Database JSON Client API
NOTE
Beginning with core version 6.0, the HPE Data Fabric Database Table interface in the HPE Data Fabric Database JSON Client API is deprecated and replaced by the DocumentStore interface in the OJAI API library. For details, see the next row.
Java API for administration and management of HPE Data Fabric Database JSON tables.
Java OJAI Client Java Java OJAI Client API OJAI is a general-purpose JSON access layer that sits on databases, file systems, and message streams and enables access to structured, semi-structured and unstructured data using a common API. Used for working with HPE Data Fabric Database JSON.
Java OJAI Thin Client Java Java OJAI Client API Allows you to write OJAI applications in Java to access HPE Data Fabric Database JSON. This is the thin client version of the Java OJAI Client.
OJAI REST API REST Using the HPE Data Fabric Database JSON REST API Provides an alternative to writing a Java OJAI application. Using HTTP calls, you can perform basic operations on HPE Data Fabric Database JSON tables.
Node.js OJAI Client Node.js Node.js OJAI Client API provides the Node.js API documentation. Allows you to write OJAI applications in Node.js to access HPE Data Fabric Database JSON.
Python OJAI Client Python

Python OJAI Client API provides the Python API documentation.

Allows you to write OJAI applications in Python to access HPE Data Fabric Database JSON.
C# OJAI Client C# C# OJAI Client API provides the C# documentation. Allows you to write OJAI applications in C# to access HPE Data Fabric Database JSON.
Go OJAI Client Go Go OJAI Client API Go OJAI Client API provides the Go documentation. Allows you to write OJAI applications in Go to access HPE Data Fabric Database JSON.
HPE Data Fabric Database Binary tables C Creating C Apps - Binary Tables C API library (libMapRClient) for creating and accessing HPE Data Fabric Database binary tables. This library is a HPE Data Fabric Database-specific version of libhbase.
HPE Data Fabric Database JSON MapReduce Java HPE Data Fabric Database Java API library that extends the Apache Hadoop MapReduce framework. Used to create MapReduce applications that write data from one JSON table to another.
File Access Control Expressions Java File ACE APIs APIs to grant different permissions to multiple users, groups, and roles for files, directories, and whole volume data using boolean expressions and subexpressions.
C FileACE C APIs
File System C Accessing the File System with C Applications HPE Data Fabric Database libMapRClient library supports access to the HPE Data Fabric Database filesystem. This library is a HPE Data Fabric Database modified version of libhdfs. Used to manage file system files.
Java Accessing HPE Data Fabric File Store in Java Applications HPE Data Fabric Database's native maprfs library for accessing the HPE Data Fabric Database filesystem.
Extended Attributes Java Extended Attribute Java API APIs to associate additional metadata with a regular file or directory.