Quickstart¶
intake-hbase
provides quick and easy access to tabular data stored in
Apache HBase
This plugin reads hbase query results without random access: there is only ever a single partition.
Installation¶
To use this plugin for intake, install with the following command:
conda install -c intake intake-hbase
Usage¶
Ad-hoc¶
After installation, the function intake.open_hbase
will become available. It can be used to execute queries on the hbase
server, and download the results as a list of dictionaries.
Three parameters are of interest when defining a data source:
Creating Catalog Entries¶
To include in a catalog, the plugin must be listed in the plugins of the catalog:
plugins:
source:
- module: intake_hbase
and entries must specify driver: hbase
.