API

Status

This is a brief sketch of the functionality exposed in the Zed API. More detailed documentation of the API will be forthcoming.

Endpoints

Pools

Create pool

Create a new lake pool.

POST /pool

Params

Name	Type	In	Description
name	string	body	Required. Name of the pool. Must be unique to lake.
layout.order	string	body	Order of storage by primary key(s) in pool. Possible values: desc, asc. Default: asc.
layout.keys	[[string]]	body	Primary key(s) of pool. The element of each inner string array should reflect the hierarchical ordering of named fields within indexed records. Default: [[ts]].
thresh	int	body	The size in bytes of each seek index.
Content-Type	string	header	MIME type of the request payload.
Accept	string	header	Preferred MIME type of the response.

Example Request

curl -X POST \
     -H 'Accept: application/json' \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d '{"name": "inventory", "layout": {"keys": [["product","serial_number"]]}}' \
     http://localhost:9867/pool

Example Response

{
  "pool": {
    "ts": "2022-07-13T21:23:05.323016Z",
    "name": "inventory",
    "id": "0x0f5ce9b9b6202f3883c9db8ff58d8721a075d1e4",
    "layout": {
      "order": "asc",
      "keys": [
        [
          "product",
          "serial_number"
        ]
      ]
    },
    "seek_stride": 65536,
    "threshold": 524288000
  },
  "branch": {
    "ts": "2022-07-13T21:23:05.367365Z",
    "name": "main",
    "commit": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
  }
}

Rename pool

Change a pool’s name.

PUT /pool/{pool}

Params

Name	Type	In	Description
pool	string	path	Required. ID or name of the requested pool.
name	string	body	Required. The desired new name of the pool. Must be unique to lake.
Content-Type	string	header	MIME type of the request payload.

Example Request

curl -X PUT \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d '{"name": "catalog"}' \
     http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory

On success, HTTP 204 is returned with no response payload.

Delete pool

Permanently delete a pool.

DELETE /pool/{pool}

Params

Name	Type	In	Description
pool	string	path	Required. ID or name of the requested pool.

Example Request

curl -X DELETE \
     http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory

On success, HTTP 204 is returned with no response payload.

Vacuum pool

Free storage space by permanently removing underlying data objects that have previously been subject to a delete operation.

POST /pool/{pool}/revision/{revision}/vacuum

Params

Name	Type	In	Description
pool	string	path	Required. ID or name of the requested pool.
revision	string	path	Required. The starting point for locating objects that can be vacuumed. Can be the name of a branch (whose tip would be used) or a commit ID.
dryrun	string	query	Set to “T” to return the list of objects that could be vacuumed, but don’t actually remove them. Defaults to “F”.

Example Request

curl -X POST \
     -H 'Accept: application/json' \
     http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory/revision/main/vacuum

Example Response

{"object_ids":["0x10f5a24253887eaf179ee385532ee411c2ed8050","0x10f5a2410ccd08f72e5d98f6d054477173b4f13f"]}

Branches

Load Data

Add data to a pool and return a reference commit ID.

POST /pool/{pool}/branch/{branch}

Params

Name	Type	In	Description
pool	string	path	Required. ID or name of the pool.
branch	string	path	Required. Name of branch to which data will be loaded.
	various	body	Required. Contents of the posted data.
csv.delim	string	query	Exactly one character specifying the field delimiter for CSV data. Defaults to “,”.
Content-Type	string	header	MIME type of the posted content. If undefined, the service will attempt to introspect the data and determine type automatically.
Accept	string	header	Preferred MIME type of the response.

Example Request

curl -X POST \
     -H 'Accept: application/json' \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d '{"product": {"serial_number": 12345, "name": "widget"}, "warehouse": "chicago"}
         {"product": {"serial_number": 12345, "name": "widget"}, "warehouse": "miami"}
         {"product": {"serial_number": 12346, "name": "gadget"}, "warehouse": "chicago"}' \
     http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory/branch/main

Example Response

{"commit":"0x0ed4f42da5763a9500ee71bc3fa5c69f306872de","warnings":[]}

Get Branch

Get information about a branch.

GET /pool/{pool}/branch/{branch}

Params

Name	Type	In	Description
pool	string	path	Required. ID or name of the pool.
branch	string	path	Required. Name of branch.
Accept	string	header	Preferred MIME type of the response.

Example Request

curl -X GET \
     -H 'Accept: application/json' \
     http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory/branch/main

Example Response

{"commit":"0x0ed4fa21616ecd8fec9d6fd395ad876db98a5dae","warnings":null}

Delete Branch

Delete a branch.

DELETE /pool/{pool}/branch/{branch}

Params

Name	Type	In	Description
pool	string	path	Required. ID or name of the pool.
branch	string	path	Required. Name of branch.

Example Request

curl -X DELETE \
     http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory/branch/staging

On success, HTTP 204 is returned with no response payload.

Delete Data

Create a commit that reflects the deletion of some data in the branch. The data to delete can be specified via a list of object IDs or as a filter expression (see limitations).

This simply removes the data from the branch without actually removing the underlying data objects thereby allowing time travel to work in the face of deletes. Permanent removal of underlying data objects is handled by a separate vacuum operation.

POST /pool/{pool}/branch/{branch}/delete

Params

Name	Type	In	Description
pool	string	path	Required. ID of the pool.
branch	string	path	Required. Name of branch.
object_ids	[string]	body	Object IDs to be deleted.
where	string	body	Filter expression (see limitations).
Content-Type	string	header	MIME type of the request payload.
Accept	string	header	Preferred MIME type of the response.

Example Request

curl -X POST \
     -H 'Accept: application/json' \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d '{"object_ids": ["274Eb1Kn8MTM6qxPyBpVTvYhLLa", "274EavbXt546VNelRLNXrzWShNh"]}' \
     http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory/branch/main/delete

Example Response

{"commit":"0x0ed4fee861e8fb61568783205a46a218182eba6c","warnings":null}

Example Request

curl -X POST \
     -H 'Accept: application/json' \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d '{"where": "product.serial_number > 12345"}' \
     http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory/branch/main/delete

Example Response

{"commit":"0x0f5ceaeaaec7b4c33cfdece9f2e8577ad89d21e2","warnings":null}

Merge Branches

Create a commit with the difference of the child branch added to the selected branch.

POST /pool/{pool}/branch/{branch}/merge/{child}

Params

Name	Type	In	Description
pool	string	path	Required. ID of the pool.
branch	string	path	Required. Name of branch selected as merge destination.
child	string	path	Required. Name of child branch selected as source of merge.
Accept	string	header	Preferred MIME type of the response.

Example Request

curl -X POST \
     -H 'Accept: application/json' \
     http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory/branch/main/merge/staging

Example Response

{"commit":"0x0ed4ffc2566b423ee444c1c8e6bf964515290f4c","warnings":null}

Revert

Create a revert commit of the specified commit.

POST /pool/{pool}/branch/{branch}/revert/{commit}

Params

Name	Type	In	Description
pool	string	path	Required. ID of the pool.
branch	string	path	Required. Name of branch on which to revert commit.
commit	string	path	Required. ID of commit to be reverted.
Accept	string	header	Preferred MIME type of the response.

Example Request

curl -X POST \
     -H 'Accept: application/json' \
     http://localhost:9867/pool/inventory/branch/main/revert/27D22ifDw3Ms2NMzo8jXpDfpgjc

Example Response

{"commit":"0x0ed500ab6f80e5ac8a1b871bddd88c57fe963ab1","warnings":null}

Query

Execute a Zed query against data in a data lake.

POST /query

Params

Name	Type	In	Description
query	string	body	Zed query to execute. All data is returned if not specified.
head.pool	string	body	Pool to query against Not required if pool is specified in query.
head.branch	string	body	Branch to query against. Defaults to “main”.
ctrl	string	query	Set to “T” to include control messages in ZNG or ZJSON responses. Defaults to “F”.
Content-Type	string	header	MIME type of the request payload.
Accept	string	header	Preferred MIME type of the response.

Example Request

curl -X POST \
     -H 'Accept: application/x-zson' \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     http://localhost:9867/query -d '{"query":"from inventory@main |> count() by warehouse"}'

Example Response

{warehouse:"chicago",count:2(uint64)}
{warehouse:"miami",count:1(uint64)}

Example Request

curl -X POST \
     -H 'Accept: application/x-zjson' \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     http://localhost:9867/query?ctrl=T -d '{"query":"from inventory@main |> count() by warehouse"}'

Example Response

{"type":"QueryChannelSet","value":{"channel":"main"}}
{"type":{"kind":"record","id":30,"fields":[{"name":"warehouse","type":{"kind":"primitive","name":"string"}},{"name":"count","type":{"kind":"primitive","name":"uint64"}}]},"value":["miami","1"]}
{"type":{"kind":"ref","id":30},"value":["chicago","2"]}
{"type":"QueryChannelEnd","value":{"channel":"main"}}
{"type":"QueryStats","value":{"start_time":{"sec":1658193276,"ns":964207000},"update_time":{"sec":1658193276,"ns":964592000},"bytes_read":55,"bytes_matched":55,"records_read":3,"records_matched":3}}

Query Status

Retrieve any runtime errors from a specific query. This endpoint only responds after the query has exited and is only available for a limited time afterwards.

GET /query/status/{request_id}

Params

Name	Type	In	Description
request_id	string	path	Required. The value of the response header `X-Request-Id` of the target query.

Example Request

curl -X GET \
     -H 'Accept: application/json' \
     http://localhost:9867/query/status/2U1oso7btnCXfDenqFOSExOBEIv

Example Response

{"error":"parquetio: unsupported type: empty record"}

Events

Subscribe to an events feed, which returns an event stream in the format of server-sent events. The MIME type specified in the request’s Accept HTTP header determines the format of data field values in the event stream.

GET /events

Params

None

Example Request

curl -X GET \
     -H 'Accept: application/json' \
     http://localhost:9867/events

Example Response

event: pool-new
data: {"pool_id": "1sMDXpVwqxm36Rc2vfrmgizc3jz"}

event: pool-update
data: {"pool_id": "1sMDXpVwqxm36Rc2vfrmgizc3jz"}

event: pool-commit
data: {"pool_id": "1sMDXpVwqxm36Rc2vfrmgizc3jz", "commit_id": "1tisISpHoWI7MAZdFBiMERXeA2X"}

event: pool-delete
data: {"pool_id": "1sMDXpVwqxm36Rc2vfrmgizc3jz"}

Media Types

For both request and response payloads, the service supports a variety of formats.

Request Payloads

When sending request payloads, include the MIME type of the format in the request’s Content-Type header. If the Content-Type header is not specified, the service will expect ZSON as the payload format.

An exception to this is when loading data and Content-Type is not specified. In this case the service will attempt to introspect the data and may determine the type automatically. The input formats table describes which formats may be successfully auto-detected.

Response Payloads

To receive successful (2xx) responses in a preferred format, include the MIME type of the format in the request’s Accept HTTP header. If the Accept header is not specified, the service will return ZSON as the default response format. A different default response format can be specified by invoking the -defaultfmt option when running super db serve.

For non-2xx responses, the content type of the response will be application/json or text/plain.

MIME Types

The following table shows the supported MIME types and where they can be used.

Format	Request	Response	MIME Type
Arrow IPC Stream	yes	yes	`application/vnd.apache.arrow.stream`
CSV	yes	yes	`text/csv`
JSON	yes	yes	`application/json`
Line	yes	no	`application/x-line`
NDJSON	no	yes	`application/x-ndjson`
Parquet	yes	yes	`application/x-parquet`
TSV	yes	yes	`text/tab-separated-values`
VNG	yes	yes	`application/x-vng`
Zeek	yes	yes	`application/x-zeek`
ZJSON	yes	yes	`application/x-zjson`
ZSON	yes	yes	`application/x-zson`
ZNG	yes	yes	`application/x-zng`

Zed lake API

Status

Endpoints

Pools

Create pool

Rename pool

Delete pool

Vacuum pool

Branches

Load Data

Get Branch

Delete Branch

Delete Data

Merge Branches

Revert

Query

Query Status

Events

Media Types

Request Payloads

Response Payloads

MIME Types