API Reference

List all index schemas

GET /index

Returns the schema of all indexes in JSON.

Request:

curl -XGET localhost:10101/index

Response:

{"indexes":[{"name":"user","frames":[{"name":"collab"}]}]}

List index schema

GET /index/<index-name>

Returns the schema of the specified index in JSON.

Request:

curl -XGET localhost:10101/index/user

Response:

{"index":{"name":"user"}, "frames":[{"name":"collab"}]}]}

Create index

POST /index/<index-name>

Creates an index with the given name.

The request payload is in JSON, and may contain the options field. The options field is a JSON object which may contain the following fields:

• columnLabel (string): column label of the index.

Request:

curl localhost:10101/index/user \
     -X POST \
     -d '{"options": {"columnLabel": "user_id"}}'

Response:

{}

Remove index

DELETE /index/index-name

Removes the given index.

Request:

curl -XDELETE localhost:10101/index/user

Response:

{}

Query index

POST /index/<index-name>/query

Sends a query to the Pilosa server with the given index. The request body is UTF-8 encoded text and response body is in JSON by default.

Request:

curl localhost:10101/index/user/query \
     -X POST \
     -d 'Bitmap(frame="language", id=5)'

Response:

{"results":[{"attrs":{},"bits":[100]}]}

In order to send protobuf binaries in the request and response, set Content-Type and Accept headers to: application/x-protobuf.

The response doesn’t include column attributes by default. To return them, set the columnAttrs query argument to true.

The query is executed for all slices by default. To use specified slices only, set the slices query argument to a comma-separated list of slice indices.

Request:

curl "localhost:10101/index/user/query?columnAttrs=true&slices=0,1" \
     -X POST \
     -d 'Bitmap(frame="language", id=5)'

Response:

{
  "results":[{"attrs":{},"bits":[100]}],
  "columnAttrs":[{"id":100,"attrs":{"name":"Klingon"}}]
}

Change index time quantum

PATCH /index/<index-name>/time-quantum

Changes the time quantum for the given index. This endpoint should be called at most once right after creating a database.

The payload is in JSON with the format: {"timeQuantum": "${TIME_QUANTUM}"}. Valid time quantum values are:

• (Empty string)
• Y: year
• M: month
• D: day
• H: hour
• YM: year and month
• MD: month and day
• DH: day and hour
• YMD: year, month and day
• MDH: month, day and hour
• YMDH: year, month, day and hour

Request:

curl localhost:10101/index/user/time-quantum \
     -X POST \
     -d '{"timeQuantum": "YM"}'

Response:

{}

Create frame

POST /index/<index-name>/frame/<frame-name>

Creates a frame in the given index with the given name.

The request payload is in JSON, and may contain the options field. The options field is a JSON object which may contain the following fields:

• rowLabel (string): Row label of the frame.
• timeQuantum (string): Time Quantum for this frame.
• inverseEnabled (boolean): Enables the inverted view for this frame if true.
• cacheType (string): ranked or LRU caching on this frame. Default is lru.
• cacheSize (int): Number of rows to keep in the cache. Default 50,000.

Request:

curl localhost:10101/index/user/frame/language \
     -X POST \
     -d '{"options": {"rowLabel": "language_id"}}'

Response:

{}

Remove frame

DELETE /index/<index-name>/frame/<frame-name>

Removes the given frame.

Request:

curl -XDELETE localhost:10101/index/user/frame/language

Response:

{}

Change frame time quantum

PATCH /index/<index-name>/frame/<frame-name>/time-quantum

Changes the time quantum for the given frame. This endpoint should be called at most once right after creating a frame.

The payload is in JSON with the format: {"timeQuantum": "${TIME_QUANTUM}"}. Valid time quantum values are:

• (Empty string)
• Y: year
• M: month
• D: day
• H: hour
• YM: year and month
• MD: month and day
• DH: day and hour
• YMD: year, month and day
• MDH: month, day and hour
• YMDH: year, month, day and hour

Request:

curl localhost:10101/index/user/frame/language/time-quantum \
     -X POST \
     -d '{"timeQuantum": "YM"}'

Response:

{}

Create input definition

POST /index/<index-name>/input-definition/<input-definition-name>

Creates an input definition in the given index with the given name.

The request payload is JSON, and it must contain the fields frames and fields. frames is an array of frames used within this input definition. Each frame must contain a name and may contain the following options:

• rowLabel (string): Row label of the frame.
• timeQuantum (string): Time Quantum for this frame.
• inverseEnabled (boolean): Enables the inverted view for this frame if true.
• cacheType (string): ranked or LRU caching on this frame. Default is lru.
• cacheSize (int): Number of rows to keep in the cache. Default 50,000.

The fields array contains a series of JSON objects describing how to process each field received in the input data. Each field object must contain a name which maps to the source JSON field name. One field must be defined at the primaryKey. The primarykey source field name must equal the column label for the Index, and its value must be an unsigned integer which maps directly to a columnID in Pilosa.

• name (string): Maps the source data field to actions that process the field’s corresponding value.
• actions (array): List of actions that will process the field’s value.

The action describes how the field value will be processed. Each action may contain:

• frame (string): The Frame that will contain this action’s set bits.
• rowid (int): The action can use this as a pre-defined SetBit rowID. The user is required to ensure this ID does not overlap with other rows in use per frame.
• valueDestination (string): The mapping rule used for this data.
  • value-to-row: The value should be an integer and will map directly to a RowID.
  • single-row-boolean: If the value is true set a bit using the rowid.
  • mapping: Map the value to a RowID in the valueMap.
• valueMap (object): string and integer pairs used to map field values to RowID’s.

Request:

curl localhost:10101/index/user/input-definition/stargazer-input \
    -X POST \
    -d '{
            "frames":[
                {
                    "name": "language",
                    "options": {"rowLabel": "language_id"}
                }
            ],
            "fields":[
                {
                    "name": "repo_id",
                    "primaryKey":true
                },
                {
                    "name": "language_id",
                    "actions":[
                        {
                            "frame": "language",
                            "valueDestination": "mapping",
                            "valueMap": {
                                "Go": 5,
                                "Python": 17,
                                "C++": 10
                            }
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }'

Response:

{}

Get input definition

GET /index/<index-name>/input-definition/<input-definition-name>

Returns the given input definition as JSON.

Request:

curl -XGET localhost:10101/index/user/input-definition/stargazer-input

Response:

{"frames":[{"name":"language","options":{"rowLabel":"language_id"}}],"fields":[{"name":"repo_id","primaryKey":true},{"name":"language_id","actions":[{"frame":"language","valueDestination":"mapping","valueMap":{"Go":5,"Python":17,"C++":10}}]}]}

Remove input definition

DELETE /index/<index-name>/input-definition/<input-definition-name>

Removes the given input definition.

Request:

curl -XDELETE localhost:10101/index/user/input-definition/stargazer-input

Response:

{}

Process input data

POST /index/<index-name>/input/<input-definition-name>

Processes the JSON payload using the given input definition.

The request payload is a JSON array of objects containing one field for the primary key that corresponds to the column label, and additional fields that will be handled by corresponding actions in the input definition.

Request:

curl localhost:10101/index/user/input/stargazer-input \
     -X POST \
     -d '[{"language_id": "Go", "repo_id": 92274475}]'

Response:

{}

List hosts

GET /hosts

Returns the hosts in the cluster.

Request:

curl -XGET localhost:10101/hosts

Response:

[{"host":":10101"}]

Get version

GET /version

Returns the version of the Pilosa server.

Request:

curl -XGET localhost:10101/version

Response:

{"version":"v0.6.0"}