# README

Golang HBase client

This is a pure-Go client for HBase.

Current status: prototype.

Supported Versions

HBase >= 1.0

Installation

go get github.com/VividCortex/gohbase

Example Usage

Create a client

client := gohbase.NewClient("localhost")

Insert a cell

// Values maps a ColumnFamily -> Qualifiers -> Values.
values := map[string]map[string][]byte{"cf": map[string][]byte{"a": []byte{0}}}
putRequest, err := hrpc.NewPutStr(context.Background(), "table", "key", values)
rsp, err := client.Put(putRequest)

Get an entire row

getRequest, err := hrpc.NewGetStr(context.Background(), "table", "row")
getRsp, err := client.Get(getRequest)

Get a specific cell

// Perform a get for the cell with key "15", column family "cf" and qualifier "a"
family := map[string][]string{"cf": []string{"a"}}
getRequest, err := hrpc.NewGetStr(context.Background(), "table", "15",
    hrpc.Families(family))
getRsp, err := client.Get(getRequest)

Get a specific cell with a filter

pFilter := filter.NewKeyOnlyFilter(true)
family := map[string][]string{"cf": []string{"a"}}
getRequest, err := hrpc.NewGetStr(context.Background(), "table", "15",
    hrpc.Families(family), hrpc.Filters(pFilter))
getRsp, err := client.Get(getRequest)

Scan with a filter

pFilter := filter.NewPrefixFilter([]byte("7"))
scanRequest, err := hrpc.NewScanStr(context.Background(), "table",
		hrpc.Filters(pFilter))
scanRsp, err := client.Scan(scanRequest)

Contributing

Any help would be appreciated. Please use GerritHub to send changes for review, instead of GitHub pull requests. Please sign the Contributor License Agreement when you send your first change for review.