WebHDFS REST API

The HTTP REST API supports the complete FileSystem interface for HDFS.

Operations

• HTTP GET
  • OPEN (see FileSystem.open)
  • GETFILESTATUS (see FileSystem.getFileStatus)
  • LISTSTATUS (see FileSystem.listStatus)
  • GETCONTENTSUMMARY (see FileSystem.getContentSummary)
  • GETFILECHECKSUM (see FileSystem.getFileChecksum)
  • GETHOMEDIRECTORY (see FileSystem.getHomeDirectory)
  • GETDELEGATIONTOKEN (see FileSystem.getDelegationToken)
• HTTP PUT
  • CREATE (see FileSystem.create)
  • MKDIRS (see FileSystem.mkdirs)
  • RENAME (see FileSystem.rename)
  • SETREPLICATION (see FileSystem.setReplication)
  • SETOWNER (see FileSystem.setOwner)
  • SETPERMISSION (see FileSystem.setPermission)
  • SETTIMES (see FileSystem.setTimes)
  • RENEWDELEGATIONTOKEN (see DistributedFileSystem.renewDelegationToken)
  • CANCELDELEGATIONTOKEN (see DistributedFileSystem.cancelDelegationToken)
• HTTP POST
  • APPEND (see FileSystem.append)
• HTTP DELETE
  • DELETE (see FileSystem.delete)

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