ksql 0.5.1

A Python wrapper for the KSql REST API

A python wrapper for the KSQL REST API. Easily interact with the KSQL REST API using this library.

Installation

pip install ksql

Or

git clone https://github.com/bryanyang0528/ksql-python
cd ksql-python
python setup.py install

Getting Started

This is the GITHUB page of KSQL. https://github.com/confluentinc/ksql

Setup

• Setup for the KSql API:

from ksql import KSQLAPI
client = KSQLAPI('http://ksql-server:8080')

Options

Option	Type	Required	Description
url	string	yes	Your ksql-server url. Example: http://ksql-server:8080
timeout	integer	no	Timout for Requests. Default: 5

Main Methods

ksql

client.ksql('show tables')

• Example Response [{'tables': {'statementText': 'show tables;', 'tables': []}}]

query

It will execute sql query and keep listening streaming data.

client.query('select * from table1')

• Example Response

  {"row":{"columns":[1512787743388,"key1",1,2,3]},"errorMessage":null}
  {"row":{"columns":[1512787753200,"key1",1,2,3]},"errorMessage":null}
  {"row":{"columns":[1512787753488,"key1",1,2,3]},"errorMessage":null}
  {"row":{"columns":[1512787753888,"key1",1,2,3]},"errorMessage":null}
  

Simplified API

create_stream/ create_table

client.create_stream(table_name=table_name,
                     columns_type=columns_type,
                     topic=topic,
                     value_format=value_format)

Options

Option	Type	Required	Description
table_name	string	yes	name of stream/table
columns_type	list	yes	ex:['viewtime bigint','userid varchar','pageid varchar']
topic	string	yes	Kafka topic
value_format	string	no	DELIMITED or JSON (Default)

• Responses

If create table/stream succeed:
	return True
If failed:	raise a CreateError(respose_from_ksql_server)

create_stream_as

a simplified api for creating stream as select

client.create_stream_as(table_name=table_name,
                        select_columns=select_columns,
                        src_table=src_table,
                        kafka_topic=kafka_topic,
                        value_format=value_format,
                        conditions=conditions,
                        partition_by=partition_by,
                        **kwargs)

CREATE STREAM <table_name>
[WITH ( kafka_topic=<kafka_topic>, value_format=<value_format>, property_name=expression ... )]
AS SELECT  <select_columns>
FROM <src_table>
[WHERE <conditions>]
PARTITION BY <partition_by>];

Options

Option	Type	Required	Description
table_name	string	yes	name of stream/table
select_columns	list	yes	you can select [*] or ['columnA', 'columnB']
src_table	string	yes	name of source table
kafka_topic	string	no	The name of the Kafka topic of this new stream(table).
value_format	string	no	DELIMITED, JSON``(Default) or ``AVRO
conditions	string	no	The conditions in the where clause.
partition_by	string	no	Data will be distributed across partitions by this column.
kwargs	pair	no	please provide key=value pairs. Please see more options.

FileUpload

upload

Run commands from a .ksql file. Can only support ksql commands and not streaming queries.

from ksql import FileUpload
pointer = FileUpload('http://ksql-server:8080')
pointer.upload('rules.ksql')

Options

Option	Type	Required	Description
ksqlfile	string	yes	name of file containing the rules

• Responses

If ksql-commands succesfully executed:
	return (List of server response for all commands)
If failed:	raise the appropriate error

More Options

There are more properties (partitions, replicas, etc…) in the official document.

KSQL Syntax Reference

• Responses

If create table/stream succeed:
	return True
If failed:	raise a CreatError(respose_from_ksql_server)