reststore 0.0.1

Coding with reststore

Files and FilesClient are the two main classes used to access data from a store.

A local session:

$ ipython

In [1]: import reststore

In [2]: files = reststore.Files()

In [3]: files.
files.get        files.hash_len   files.put
files.hash_func  files.index      files.select

In [3]: files.put("test data")
Out[3]: 'eb733a00c0c9d336e65691a37ab54293'

In [4]: files.put("test with some more data")
Out[4]: 'a99fb3880c8ac126b3cf6163aa965305'

In [5]: files.put("test with some more data... and more")
Out[5]: 'e93a9d514c57f96d158864754f1ca330'

In [6]: files['e93a9d514c57f96d158864754f1ca330']
Out[6]: u'/tmp/files/00195/00065/3'

In [7]: files.select(2,-1)
Out[7]: ['e93a9d514c57f96d158864754f1ca330']

In [8]: files.select(1,-1)
Out[8]: [a99fb3880c8ac126b3cf6163aa965305', e93a9d514c57f96d158864754f1ca330']

In [9]: for hexdigest in files:
   ...:     print hexdigest
   ...:
eb733a00c0c9d336e65691a37ab54293
a99fb3880c8ac126b3cf6163aa965305
e93a9d514c57f96d158864754f1ca330

The exact same code above will work using the FilesClient class which will seamlessly interface with a reststore webapp server.

Configuring reststore

reststore has a very simple configuration system. Configuration is applied in the following order:

• defaults from reststore.config

• /etc/reststore.yaml

• ~/reststore.yaml

• environ <- each config value is written RESTSTORE_[INTERFACE]_[NAME]=Value

Example of the default config:

$ cat ~/.reststore.yaml

client: {uri: 'http://127.0.0.1:8586/'}
files: {assert_data_ok: false, hash_function: md5, name: files, root: /tmp, tune_size: 100000000}
webapp: {debug: false, host: 127.0.0.1, port: 8586, proxy_requests: false, quiet: false,
server: wsgiref}

Command line interface

Exploring the command line interface should expose the core features of reststore:

$ reststorei -h

NAME reststore - control over the reststore

SYNOPSIS
    reststore [COMMAND]

Commands:

    get [FILE-OPTIONS] [HEXDIGEST] > stdout
        Attempt to retrieve a file and write it out to stdout.  A check is
        made in the local reststore first, if the file is in available, an
        attempt to read the file from the web reststore is made.

        arguments
            Use HEXDIGEST to define hash to read from the reststore.

    put [FILE-OPTIONS] FILEPATH(s)
        Put a file into the reststore.

        arguments
            Path(s) of files to be loaded into the reststore.

    unzip [OPTIONS FILE-OPTIONS] ZIPFILE
        Extra files from a zipfile straight into the reststore.

        arguments
            A path to the zip file to extract into the reststore.

        options
            --password=
                Define a password for unzipping the zip file.
            --flush=1000
                Number of files to read into memory before flushing through
                to the reststore.

    list [OPTIONS FILE-OPTIONS]
        list out hexdigests found in the reststore.

        options
            --select=[A:B]
                List all of the hashes between A:B.  Hashes are stored
                chronologically.  0 is the first file inserted, -1 is the last
                file inserted.  i.e. select the last 1000 hexdigests -1001:-1

    len [FILE-OPTIONS]
        print out the number of files stored in the reststore.

    web [OPTIONS FILE-OPTIONS] [[HOST:][PORT]]
        Run the RESTful web app.

        arguments
            HOST:PORT defaults to 127.0.0.1:8586

        options
            --server=wsgiref
                Choose the server adapter to use.
            --debug=False
                Run in debug mode.
            --quiet=False
                Run in quite mode.
            --proxy_requests=False
                If True, this web app will proxy requests through to
                the authoritative server defined by the client uri.

File options:
    --name=files
        Set the default reststore name (i.e. domain or realm)
    --hash_function=md5
        Set the hash function to be used
    --tune_size=100000000
        Set the approximate size the reststore may grow up to.
    --root=/tmp
        Set the root for the reststore.
    --assert_data_ok=False
        Do extra checks when reading and writing data.
    --weboff
        This flag forces access to a local repository only.
    --uri=http://170.0.229.223:8586/
        The uri to the upstream reststore web server.