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From: Adam Faris <afaris@linkedin.com>
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Subject: Re: How can we download a file using WebHDFS REST API
Thread-Topic: How can we download a file using WebHDFS REST API
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Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 17:09:25 +0000
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As others have suggested, you need to call "&op=3DOPEN" and save the conten=
ts into a buffer which you then write to disk.    You can do this with curl=
 by using '-o /my/local/file.txt' in your curl statement.

-- Adam

On May 31, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Arpit Gupta <arpit@hortonworks.com>
 wrote:

> There is no api to download a file. The client you are using to make thes=
e calls will have to read the contents of the file and save it on your loca=
l file system.
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> --
> Arpit Gupta
> Hortonworks Inc.
> http://hortonworks.com/
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> On May 31, 2013, at 9:56 AM, Mohammad Mustaqeem <3m.mustaqeem@gmail.com> =
wrote:
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>> This is for reading the content of the file not to download..
>> I want to download file.
>>=20
>>=20
>> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Arpit Gupta <arpit@hortonworks.com> wr=
ote:
>> you will have to use the open operation to read the file and save it.
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>> http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r2.0.3-alpha/hadoop-project-dist/hadoop-hd=
fs/WebHDFS.html#Open_and_Read_a_File
>>=20
>> --
>> Arpit Gupta
>> Hortonworks Inc.
>> http://hortonworks.com/
>>=20
>> On May 30, 2013, at 11:44 PM, Mohammad Mustaqeem <3m.mustaqeem@gmail.com=
> wrote:
>>=20
>>> Is there any way to download a file from HDFS using WebHDFS REST API?
>>> I have read - http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r2.0.3-alpha/hadoop-project=
-dist/hadoop-hdfs/WebHDFS.html
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>>> But didn't find any way to download file.
>>>=20
>>> --=20
>>> With regards ---
>>> Mohammad Mustaqeem,
>>> M.Tech (CSE)
>>> MNNIT Allahabad
>>> 9026604270
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> --=20
>> With regards ---
>> Mohammad Mustaqeem,
>> M.Tech (CSE)
>> MNNIT Allahabad
>> 9026604270
>>=20
>>=20
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