From dev-return-49258-archive-asf-public=cust-asf.ponee.io@couchdb.apache.org Thu Apr 23 09:58:59 2020 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-asf-public@cust-asf.ponee.io Delivered-To: archive-asf-public@cust-asf.ponee.io Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [207.244.88.153]) by mx-eu-01.ponee.io (Postfix) with SMTP id 202B7180608 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:58:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 97032 invoked by uid 500); 23 Apr 2020 09:58:58 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 97020 invoked by uid 99); 23 Apr 2020 09:58:58 -0000 Received: from ui-eu-02.ponee.io (HELO localhost) (116.202.110.96) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 23 Apr 2020 09:58:58 +0000 x-ponymail-sender: 3fd039c72976f9f89629fb5b95d0a929c183add0 Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 09:58:57 -0000 x-ponymail-agent: PonyMail Composer/0.2 Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Streaming API in CouchDB 4.0 To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Message-ID: From: Ilya Khlopotov X-Mailer: LuaSocket 3.0-rc1 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 > All the fields in the bookmark make sense except timestamp. Why would it > matter if the timestamp is old? What happens if a node's time is an hour > behind another node? Bookmarks are not permalinks. The exact behavior would depend on the type of pagination. # offset based pagination There will be page drifts when data inserted or removed while we traversing. The probability of this anomaly would increase if we use older bookmarks. # last key based pagination Uses the last key from the previous page. This type of pagination doesn't work if the key we hold on to was removed between the pages. Luckily we can avoid this problem by using: - FDB_KEYSEL_FIRST_GREATER_OR_EQUAL - FDB_KEYSEL_LAST_LESS_OR_EQUAL I don't know whether this ability is exposed in erlfdb or not. On 2020/04/23 08:54:36, Garren Smith wrote: > I agree with Bob that page doesn't make sense as an endpoint. I'm also > rubbish with naming. The best I could come up with is replacing page with > cursor - {db}/_all_docs/cursor or possibly {db}/_cursor/_all_docs > All the fields in the bookmark make sense except timestamp. Why would it > matter if the timestamp is old? What happens if a node's time is an hour > behind another node? > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 4:55 AM Ilya Khlopotov wrote: > > > - page is to provide some notion of progress for user > > - timestamp - I was thinking that we should drop requests if user would > > try to pass bookmark created an hour ago. > > > > On 2020/04/22 21:58:40, Robert Samuel Newson wrote: > > > "page" and "page number" are odd to me as these don't exist as concepts, > > I'd rather not invent them. I note there's no mention of page size, which > > makes "page number" very vague. > > > > > > What is "timestamp" in the bookmark and what effect does it have when > > the bookmark is passed back in? > > > > > > I guess, why does the bookmark include so much extraneous data? Items > > that are not needed to find the fdb key to begin the next response from. > > > > > > > > > > On 22 Apr 2020, at 21:18, Ilya Khlopotov wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > > > Based on the discussions on the thread I would like to propose a > > number of first steps: > > > > 1) introduce new endpoints > > > > - {db}/_all_docs/page > > > > - {db}/_all_docs/queries/page > > > > - _all_dbs/page > > > > - _dbs_info/page > > > > - {db}/_design/{ddoc}/_view/{view}/page > > > > - {db}/_design/{ddoc}/_view/{view}/queries/page > > > > - {db}/_find/page > > > > > > > > These new endpoints would act as follows: > > > > - don't use delayed responses > > > > - return object with following structure > > > > ``` > > > > { > > > > "total": Total, > > > > "bookmark": base64 encoded opaque value, > > > > "completed": true | false, > > > > "update_seq": when available, > > > > "page": current page number, > > > > "items": [ > > > > ] > > > > } > > > > ``` > > > > - the bookmark would include following data (base64 or protobuff???): > > > > - direction > > > > - page > > > > - descending > > > > - endkey > > > > - endkey_docid > > > > - inclusive_end > > > > - startkey > > > > - startkey_docid > > > > - last_key > > > > - update_seq > > > > - timestamp > > > > ``` > > > > > > > > 2) Implement per-endpoint configurable max limits > > > > ``` > > > > _all_docs = 5000 > > > > _all_docs/queries = 5000 > > > > _all_dbs = 5000 > > > > _dbs_info = 5000 > > > > _view = 2500 > > > > _view/queries = 2500 > > > > _find = 2500 > > > > ``` > > > > > > > > Latter (after few years) CouchDB would deprecate and remove old > > endpoints. > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > iilyak > > > > > > > > On 2020/02/19 22:39:45, Nick Vatamaniuc wrote: > > > >> Hello everyone, > > > >> > > > >> I'd like to discuss the shape and behavior of streaming APIs for > > CouchDB 4.x > > > >> > > > >> By "streaming APIs" I mean APIs which stream data in row as it gets > > > >> read from the database. These are the endpoints I was thinking of: > > > >> > > > >> _all_docs, _all_dbs, _dbs_info and query results > > > >> > > > >> I want to focus on what happens when FoundationDB transactions > > > >> time-out after 5 seconds. Currently, all those APIs except _changes[1] > > > >> feeds, will crash or freeze. The reason is because the > > > >> transaction_too_old error at the end of 5 seconds is retry-able by > > > >> default, so the request handlers run again and end up shoving the > > > >> whole request down the socket again, headers and all, which is > > > >> obviously broken and not what we want. > > > >> > > > >> There are few alternatives discussed in couchdb-dev channel. I'll > > > >> present some behaviors but feel free to add more. Some ideas might > > > >> have been discounted on the IRC discussion already but I'll present > > > >> them anyway in case is sparks further conversation: > > > >> > > > >> A) Do what _changes[1] feeds do. Start a new transaction and continue > > > >> streaming the data from the next key after last emitted in the > > > >> previous transaction. Document the API behavior change that it may > > > >> present a view of the data is never a point-in-time[4] snapshot of the > > > >> DB. > > > >> > > > >> - Keeps the API shape the same as CouchDB <4.0. Client libraries > > > >> don't have to change to continue using these CouchDB 4.0 endpoints > > > >> - This is the easiest to implement since it would re-use the > > > >> implementation for _changes feed (an extra option passed to the fold > > > >> function). > > > >> - Breaks API behavior if users relied on having a point-in-time[4] > > > >> snapshot view of the data. > > > >> > > > >> B) Simply end the stream. Let the users pass a `?transaction=true` > > > >> param which indicates they are aware the stream may end early and so > > > >> would have to paginate from the last emitted key with a skip=1. This > > > >> will keep the request bodies the same as current CouchDB. However, if > > > >> the users got all the data one request, they will end up wasting > > > >> another request to see if there is more data available. If they didn't > > > >> get any data they might have a too large of a skip value (see [2]) so > > > >> would have to guess different values for start/end keys. Or impose max > > > >> limit for the `skip` parameter. > > > >> > > > >> C) End the stream and add a final metadata row like a "transaction": > > > >> "timeout" at the end. That will let the user know to keep paginating > > > >> from the last key onward. This won't work for `_all_dbs` and > > > >> `_dbs_info`[3] Maybe let those two endpoints behave like _changes > > > >> feeds and only use this for views and and _all_docs? If we like this > > > >> choice, let's think what happens for those as I couldn't come up with > > > >> anything decent there. > > > >> > > > >> D) Same as C but to solve the issue with skips[2], emit a bookmark > > > >> "key" of where the iteration stopped and the current "skip" and > > > >> "limit" params, which would keep decreasing. Then user would pass > > > >> those in "start_key=..." in the next request along with the limit and > > > >> skip params. So something like "continuation":{"skip":599, "limit":5, > > > >> "key":"..."}. This has the same issue with array results for > > > >> `_all_dbs` and `_dbs_info`[3]. > > > >> > > > >> E) Enforce low `limit` and `skip` parameters. Enforce maximum values > > > >> there such that response time is likely to fit in one transaction. > > > >> This could be tricky as different runtime environments will have > > > >> different characteristics. Also, if the timeout happens there isn't a > > > >> a nice way to send an HTTP error since we already sent the 200 > > > >> response. The downside is that this might break how some users use the > > > >> API, if say the are using large skips and limits already. Perhaps here > > > >> we do both B and D, such that if users want transactional behavior, > > > >> they specify that `transaction=true` param and only then we enforce > > > >> low limit and skip maximums. > > > >> > > > >> F) At least for `_all_docs` it seems providing a point-in-time > > > >> snapshot view doesn't necessarily need to be tied to transaction > > > >> boundaries. We could check the update sequence of the database at the > > > >> start of the next transaction and if it hasn't changed we can continue > > > >> emitting a consistent view. This can apply to C and D and would just > > > >> determine when the stream ends. If there are no writes happening to > > > >> the db, this could potential streams all the data just like option A > > > >> would do. Not entirely sure if this would work for views. > > > >> > > > >> So what do we think? I can see different combinations of options here, > > > >> maybe even different for each API point. For example `_all_dbs`, > > > >> `_dbs_info` are always A, and `_all_docs` and views default to A but > > > >> have parameters to do F, etc. > > > >> > > > >> Cheers, > > > >> -Nick > > > >> > > > >> Some footnotes: > > > >> > > > >> [1] _changes feeds is the only one that works currently. It behaves as > > > >> per RFC > > https://github.com/apache/couchdb-documentation/blob/master/rfcs/003-fdb-seq-index.md#access-patterns > > . > > > >> That is, we continue streaming the data by resetting the transaction > > > >> object and restarting from the last emitted key (db sequence in this > > > >> case). However, because the transaction restarts if a document is > > > >> updated while the streaming take place, it may appear in the _changes > > > >> feed twice. That's a behavior difference from CouchDB < 4.0 and we'd > > > >> have to document it, since previously we presented this point-in-time > > > >> snapshot of the database from when we started streaming. > > > >> > > > >> [2] Our streaming APIs have both skips and limits. Since FDB doesn't > > > >> currently support efficient offsets for key selectors > > > >> ( > > https://apple.github.io/foundationdb/known-limitations.html#dont-use-key-selectors-for-paging > > ) > > > >> we implemented skip by iterating over the data. This means that a skip > > > >> of say 100000 could keep timing out the transaction without yielding > > > >> any data. > > > >> > > > >> [3] _all_dbs and _dbs_info return a JSON array so they don't have an > > > >> obvious place to insert a last metadata row. > > > >> > > > >> [4] For example they have a constraint that documents "a" and "z" > > > >> cannot both be in the database at the same time. But when iterating > > > >> it's possible that "a" was there at the start. Then by the end, "a" > > > >> was removed and "z" added, so both "a" and "z" would appear in the > > > >> emitted stream. Note that FoundationDB has APIs which exhibit the same > > > >> "relaxed" constrains: > > > >> > > https://apple.github.io/foundationdb/api-python.html#module-fdb.locality > > > >> > > > > > > > > >