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webhdfspy
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A Python 2/3 wrapper library to access Hadoop WebHDFS REST API


Installation
============

To install webhdfspy from PyPI::

    $ pip install webhdfspy


Python versions
===============

webhdfspy supports Python 2.7 and 3.4


Documentation
=============



Hadoop configuration
====================

To enable WebHDFS in Hadoop add this to your $HADOOP_DIR/conf/hdfs-site.xml:

        <property>
             <name>dfs.webhdfs.enabled</name>
             <value>true</value>
        </property>  

To enable append on HDFS you need to configure your hdfs-site.xml as follows:

        <property>
            <name>dfs.support.append</name>
            <value>true</value>
        </property>


More about WebHDFS: http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/r1.0.0/webhdfs.html



=========
webhdfspy
=========

.. image:: https://badge.fury.io/py/webhdfspy.svg
    :target: http://badge.fury.io/py/webhdfspy

A Python 2/3 wrapper library to access `Hadoop WebHDFS REST API <https://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r1.0.4/webhdfs.html>`_


Installation
============

To install webhdfspy from PyPI::

    $ pip install webhdfspy


Python versions
===============

webhdfspy supports Python 2.7 and 3.4


Documentation
=============



Hadoop configuration
====================

To enable WebHDFS in Hadoop add this to your $HADOOP_DIR/conf/hdfs-site.xml: ::

        <property>
             <name>dfs.webhdfs.enabled</name>
             <value>true</value>
        </property>  

To enable append on HDFS you need to configure your hdfs-site.xml as follows: ::

        <property>
            <name>dfs.support.append</name>
            <value>true</value>
        </property>


More about WebHDFS: http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/r1.0.0/webhdfs.html



Add link to WebHDFS docs
Add link to WebHDFS docs
