/get/records/fromcollection

URL: http://GPUDB_IP_ADDRESS:GPUDB_PORT/get/records/fromcollection

Retrieves records from a collection. The operation can optionally return the record IDs which can be used in certain queries such as /delete/records.

This operation supports paging through the data via the input parameter offset and input parameter limit parameters.

Note that when using the Java API, it is not possible to retrieve records from join tables using this operation.

Input Parameter Description

Name	Type	Description
table_name	string	Name of the collection or table from which records are to be retrieved. Must be an existing collection or table.
offset	long	A positive integer indicating the number of initial results to skip (this can be useful for paging through the results). Default value is 0. The minimum allowed value is 0. The maximum allowed value is MAX_INT.
limit	long	A positive integer indicating the maximum number of results to be returned, or END_OF_SET (-9999) to indicate that the max number of results should be returned. Default value is 10000.
encoding	string	Specifies the encoding for returned records; either 'binary' or 'json'. Default value is 'binary'. The allowed values are: binary json
options	map of strings	Default value is an empty map ( {} ). Supported Parameters (keys) Parameter Description return_record_ids If 'true' then return the internal record ID along with each returned record. Default is 'false'. Default value is 'false'. The allowed values are: true false

Output Parameter Description

The GPUdb server embeds the endpoint response inside a standard response structure which contains status information and the actual response to the query. Here is a description of the various fields of the wrapper:

Name	Type	Description
status	String	'OK' or 'ERROR'
message	String	Empty if success or an error message
data_type	String	'get_records_from_collection_request' or 'none' in case of an error
data	String	Empty string
data_str	JSON or String	This embedded JSON represents the result of the /get/records/fromcollection endpoint: Name Type Description table_name string Value of input parameter table_name. type_names array of strings The type IDs of the corresponding records in output parameter records_binary or output parameter records_json. This is useful when input parameter table_name is a heterogeneous collection (collections containing tables of different types). records_binary array of bytes If the encoding parameter of the request was 'binary' then this list contains the binary encoded records retrieved from the table/collection. Otherwise, empty list. records_json array of strings If the encoding parameter of the request was 'json', then this list contains the JSON encoded records retrieved from the table/collection. Otherwise, empty list. record_ids array of strings If the 'return_record_ids' option of the request was 'true', then this list contains the internal ID for each object. Otherwise it will be empty. Empty string in case of an error.