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URL: http://<db.host>:<db.port>/get/records
Retrieves records from a given table, optionally filtered by an expression and/or sorted by a column. This operation can be performed on tables and views. Records can be returned encoded as binary, json, or geojson. This operation supports paging through the data via the input parameter offset and input parameter limit parameters. Note that when paging through a table, if the table (or the underlying table in case of a view) is updated (records are inserted, deleted or modified) the records retrieved may differ between calls based on the updates applied.

Input Parameter Description

table_name
string
Name of the table or view from which the records will be fetched, in [schema_name.]table_name format, using standard name resolution rules.
offset
long
A positive integer indicating the number of initial results to skip (this can be useful for paging through the results).The 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 maximum number of results allowed by the server should be returned. The number of records returned will never exceed the server’s own limit, defined by the max_get_records_size parameter in the server configuration. Use output parameter has_more_records to see if more records exist in the result to be fetched, and input parameter offset and input parameter limit to request subsequent pages of results.The default value is -9999.
encoding
string
Specifies the encoding for returned records; one of binary, json, or geojson.The default value is binary.The supported values are:
  • binary
  • json
  • geojson
  • arrow
options
map of string to strings
The default value is an empty map ( {} ).

Output Parameter Description

The Kinetica 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:
status
String
‘OK’ or ‘ERROR’
message
String
Empty if success or an error message
data_type
String
‘get_records_response’ 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 endpoint:Empty string in case of an error.