Would it ever be useful to someday have browser clients access cassandra servers directly? I imagine that would be the most compelling scenario to have REST API for.
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Paul Prescod <p...@prescod.net> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Peter Minearo > <peter.mine...@reardencommerce.com> wrote: > > First let me premise, I am new to Cassandra. I just got it installed and > > was able to add data, connect to Cassandra via Thrift and retrieve the > > data. Since, Thrift uses RPC, I was wondering if Cassandra uses Thrift > on > > the server side to handle the requests from the clients? > > Yes. Thrift is a protocol, so if the client speaks it, the server must > do so also. Otherwise how would they talk? Perhaps I don't understand > your question. > > > .... I know Thrift is > > used on the client side, but what about the server side? If this is > true; > > is there a reason for it? Was a REST API with a JSON payload tried? Are > > there any plans to create a REST API for Cassandra? > > Here is some discussion about that: > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cassandra-user/201006.mbox/%3c1276895545.3832.78.ca...@erebus.lan%3e > > Follow the thread links to learn more about AVRO, which will replace > Thrift in Cassandra. > > Paul Prescod >
