The Aerospike Python client enables you to build an application in Python with an Aerospike cluster as its database. The client manages the connections to the cluster and handles the transactions performed against it.
The Python client is a CPython module built on the Aerospike C client.
Data Model
At the top is the namespace, a container that has one set of policy rules for all its data, and is similar to the database concept in an RDBMS, only distributed across the cluster. A namespace is subdivided into sets, similar to tables.
Pairs of key-value data called bins make up records, similar to columns of a row in a standard RDBMS. Aerospike is schema-less, meaning that you do not need to define your bins in advance.
Records are uniquely identified by their key, and record metadata is contained in an in-memory primary index.
Architecture Overview and Aerospike Data Model for more information about Aerospike.
aerospike
- Constructors for the Client and GeoJSON classes
- Server-side types
- Serialization
- Logging
- Helper function for calculating key digest
- Constants
aerospike.predicates
- Query predicates
aerospike.exception
- All exception classes
- Exception hierarchy
aerospike_helpers
- Bin operations (list, map, bitwise, etc.)
- Aerospike expressions
- Batch operations
- Complex data type context
The aerospike module contains these classes:
| Class | Description |
|---|---|
client |
Aerospike client API |
aerospike.Scan |
Contains scan operations of entire sets. |
aerospike.Query |
Handles queries over secondary indexes. |
aerospike.geojson |
Handles GeoJSON type data. |
aerospike.KeyOrderedDict |
Key ordered dictionary |
In addition, the Data_Mapping page explains how Python types map to Aerospike Server types.
The Python Client Manual for a quick guide.
aerospike client scan query geojson key_ordered_dict predicates exception aerospike_helpers data_mapping
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