[ DEPRECATED ] PlyQL

A SQL-like interface to plywood

⛔️ This project has been deprecated due to SQL support in Druid.

Installation

PlyQL is built on top of node so make sure you have node >= 4.x.x installed.

npm install -g plyql

The global install will make the plyql command available system wide.

Usage

Currently only queries to Druid are supported. More support will come in the future.

The CLI supports the following options:

Option	Description
--help	print this help message
--version	display the version number
-v, --verbose	display the queries that are being made
-h, --host	the host to connect to
-s, --source	use this source for the query (supersedes FROM clause)
-i, --interval	add (AND) a __time filter between NOW-INTERVAL and NOW
-tz, --timezone	the default timezone
-q, --query	the query to run
-o, --output	specify the output format. Possible values: json (default), csv, tsv, flat
-a, --allow	enable a behaviour that is turned off by default eternity allow queries not filtered on time select allow select queries
-t, --timeout	the time before a query is timed out in ms (default: 60000)
-r, --retry	the number of tries a query should be attempted on error, 0 = unlimited, (default: 2)
-c, --concurrent	the limit of concurrent queries that could be made simultaneously, 0 = unlimited, (default: 2)
--rollup	use rollup mode [COUNT() -> SUM(count)]
--druid-version	Assume this is the Druid version and do not query for it
--skip-cache	disable Druid caching
--introspection-strategy	Druid introspection strategy. Use --help for possible values
--force-time	force a column to be interpreted as a time column
--force-string	force a column to be interpreted as a string column
--force-boolean	force a column to be interpreted as a boolean column
--force-number	force a column to be interpreted as a number column
--force-unique	force a column to be interpreted as a hyperLogLog uniques
--force-theta	force a column to be interpreted as a theta sketch
--force-histogram	force a column to be interpreted as an approximate histogram (for quantiles)

For information on specific operators and functions supported by PlyQL please see: PlyQL language reference.

Examples

For an introduction and examples please see: PlyQL language reference.

Roadmap

Here is a list of features that is not currently supported that are in the works:

• Query simulation - preview the queries that will be run without running them
• Sub-queries in WHERE clauses
• JOIN support
• Window functions

Questions & Support

For updates about new and upcoming features follow @implydata on Twitter.

Please file bugs and feature requests by opening and issue on GitHub and direct all questions to our user groups.