Using the SAP HANA data lake File Store REST API
Requires Customer/Partner License
Learn how to use the SAP HANA data lake REST API to manage, upload, download, and list your files.
You will learn
- How to use the SAP HANA data lake File Store REST API.
- Users without access to the HDLFSCLI can use the REST API to perform File Store operations.
Prerequisites
- Access to a non-trial SAP HANA data lake instance.
- Python and/or some other REST API request tool.
- Download the sample TPCH Data.
SAP HANA data lake file containers are accessible via a REST API. The official REST API reference can be found here. However, below are some python demonstrations using some of the common endpoints. Although this tutorial doesn’t cover other endpoint testing tools, these endpoints and the contents of the request body can be used in any other http interface such as PostMan or CURL.