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All the client APIs documentations are avaliable on Read the Docs:

Rust

https://zenoh-rust.readthedocs.io/

C

https://zenoh-c.readthedocs.io/

Python

https://zenoh-python.readthedocs.io/

REST API

Zenoh also offers a REST API via the zenoh-rest plugin. When starting zenoh with default options, this REST plugin is automatically started on port 8000 and ready to answer HTTP requests.
The full zenoh key/value space is accessible via this REST API, including the Admin Space under the '/@'prefix.

GET

Binds to the get(selector) operation on zenoh.

  • URL: http://host:8000/selector
  • body: none
  • headers: none

The results are returned as a JSON array of objects containing "key", "value"and "time".

Examples using curl:

# Get the keys/values matching /demo/**
curl http://localhost:8000/demo/**
[
{ "key": "/demo/example/zenoh-python-put",
  "value": "Put from Zenoh Python!",
  "time": "2019-11-26T10:04:06.369743108Z/BEAFA6F367E24D27B2505DF2A971B21C" },
{ "key": "/demo/example/zenoh-java-put",
  "value": "Put from Zenoh Java!",
  "time": "2019-11-26T10:04:15.031682968Z/BEAFA6F367E24D27B2505DF2A971B21C" },
{ "key": "/demo/example/zenoh-go-put",
  "value": "Put from Zenoh Go!",
  "time": "2019-11-26T10:04:09.879540920Z/BEAFA6F367E24D27B2505DF2A971B21C" }
]

# Get the keys/values matching /demo/example/*eval (i.e. the zenoh eval examples)
# with property name=Bob
curl http://localhost:8000/demo/example/*eval?(name=Bob)
[
{ "key": "/demo/example/zenoh-java-eval",
  "value": "Eval from Bob",
  "time": "None" }
]

# Get the list of storages via a Get on admin space (/@/...)
curl -g http://localhost:8000/@/**/storage/**
[
{ "key": "/@/router/DA087EDE87EF442A953C31F64A195D7C/plugin/storages/backend/memory/storage/mem-storage-1",
  "value": "{"path_expr":"/demo/demo/**"}",
  "time": "None" }
]

PUT

Binds to the put(path,value) operation on zenoh.

  • URL: http://host:8000/path
  • body: the value to put
  • headers:
    • content-type: the value encoding (optional; unspecified implies “application/octet-stream” encoding. Note that curl by default uses “application/x-www-form-urlencoded”)

The values with the following content-types will be automatically converted by zenoh into a typed Value:

content-typezenoh Value type
text/plainStringUTF8
application/propertiesProperties
application/jsonJson
text/jsonJson
application/integerInteger
application/floatFloat

Examples using curl:

# Put a string value in /demo/example/test
curl -X PUT -H "content-type:text/plain" -d 'Hello World!' http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test

# Put a JSON value in /demo/example/json
curl -X PUT -H "content-type:application/json" -d '{"value": "Hello World!"}' http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test

# Create a Memory storage on /demo/test/** via a Put on admin space (/@/...)
curl -X PUT -H 'content-type:application/properties' -d 'path_expr=/demo/test/**' http://localhost:8000/@/router/local/plugin/storages/backend/memory/storage/my-test

DELETE

Binds to the remove(path) operation on zenoh.

  • URL: http://host:8000/path
  • body: none
  • headers: none

Examples using curl:

# Remove the value with key /demo/example/test
curl -X DELETE http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test

# Remove a storage via a Remove on admin space (/@/...)
curl -X DELETE http://localhost:8000/@/router/local/plugin/storages/backend/memory/storage/my-test