TileDB C API Reference

Types

typedef struct tiledb_array_t tiledb_array_t

An array object.

typedef struct tiledb_buffer_t tiledb_buffer_t

A generic buffer object.

typedef struct tiledb_buffer_list_t tiledb_buffer_list_t

A generic buffer list object.

typedef struct tiledb_config_t tiledb_config_t

A config object.

typedef struct tiledb_config_iter_t tiledb_config_iter_t

A config iterator.

typedef struct tiledb_ctx_t tiledb_ctx_t

A TileDB context.

typedef struct tiledb_error_t tiledb_error_t

A TileDB error.

typedef struct tiledb_attribute_t tiledb_attribute_t

A TileDB attribute.

typedef struct tiledb_array_schema_t tiledb_array_schema_t

A TileDB array schema.

typedef struct tiledb_dimension_t tiledb_dimension_t

A TileDB dimension.

typedef struct tiledb_domain_t tiledb_domain_t

A TileDB domain.

typedef struct tiledb_query_t tiledb_query_t

A TileDB query.

typedef struct tiledb_filter_t tiledb_filter_t

A TileDB filter.

typedef struct tiledb_filter_list_t tiledb_filter_list_t

A TileDB filter list.

typedef struct tiledb_kv_t tiledb_kv_t

A key-value store object.

typedef struct tiledb_kv_schema_t tiledb_kv_schema_t

A key-value store schema.

typedef struct tiledb_kv_item_t tiledb_kv_item_t

A key-value item.

typedef struct tiledb_kv_iter_t tiledb_kv_iter_t

A key-value store iterator.

typedef struct tiledb_vfs_t tiledb_vfs_t

A virtual filesystem object.

typedef struct tiledb_vfs_fh_t tiledb_vfs_fh_t

A virtual filesystem file handle.

Return Codes

TILEDB_OK

Success

TILEDB_ERR

General error

TILEDB_OOM

Out of memory

Constants

TILEDB_COORDS

A special name indicating the coordinates attribute.

TILEDB_VAR_NUM

A special value indicating a variable number of elements.

TILEDB_MAX_PATH

The maximum path length on the current platform.

TILEDB_OFFSET_SIZE

The size (in bytes) of an offset (used in variable-sized attributes).

const char* tiledb_coords()

Returns a special name indicating the coordinates attribute.

uint32_t tiledb_var_num()

Returns a special value indicating a variable number of elements.

uint32_t tiledb_max_path()

Returns the maximum path length on the current platform.

uint64_t tiledb_datatype_size(tiledb_datatype_t type)

Returns the input datatype size.

uint64_t tiledb_offset_size()

Returns the size (in bytes) of an offset (used in variable-sized attributes).

Enumerations

enum tiledb_object_t

TileDB object type.

Values:

TILEDB_INVALID = 0

Invalid object

TILEDB_GROUP = 1

Group object

TILEDB_ARRAY = 2

Array object

TILEDB_KEY_VALUE = 3

Key-value object

enum tiledb_query_type_t

TileDB query type.

Values:

TILEDB_READ = 0

Read query

TILEDB_WRITE = 1

Write query

enum tiledb_query_status_t

Query status.

Values:

TILEDB_FAILED = 0

Query failed

TILEDB_COMPLETED = 1

Query completed (all data has been read)

TILEDB_INPROGRESS = 2

Query is in progress

TILEDB_INCOMPLETE = 3

Query completed (but not all data has been read)

TILEDB_UNINITIALIZED = 4

Query not initialized.

enum tiledb_filesystem_t

Filesystem type.

Values:

TILEDB_HDFS = 0

HDFS filesystem

TILEDB_S3 = 1

S3 filesystem

enum tiledb_datatype_t

TileDB datatype.

Values:

TILEDB_INT32 = 0

32-bit signed integer

TILEDB_INT64 = 1

64-bit signed integer

TILEDB_FLOAT32 = 2

32-bit floating point value

TILEDB_FLOAT64 = 3

64-bit floating point value

TILEDB_CHAR = 4

Character

TILEDB_INT8 = 5

8-bit signed integer

TILEDB_UINT8 = 6

8-bit unsigned integer

TILEDB_INT16 = 7

16-bit signed integer

TILEDB_UINT16 = 8

16-bit unsigned integer

TILEDB_UINT32 = 9

32-bit unsigned integer

TILEDB_UINT64 = 10

64-bit unsigned integer

TILEDB_STRING_ASCII = 11

ASCII string

TILEDB_STRING_UTF8 = 12

UTF-8 string

TILEDB_STRING_UTF16 = 13

UTF-16 string

TILEDB_STRING_UTF32 = 14

UTF-32 string

TILEDB_STRING_UCS2 = 15

UCS2 string

TILEDB_STRING_UCS4 = 16

UCS4 string

TILEDB_ANY = 17

This can be any datatype. Must store (type tag, value) pairs.

TILEDB_DATETIME_YEAR = 18

Datetime with year resolution

TILEDB_DATETIME_MONTH = 19

Datetime with month resolution

TILEDB_DATETIME_WEEK = 20

Datetime with week resolution

TILEDB_DATETIME_DAY = 21

Datetime with day resolution

TILEDB_DATETIME_HR = 22

Datetime with hour resolution

TILEDB_DATETIME_MIN = 23

Datetime with minute resolution

TILEDB_DATETIME_SEC = 24

Datetime with second resolution

TILEDB_DATETIME_MS = 25

Datetime with millisecond resolution

TILEDB_DATETIME_US = 26

Datetime with microsecond resolution

TILEDB_DATETIME_NS = 27

Datetime with nanosecond resolution

TILEDB_DATETIME_PS = 28

Datetime with picosecond resolution

TILEDB_DATETIME_FS = 29

Datetime with femtosecond resolution

TILEDB_DATETIME_AS = 30

Datetime with attosecond resolution

enum tiledb_array_type_t

Array type.

Values:

TILEDB_DENSE = 0

Dense array

TILEDB_SPARSE = 1

Sparse array

enum tiledb_layout_t

Tile or cell layout.

Values:

TILEDB_ROW_MAJOR = 0

Row-major layout

TILEDB_COL_MAJOR = 1

Column-major layout

TILEDB_GLOBAL_ORDER = 2

Global-order layout

TILEDB_UNORDERED = 3

Unordered layout

enum tiledb_filter_type_t

Filter type.

Values:

TILEDB_FILTER_NONE = 0

No-op filter

TILEDB_FILTER_GZIP = 1

Gzip compressor

TILEDB_FILTER_ZSTD = 2

Zstandard compressor

TILEDB_FILTER_LZ4 = 3

LZ4 compressor

TILEDB_FILTER_RLE = 4

Run-length encoding compressor

TILEDB_FILTER_BZIP2 = 5

Bzip2 compressor

TILEDB_FILTER_DOUBLE_DELTA = 6

Double-delta compressor

TILEDB_FILTER_BIT_WIDTH_REDUCTION = 7

Bit width reduction filter.

TILEDB_FILTER_BITSHUFFLE = 8

Bitshuffle filter.

TILEDB_FILTER_BYTESHUFFLE = 9

Byteshuffle filter.

TILEDB_FILTER_POSITIVE_DELTA = 10

Positive-delta encoding filter.

enum tiledb_filter_option_t

Filter option.

Values:

TILEDB_COMPRESSION_LEVEL = 0

Compression level. Type: int32_t.

TILEDB_BIT_WIDTH_MAX_WINDOW = 1

Max window length for bit width reduction. Type: uint32_t.

TILEDB_POSITIVE_DELTA_MAX_WINDOW = 2

Max window length for positive-delta encoding. Type: uint32_t.

enum tiledb_walk_order_t

Walk traversal order.

Values:

TILEDB_PREORDER = 0

Pre-order traversal

TILEDB_POSTORDER = 1

Post-order traversal

enum tiledb_vfs_mode_t

VFS mode.

Values:

TILEDB_VFS_READ = 0

TileDB VFS mode Read mode

TILEDB_VFS_WRITE = 1

Write mode

TILEDB_VFS_APPEND = 2

Append mode

enum tiledb_encryption_type_t

Encryption type.

Values:

TILEDB_NO_ENCRYPTION = 0

No encryption.

TILEDB_AES_256_GCM = 1

AES-256-GCM encryption.

Enumeration String Conversion

int32_t tiledb_query_type_to_str(tiledb_query_type_t query_type, const char ** str)

Returns a string representation of the given query type.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • query_type: Query type

  • str: Set to point to a constant string representation of the query type

int32_t tiledb_query_type_from_str(const char * str, tiledb_query_type_t * query_type)

Parses a query type from the given string.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • str: String representation to parse

  • query_type: Set to the parsed query type

int32_t tiledb_object_type_to_str(tiledb_object_t object_type, const char ** str)

Returns a string representation of the given object type.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • object_type: Object type

  • str: Set to point to a constant string representation of the object type

int32_t tiledb_object_type_from_str(const char * str, tiledb_object_t * object_type)

Parses a object type from the given string.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • str: String representation to parse

  • object_type: Set to the parsed object type

int32_t tiledb_filesystem_to_str(tiledb_filesystem_t filesystem, const char ** str)

Returns a string representation of the given filesystem.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • filesystem: Filesystem

  • str: Set to point to a constant string representation of the filesystem

int32_t tiledb_filesystem_from_str(const char * str, tiledb_filesystem_t * filesystem)

Parses a filesystem from the given string.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • str: String representation to parse

  • filesystem: Set to the parsed filesystem

int32_t tiledb_datatype_to_str(tiledb_datatype_t datatype, const char ** str)

Returns a string representation of the given datatype.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • datatype: Datatype

  • str: Set to point to a constant string representation of the datatype

int32_t tiledb_datatype_from_str(const char * str, tiledb_datatype_t * datatype)

Parses a datatype from the given string.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • str: String representation to parse

  • datatype: Set to the parsed datatype

int32_t tiledb_array_type_to_str(tiledb_array_type_t array_type, const char ** str)

Returns a string representation of the given array type.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • array_type: Array type

  • str: Set to point to a constant string representation of the array type

int32_t tiledb_array_type_from_str(const char * str, tiledb_array_type_t * array_type)

Parses a array type from the given string.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • str: String representation to parse

  • array_type: Set to the parsed array type

int32_t tiledb_layout_to_str(tiledb_layout_t layout, const char ** str)

Returns a string representation of the given layout.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • layout: Layout

  • str: Set to point to a constant string representation of the layout

int32_t tiledb_layout_from_str(const char * str, tiledb_layout_t * layout)

Parses a layout from the given string.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • str: String representation to parse

  • layout: Set to the parsed layout

int32_t tiledb_filter_type_to_str(tiledb_filter_type_t filter_type, const char ** str)

Returns a string representation of the given filter type.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • filter_type: Filter type

  • str: Set to point to a constant string representation of the filter type

int32_t tiledb_filter_type_from_str(const char * str, tiledb_filter_type_t * filter_type)

Parses a filter type from the given string.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • str: String representation to parse

  • filter_type: Set to the parsed filter type

int32_t tiledb_filter_option_to_str(tiledb_filter_option_t filter_option, const char ** str)

Returns a string representation of the given filter option.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • filter_option: Filter option

  • str: Set to point to a constant string representation of the filter option

int32_t tiledb_filter_option_from_str(const char * str, tiledb_filter_option_t * filter_option)

Parses a filter option from the given string.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • str: String representation to parse

  • filter_option: Set to the parsed filter option

int32_t tiledb_encryption_type_to_str(tiledb_encryption_type_t encryption_type, const char ** str)

Returns a string representation of the given encryption type.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • encryption_type: Encryption type

  • str: Set to point to a constant string representation of the encryption type

int32_t tiledb_encryption_type_from_str(const char * str, tiledb_encryption_type_t * encryption_type)

Parses a encryption type from the given string.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • str: String representation to parse

  • encryption_type: Set to the parsed encryption type

int32_t tiledb_query_status_to_str(tiledb_query_status_t query_status, const char ** str)

Returns a string representation of the given query status.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • query_status: Query status

  • str: Set to point to a constant string representation of the query status

int32_t tiledb_query_status_from_str(const char * str, tiledb_query_status_t * query_status)

Parses a query status from the given string.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • str: String representation to parse

  • query_status: Set to the parsed query status

int32_t tiledb_walk_order_to_str(tiledb_walk_order_t walk_order, const char ** str)

Returns a string representation of the given walk order.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • walk_order: Walk order

  • str: Set to point to a constant string representation of the walk order

int32_t tiledb_walk_order_from_str(const char * str, tiledb_walk_order_t * walk_order)

Parses a walk order from the given string.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • str: String representation to parse

  • walk_order: Set to the parsed walk order

int32_t tiledb_vfs_mode_to_str(tiledb_vfs_mode_t vfs_mode, const char ** str)

Returns a string representation of the given VFS mode.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • vfs_mode: VFS mode

  • str: Set to point to a constant string representation of the VFS mode

int32_t tiledb_vfs_mode_from_str(const char * str, tiledb_vfs_mode_t * vfs_mode)

Parses a VFS mode from the given string.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • str: String representation to parse

  • vfs_mode: Set to the parsed VFS mode

Context

int32_t tiledb_ctx_alloc(tiledb_config_t * config, tiledb_ctx_t ** ctx)

Creates a TileDB context, which contains the TileDB storage manager that manages everything in the TileDB library.

Examples:

Without config (i.e., use default configuration):

tiledb_ctx_t* ctx;
tiledb_ctx_alloc(NULL, &ctx);

With some config:

tiledb_ctx_t* ctx;
tiledb_ctx_alloc(config, &ctx);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • config: The configuration parameters (NULL means default).

  • ctx: The TileDB context to be created.

void tiledb_ctx_free(tiledb_ctx_t ** ctx)

Destroys the TileDB context, freeing all associated memory and resources.

Example:

tiledb_ctx_t* ctx;
tiledb_ctx_alloc(NULL, &ctx);
tiledb_ctx_free(&ctx);

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context to be freed.

int32_t tiledb_ctx_get_config(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_config_t ** config)

Retrieves the config from a TileDB context.

Example:

tiledb_config_t* config;
tiledb_ctx_get_config(ctx, &config);
// Make sure to free the retrieved config

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • config: The config to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_ctx_get_last_error(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_error_t ** err)

Retrieves the last TileDB error associated with a TileDB context.

Example:

tiledb_error_t* error;
tiledb_ctx_get_last_error(ctx, &error);
// Make sure to free the retrieved error, checking first if it is NULL

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • err: The last error, or NULL if no error has been raised.

int32_t tiledb_ctx_is_supported_fs(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_filesystem_t fs, int32_t * is_supported)

Checks if a given storage filesystem backend is supported.

Example:

int32_t is_supported;
tiledb_ctx_is_supported_fs(ctx, TILEDB_HDFS, &is_supported);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • fs: The filesystem to be checked.

  • is_supported: Sets it to 1 if the filesystem is supported, and 0 otherwise.

int32_t tiledb_ctx_cancel_tasks(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx)

Cancels all background or async tasks associated with the given context.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

Config

int32_t tiledb_config_alloc(tiledb_config_t ** config, tiledb_error_t ** error)

Creates a TileDB config.

Example:

tiledb_config_t* config;
tiledb_error_t* error = NULL;
tiledb_config_alloc(&config, &error);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • config: The config to be created.

  • error: Error object returned upon error (NULL if there is no error).

void tiledb_config_free(tiledb_config_t ** config)

Frees a TileDB config.

Example:

tiledb_config_t* config;
tiledb_error_t* error = NULL;
tiledb_config_alloc(&config, &error);
tiledb_config_free(&config);

Parameters
  • config: The config to be freed.

int32_t tiledb_config_set(tiledb_config_t * config, const char * param, const char * value, tiledb_error_t ** error)

Sets a config parameter.

Parameters

  • sm.dedup_coords If true, cells with duplicate coordinates will be removed during sparse array writes. Note that ties during deduplication are broken arbitrarily. Default: false

  • sm.check_coord_dups This is applicable only if sm.dedup_coords is false. If true, an error will be thrown if there are cells with duplicate coordinates during sparse array writes. If false and there are duplicates, the duplicates will be written without errors, but the TileDB behavior could be unpredictable. Default: true

  • sm.check_coord_oob If true, an error will be thrown if there are cells with coordinates lying outside the domain during sparse array writes. Default: true

  • sm.check_global_order Checks if the coordinates obey the global array order. Applicable only to sparse writes in global order. Default: true

  • sm.tile_cache_size The tile cache size in bytes. Any uint64_t value is acceptable. Default: 10,000,000

  • sm.enable_signal_handlers Determines whether or not TileDB will install signal handlers. Default: true

  • sm.num_async_threads The number of threads allocated for async queries. Default: 1

  • sm.num_reader_threads The number of threads allocated for issuing reads to VFS in parallel. Default: 1

  • sm.num_writer_threads The number of threads allocated for issuing writes to VFS in parallel.Default: 1

  • sm.num_tbb_threads The number of threads allocated for the TBB thread pool (if TBB is enabled). Note: this is a whole-program setting. Usually this should not be modified from the default. See also the documentation for TBB’s task_scheduler_init class.Default: TBB automatic

  • sm.consolidation.amplification The factor by which the size of the dense fragment resulting from consolidating a set of fragments (containing at least one dense fragment) can be amplified. This is important when the union of the non-empty domains of the fragments to be consolidated have a lot of empty cells, which the consolidated fragment will have to fill with the special fill value (since the resulting fragment is dense). Default: 1.0

  • sm.consolidation.buffer_size The size (in bytes) of the attribute buffers used during consolidation. Default: 50,000,000

  • sm.consolidation.steps The number of consolidation steps to be performed when executing the consolidation algorithm.Default: 1

  • sm.consolidation.step_min_frags The minimum number of fragments to consolidate in a single step.Default: UINT32_MAX

  • sm.consolidation.step_max_frags The maximum number of fragments to consolidate in a single step.Default: UINT32_MAX

  • sm.consolidation.step_size_ratio The size ratio that two (“adjacent”) fragments must satisfy to be considered for consolidation in a single step.Default: 0.0

  • sm.memory_budget The memory budget for tiles of fixed-sized attributes (or offsets for var-sized attributes) to be fetched during reads.Default: 5GB

  • sm.memory_budget_var The memory budget for tiles of var-sized attributes to be fetched during reads.Default: 10GB

  • vfs.num_threads The number of threads allocated for VFS operations (any backend), per VFS instance. Default: number of cores

  • vfs.min_parallel_size The minimum number of bytes in a parallel VFS operation (except parallel S3 writes, which are controlled by vfs.s3.multipart_part_size). Default: 10MB

  • vfs.min_batch_size The minimum number of bytes in a VFS read operationDefault: 20MB

  • vfs.min_batch_gap The minimum number of bytes between two VFS read batches.Default: 500KB

  • vfs.file.max_parallel_ops The maximum number of parallel operations on objects with URIs. Default: vfs.num_threads

  • vfs.file.enable_filelocks If set to false, file locking operations are no-ops for URIs in VFS. Default: true

  • vfs.s3.region The S3 region, if S3 is enabled. Default: us-east-1

  • vfs.s3.aws_access_key_id Set the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID Default: “”

  • vfs.s3.aws_secret_access_key Set the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY Default: “”

  • vfs.s3.scheme The S3 scheme (http or https), if S3 is enabled. Default: https

  • vfs.s3.endpoint_override The S3 endpoint, if S3 is enabled. Default: “”

  • vfs.s3.use_virtual_addressing The S3 use of virtual addressing (true or false), if S3 is enabled. Default: true

  • vfs.s3.use_multipart_upload The S3 use of multi-part upload requests (true or false), if S3 is enabled. Default: true

  • vfs.s3.max_parallel_ops The maximum number of S3 backend parallel operations. Default: vfs.num_threads

  • vfs.s3.multipart_part_size The part size (in bytes) used in S3 multipart writes. Any uint64_t value is acceptable. Note: vfs.s3.multipart_part_size * vfs.s3.max_parallel_ops bytes will be buffered before issuing multipart uploads in parallel. Default: 5MB

  • vfs.s3.connect_timeout_ms The connection timeout in ms. Any long value is acceptable. Default: 3000

  • vfs.s3.connect_max_tries The maximum tries for a connection. Any long value is acceptable. Default: 5

  • vfs.s3.connect_scale_factor The scale factor for exponential backoff when connecting to S3. Any long value is acceptable. Default: 25

  • vfs.s3.logging_level The AWS SDK logging level. This is a process-global setting. The configuration of the most recently constructed context will set process state. Log files are written to the process working directory. Default: “”

  • vfs.s3.request_timeout_ms The request timeout in ms. Any long value is acceptable. Default: 3000

  • vfs.s3.proxy_host The S3 proxy host. Default: “”

  • vfs.s3.proxy_port The S3 proxy port. Default: 0

  • vfs.s3.proxy_scheme The S3 proxy scheme. Default: “https”

  • vfs.s3.proxy_username The S3 proxy username. Note: this parameter is not serialized by tiledb_config_save_to_file. Default: “”

  • vfs.s3.proxy_password The S3 proxy password. Note: this parameter is not serialized by tiledb_config_save_to_file. Default: “”

  • vfs.hdfs.name_node" Name node for HDFS. Default: “”

  • vfs.hdfs.username HDFS username. Default: “”

  • vfs.hdfs.kerb_ticket_cache_path HDFS kerb ticket cache path. Default: “”

  • rest.server_address URL for REST server to use for remote arrays. Default: “”

  • rest.server_serialization_format Serialization format to use for remote array requests (CAPNP or JSON). Default: “CAPNP”

  • rest.username Username for login to REST server (a token can be used instead). Default: “”

  • rest.password Password for login to REST server. Default: “”

  • rest.token Authentication token for REST server (used instead of username/password). Default: “”

  • rest.resubmit_incomplete If true, incomplete queries received from server are automatically resubmitted before returning to user control. Default: “true”

  • rest.ignore_ssl_validation Have curl ignore ssl peer and host validation for REST server. Default: false

Example:

tiledb_error_t* error = NULL;
tiledb_config_set(config, "sm.tile_cache_size", "1000000", &error);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • config: The config object.

  • param: The parameter to be set.

  • value: The value of the parameter to be set.

  • error: Error object returned upon error (NULL if there is no error).

int32_t tiledb_config_get(tiledb_config_t * config, const char * param, const char ** value, tiledb_error_t ** error)

Gets a config parameter.

Example:

const char* value;
tiledb_error_t* error = NULL;
tiledb_config_get(config, "sm.tile_cache_size", &value, &error);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • config: The config object.

  • param: The parameter to be set.

  • value: A pointer to the value of the parameter to be retrieved (NULL if it does not exist).

  • error: Error object returned upon error (NULL if there is no error).

int32_t tiledb_config_load_from_file(tiledb_config_t * config, const char * filename, tiledb_error_t ** error)

Loads config parameters from a (local) text file.

Example:

tiledb_error_t* error = NULL;
tiledb_config_load_from_file(config, "tiledb.conf", &error);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • config: The config object.

  • filename: The name of the file.

  • error: Error object returned upon error (NULL if there is no error).

int32_t tiledb_config_unset(tiledb_config_t * config, const char * param, tiledb_error_t ** error)

Unsets a config parameter. This will set the config parameter to its default value.

Example:

tiledb_error_t* error = NULL;
tiledb_config_unset(config, "sm.tile_cache_size", &error);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • config: The config object.

  • param: The parameter to be unset.

  • error: Error object returned upon error (NULL if there is no error).

int32_t tiledb_config_save_to_file(tiledb_config_t * config, const char * filename, tiledb_error_t ** error)

Saves the config parameters to a (local) text file.

Example:

tiledb_error_t* error = NULL;
tiledb_config_save_to_file(config, "tiledb.conf", &error);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • config: The config object.

  • filename: The name of the file.

  • error: Error object returned upon error (NULL if there is no error).

Config Iterator

int32_t tiledb_config_iter_alloc(tiledb_config_t * config, const char * prefix, tiledb_config_iter_t ** config_iter, tiledb_error_t ** error)

Creates an iterator on a config object.

Examples:

The following creates a config iterator without a prefix. This will iterate over all config param/values.

tiledb_error_t* error = NULL;
tiledb_config_iter_t* config_iter;
tiledb_config_iter_alloc(config, NULL, &config_iter, &error);

The following creates a config iterator with a prefix. This will iterate over all S3 config param/values, stripping out vfs.s3.. For instance, instead of retrieving vfs.s3.region as a parameter via tiledb_config_iter_here, it will retrieve region.

tiledb_error_t* error = NULL;
tiledb_config_iter_t* config_iter;
tiledb_config_iter_alloc(config, "vfs.s3.", &config_iter, &error);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • config: A config object the iterator will operate on.

  • prefix: If not NULL, only the config parameters starting with prefix* will be iterated on. Moreover, the prefix will be stripped from the parameters. Otherwise, all parameters will be iterated on and their full name will be retrieved.

  • config_iter: The config iterator to be created.

  • error: Error object returned upon error (NULL if there is no error).

void tiledb_config_iter_free(tiledb_config_iter_t ** config_iter)

Frees a config iterator.

Example:

tiledb_config_iter_free(&config_iter);

Parameters
  • config_iter: The config iterator to be freed.

int32_t tiledb_config_iter_here(tiledb_config_iter_t * config_iter, const char ** param, const char ** value, tiledb_error_t ** error)

Retrieves the config param and value currently pointed by the iterator.

Example:

const char *param, *value;
tiledb_config_iter_here(config_iter, &param, &value, &error);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • config_iter: The config iterator.

  • param: The config parameter to be retrieved (NULL if the iterator is at the end).

  • value: The config value to be retrieved (NULL if the iterator is at the end).

  • error: Error object returned upon error (NULL if there is no error).

int32_t tiledb_config_iter_next(tiledb_config_iter_t * config_iter, tiledb_error_t ** error)

Moves the iterator to the next param.

Example:

tiledb_config_iter_next(config_iter, &error);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • config_iter: The config iterator.

  • error: Error object returned upon error (NULL if there is no error).

int32_t tiledb_config_iter_done(tiledb_config_iter_t * config_iter, int32_t * done, tiledb_error_t ** error)

Checks if the iterator is done.

Example:

int32_t done;
tiledb_config_iter_done(config_iter, &done, &error);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • config_iter: The config iterator.

  • done: Sets this to 1 if the iterator is done, 0 otherwise.

  • error: Error object returned upon error (NULL if there is no error).

int32_t tiledb_config_iter_reset(tiledb_config_t * config, tiledb_config_iter_t * config_iter, const char * prefix, tiledb_error_t ** error)

Resets the iterator.

Examples:

Without a prefix:

tiledb_config_iter_reset(config, config_iter, NULL, &error);

With a prefix:

tiledb_config_iter_reset(config, config_iter, "vfs.s3.", &error);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • config: A config object the iterator will operate on.

  • config_iter: The config iterator to be reset.

  • prefix: If not NULL, only the config parameters starting with prefix* will be iterated on. Moreover, the prefix will be stripped from the parameters. Otherwise, all parameters will be iterated on and their full name will be retrieved.

  • error: Error object returned upon error (NULL if there is no error).

Error

int32_t tiledb_error_message(tiledb_error_t * err, const char ** errmsg)

Returns the error message associated with a TileDB error object.

Example:

The following shows how to get the last error from a TileDB context.

tiledb_error_t* err = NULL;
tiledb_ctx_get_last_error(ctx, &err);
const char* msg;
tiledb_error_message(err, &msg);
printf("%s\n", msg);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • err: A TileDB error object.

  • errmsg: A constant pointer to the error message.

void tiledb_error_free(tiledb_error_t ** err)

Frees the resources associated with a TileDB error object.

Example:

tiledb_error_t* err = NULL;
tiledb_ctx_get_last_error(ctx, &err);
const char* msg;
tiledb_error_message(err, &msg);
printf("%s\n", msg);
tiledb_error_free(&err);

Parameters
  • err: The TileDB error object.

Array

int32_t tiledb_array_alloc(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * array_uri, tiledb_array_t ** array)

Allocates a TileDB array object.

Example:

tiledb_array_t* array;
tiledb_array_alloc(ctx, "hdfs:///tiledb_arrays/my_array", &array);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_uri: The array URI.

  • array: The array object to be created.

int32_t tiledb_array_open(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_t * array, tiledb_query_type_t query_type)

Opens a TileDB array. The array is opened using a query type as input. This is to indicate that queries created for this tiledb_array_t object will inherit the query type. In other words, tiledb_array_t objects are opened to receive only one type of queries. They can always be closed and be re-opened with another query type. Also there may be many different tiledb_array_t objects created and opened with different query types. For instance, one may create and open an array object array_read for reads and another one array_write for writes, and interleave creation and submission of queries for both these array objects.

Example:

tiledb_array_t* array;
tiledb_array_alloc(ctx, "hdfs:///tiledb_arrays/my_array", &array);
tiledb_array_open(ctx, array, TILEDB_READ);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

If the same array object is opened again without being closed, an error will be thrown.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array: The array object to be opened.

  • query_type: The type of queries the array object will be receiving.

int32_t tiledb_array_open_with_key(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_t * array, tiledb_query_type_t query_type, tiledb_encryption_type_t encryption_type, const void * encryption_key, uint32_t key_length)

Opens an encrypted array using the given encryption key. This function has the same semantics as tiledb_array_open() but is used for encrypted arrays.

An encrypted array must be opened with this function before queries can be issued to it.

Example:

// Load AES-256 key from disk, environment variable, etc.
uint8_t key[32] = ...;
tiledb_array_t* array;
tiledb_array_alloc(ctx, "hdfs:///tiledb_arrays/my_array", &array);
tiledb_array_open_with_key(ctx, array, TILEDB_READ,
    TILEDB_AES_256_GCM, key, sizeof(key));

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array: The array object to be opened.

  • query_type: The type of queries the array object will be receiving.

  • encryption_type: The encryption type to use.

  • encryption_key: The encryption key to use.

  • key_length: Length in bytes of the encryption key.

int32_t tiledb_array_open_at(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_t * array, tiledb_query_type_t query_type, uint64_t timestamp)

Similar to tiledb_array_open, but this function takes as input a timestamp, representing time in milliseconds ellapsed since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC). Opening the array at a timestamp provides a view of the array with all writes/updates that happened at or before timestamp (i.e., excluding those that occurred after timestamp). This function is useful to ensure consistency at a potential distributed setting, where machines need to operate on the same view of the array.

Example:

tiledb_array_t* array;
tiledb_array_alloc(ctx, "hdfs:///tiledb_arrays/my_array", &array);
// Assuming `timestamp` is time represented in milliseconds:
tiledb_array_open_at(ctx, array, TILEDB_READ, timestamp);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

If the same array object is opened again without being closed, an error will be thrown.

Note

This function is applicable only to read queries.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array: The array object to be opened.

  • query_type: The type of queries the array object will be receiving.

  • timestamp: The timestamp to open the array at.

int32_t tiledb_array_open_at_with_key(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_t * array, tiledb_query_type_t query_type, tiledb_encryption_type_t encryption_type, const void * encryption_key, uint32_t key_length, uint64_t timestamp)

Similar to tiledb_array_open_with_key, but this function takes as input a timestamp, representing time in milliseconds ellapsed since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC). Opening the array at a timestamp provides a view of the array with all writes/updates that happened at or before timestamp (i.e., excluding those that occurred after timestamp). This function is useful to ensure consistency at a potential distributed setting, where machines need to operate on the same view of the array.

Example:

// Load AES-256 key from disk, environment variable, etc.
uint8_t key[32] = ...;
tiledb_array_t* array;
tiledb_array_alloc(ctx, "hdfs:///tiledb_arrays/my_array", &array);
// Assuming `timestamp` is time represented in milliseconds:
tiledb_array_open_at_with_key(ctx, array, TILEDB_READ,
    TILEDB_AES_256_GCM, key, sizeof(key), timestamp);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

If the same array object is opened again without being closed, an error will be thrown.

Note

This function is applicable only to read queries.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array: The array object to be opened.

  • query_type: The type of queries the array object will be receiving.

  • encryption_type: The encryption type to use.

  • encryption_key: The encryption key to use.

  • key_length: Length in bytes of the encryption key.

  • timestamp: The timestamp to open the array at.

int32_t tiledb_array_reopen(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_t * array)

Reopens a TileDB array (the array must be already open). This is useful when the array got updated after it got opened and the tiledb_array_t object got created. To sync-up with the updates, the user must either close the array and open with tiledb_array_open, or just use tiledb_array_reopen without closing. This function will be generally faster than the former alternative.

Note: reopening encrypted arrays does not require the encryption key.

Example:

tiledb_array_t* array;
tiledb_array_alloc(ctx, "hdfs:///tiledb_arrays/my_array", &array);
tiledb_array_open(ctx, array, TILEDB_READ);
tiledb_array_reopen(ctx, array);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

This is applicable only to arrays opened for reads.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array: The array object to be re-opened.

int32_t tiledb_array_reopen_at(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_t * array, uint64_t timestamp)

Reopens a TileDB array (the array must be already open) at a specific timestamp.

Example:

tiledb_array_t* array;
tiledb_array_alloc(ctx, "hdfs:///tiledb_arrays/my_array", &array);
tiledb_array_open(ctx, array, TILEDB_READ);
uint64_t timestamp = tiledb_timestamp_now_ms();
tiledb_array_reopen_at(ctx, array, timestamp);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

This is applicable only to arrays opened for reads.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array: The array object to be re-opened.

  • timestamp: Timestamp at which to reopen.

int32_t tiledb_array_get_timestamp(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_t * array, uint64_t * timestamp)

Returns the timestamp, representing time in milliseconds ellapsed since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC), at which the array was opened. See also the documentation of tiledb_array_open_at.

Example:

tiledb_array_t* array;
tiledb_array_alloc(ctx, "s3://tiledb_bucket/my_array", &array);
tiledb_array_open(ctx, array, TILEDB_READ);
// Get the timestamp the array at which the array was opened.
uint64_t timestamp;
tiledb_array_get_timestamp(ctx, array, &timestamp);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

The array does not need to be opened via tiledb_array_open_at to use this function.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array: The array to retrieve the timestamp for.

  • timestamp: Set to the timestamp at which the array was opened.

int32_t tiledb_array_close(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_t * array)

Closes a TileDB array.

Example:

tiledb_array_t* array;
tiledb_array_alloc(ctx, "hdfs:///tiledb_arrays/my_array", &array);
tiledb_array_open(ctx, array, TILEDB_READ);
tiledb_array_close(ctx, array);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

If the array object has already been closed, the function has no effect.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array: The array object to be closed.

void tiledb_array_free(tiledb_array_t ** array)

Frees a TileDB array object.

Example:

tiledb_array_t* array;
tiledb_array_alloc(ctx, "hdfs:///tiledb_arrays/my_array", &array);
tiledb_array_open(ctx, array, TILEDB_READ);
tiledb_array_close(ctx, array);
tiledb_array_free(&array);

Parameters
  • array: The array object to be freed.

int32_t tiledb_array_create(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * array_uri, const tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema)

Creates a new TileDB array given an input schema.

Example:

tiledb_array_create(ctx, "hdfs:///tiledb_arrays/my_array", array_schema);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_uri: The array name.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

int32_t tiledb_array_create_with_key(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * array_uri, const tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, tiledb_encryption_type_t encryption_type, const void * encryption_key, uint32_t key_length)

Creates a new encrypted TileDB array given an input schema.

Encrypted arrays can only be created through this function.

Example:

uint8_t key[32] = ...;
tiledb_array_create_with_key(
    ctx, "hdfs:///tiledb_arrays/my_array", array_schema,
    TILEDB_AES_256_GCM, key, sizeof(key));

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_uri: The array name.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • encryption_type: The encryption type to use.

  • encryption_key: The encryption key to use.

  • key_length: Length in bytes of the encryption key.

int32_t tiledb_array_consolidate(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * array_uri, tiledb_config_t * config)

Consolidates the fragments of an array into a single fragment.

You must first finalize all queries to the array before consolidation can begin (as consolidation temporarily acquires an exclusive lock on the array).

Example:

tiledb_array_consolidate(ctx, "hdfs:///tiledb_arrays/my_array", nullptr);

Return

TILEDB_OK on success, and TILEDB_ERR on error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_uri: The name of the TileDB array to be consolidated.

  • config: Configuration parameters for the consolidation (nullptr means default, which will use the config from ctx).

int32_t tiledb_array_consolidate_with_key(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * array_uri, tiledb_encryption_type_t encryption_type, const void * encryption_key, uint32_t key_length, tiledb_config_t * config)

Consolidates the fragments of an encrypted array into a single fragment.

You must first finalize all queries to the array before consolidation can begin (as consolidation temporarily acquires an exclusive lock on the array).

Example:

uint8_t key[32] = ...;
tiledb_array_consolidate_with_key(ctx, "hdfs:///tiledb_arrays/my_array",
    TILEDB_AES_256_GCM, key, sizeof(key), nullptr);

Return

TILEDB_OK on success, and TILEDB_ERR on error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_uri: The name of the TileDB array to be consolidated.

  • encryption_type: The encryption type to use.

  • encryption_key: The encryption key to use.

  • key_length: Length in bytes of the encryption key.

  • config: Configuration parameters for the consolidation (nullptr means default, which will use the config from ctx).

int32_t tiledb_array_get_schema(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_t * array, tiledb_array_schema_t ** array_schema)

Retrieves the schema of an array.

Example:

tiledb_array_schema_t* array_schema;
tiledb_array_get_schema(ctx, array, &array_schema);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

The user must free the array schema with tiledb_array_schema_free.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array: The open array.

  • array_schema: The array schema to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_array_get_query_type(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_t * array, tiledb_query_type_t * query_type)

Retrieves the query type with which the array was opened.

Example:

tiledb_array_t* array;
tiledb_array_alloc(ctx, "hdfs:///tiledb_arrays/my_array", &array);
tiledb_array_open(ctx, array, TILEDB_READ);
tiledb_query_type_t query_type;
tiledb_array_get_type(ctx, array, &query_type);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array: The array.

  • query_type: The query type to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_array_get_non_empty_domain(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_t * array, void * domain, int32_t * is_empty)

Retrieves the non-empty domain from an array. This is the union of the non-empty domains of the array fragments.

Example:

uint64_t domain[4]; // Assuming a 2D array, 2 [low, high] pairs
int32_t is_empty;
tiledb_array_t* array;
tiledb_array_alloc(ctx, "my_array", &array);
tiledb_array_open(ctx, array, TILEDB_READ);
tiledb_array_get_non_empty_domain(ctx, array, domain, &is_empty);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context

  • array: The array object (must be opened beforehand).

  • domain: The domain to be retrieved.

  • is_empty: The function sets it to 1 if the non-empty domain is empty (i.e., the array does not contain any data yet), and 0 otherwise.

int32_t tiledb_array_max_buffer_size(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_t * array, const char * attribute, const void * subarray, uint64_t * buffer_size)

Computes an upper bound on the buffer size (in bytes) required for a read query, for a given **fixed-sized* attribute and subarray.

Example:

tiledb_array_t* array;
tiledb_array_alloc(ctx, "my_array", &array);
tiledb_array_open(ctx, array, TILEDB_READ);
uint64_t buffer_size;
const char* attribute = "attr_1";
uint64_t subarray[] = {10, 20, 10, 100};
tiledb_array_max_buffer_size(ctx, array, attribute, subarray, buffer_size);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array: The array object (must be opened beforehand).

  • attribute: The fixed-sized attribute to focus on.

  • subarray: The subarray to focus on. Note that it must have the same underlying type as the array domain.

  • buffer_size: The buffer size (in bytes) to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_array_max_buffer_size_var(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_t * array, const char * attribute, const void * subarray, uint64_t * buffer_off_size, uint64_t * buffer_val_size)

Computes an upper bound on the buffer size (in bytes) required for a read query, for a given **var-sized* attribute and subarray.

Example:

tiledb_array_t* array;
tiledb_array_alloc(ctx, "my_array", &array);
tiledb_array_open(ctx, array, TILEDB_READ);
uint64_t buffer_off_size, buffer_val_size;
const char* attribute = "attr_2";
uint64_t subarray[] = {10, 20, 10, 100};
tiledb_array_max_buffer_size_var(
    ctx, array, attribute, subarray, buffer_off_size, buffer_val_size);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array: The array object (must be opened beforehand).

  • attribute: The var-sized attribute to focus on.

  • subarray: The subarray to focus on. Note that it must have the same underlying type as the array domain.

  • buffer_off_size: The offsets buffer size (in bytes) to be retrieved.

  • buffer_val_size: The values buffer size (in bytes) to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_array_get_uri(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_t * array, const char ** array_uri)

Retrieves the URI the array was opened with. It outputs an error if the array is not open.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array: The input array.

  • array_uri: The array URI to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_array_encryption_type(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * array_uri, tiledb_encryption_type_t * encryption_type)

Retrieves the encryption type the array at the given URI was created with.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_uri: The array URI.

  • encryption_type: The array encryption type to be retrieved.

Array Schema

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_alloc(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_type_t array_type, tiledb_array_schema_t ** array_schema)

Creates a TileDB array schema object.

Example:

tiledb_array_schema_t* array_schema;
tiledb_array_schema_alloc(ctx, TILEDB_DENSE, &array_schema);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_type: The array type.

  • array_schema: The TileDB array schema to be created.

void tiledb_array_schema_free(tiledb_array_schema_t ** array_schema)

Destroys an array schema, freeing associated memory.

Example:

tiledb_array_schema_free(&array_schema);

Parameters
  • array_schema: The array schema to be destroyed.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_add_attribute(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, tiledb_attribute_t * attr)

Adds an attribute to an array schema.

Example:

tiledb_attribute_t* attr;
tiledb_attribute_alloc(ctx, "my_attr", TILEDB_INT32, &attr);
tiledb_array_schema_add_attribute(ctx, array_schema, attr);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • attr: The attribute to be added.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_set_domain(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, tiledb_domain_t * domain)

Sets a domain for the array schema.

Example:

tiledb_domain_t* domain;
tiledb_domain_alloc(ctx, &domain);
// -- Add dimensions to the domain here -- //
tiledb_array_schema_set_domain(ctx, array_schema, domain);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • domain: The domain to be set.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_set_capacity(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, uint64_t capacity)

Sets the tile capacity.

Example:

tiledb_array_schema_set_capacity(ctx, array_schema, 10000);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • capacity: The capacity of a sparse data tile. Note that sparse data tiles exist in sparse fragments, which can be created in both sparse and dense arrays. For more details, see tutorials/tiling-sparse.html.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_set_cell_order(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, tiledb_layout_t cell_order)

Sets the cell order.

Example:

tiledb_array_schema_set_cell_order(ctx, array_schema, TILEDB_ROW_MAJOR);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • cell_order: The cell order to be set.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_set_tile_order(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, tiledb_layout_t tile_order)

Sets the tile order.

Example:

tiledb_array_schema_set_cell_order(ctx, array_schema, TILEDB_COL_MAJOR);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • tile_order: The tile order to be set.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_set_coords_filter_list(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, tiledb_filter_list_t * filter_list)

Sets the filter list to use for the coordinates.

Example:

tiledb_filter_list_t* filter_list;
tiledb_filter_list_alloc(ctx, &filter_list);
tiledb_filter_list_add_filter(ctx, filter_list, filter);
tiledb_array_schema_set_coords_filter_list(ctx, array_schema, filter_list);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • filter_list: The filter list to be set.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_set_offsets_filter_list(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, tiledb_filter_list_t * filter_list)

Sets the filter list to use for the offsets of variable-sized attribute values.

Example:

tiledb_filter_list_t* filter_list;
tiledb_filter_list_alloc(ctx, &filter_list);
tiledb_filter_list_add_filter(ctx, filter_list, filter);
tiledb_array_schema_set_offsets_filter_list(ctx, array_schema, filter_list);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • filter_list: The filter list to be set.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_check(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema)

Checks the correctness of the array schema.

Example:

tiledb_array_schema_check(ctx, array_schema);

Return

TILEDB_OK if the array schema is correct and TILEDB_ERR upon any error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_load(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * array_uri, tiledb_array_schema_t ** array_schema)

Retrieves the schema of an array from the disk, creating an array schema struct.

Example:

tiledb_array_schema_t* array_schema;
tiledb_array_schema_load(ctx, "s3://tiledb_bucket/my_array", array_schema);
// Make sure to free the array schema in the end

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_uri: The array whose schema will be retrieved.

  • array_schema: The array schema to be retrieved, or NULL upon error.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_load_with_key(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * array_uri, tiledb_encryption_type_t encryption_type, const void * encryption_key, uint32_t key_length, tiledb_array_schema_t ** array_schema)

Retrieves the schema of an encrypted array from the disk, creating an array schema struct.

Example:

// Load AES-256 key from disk, environment variable, etc.
uint8_t key[32] = ...;
tiledb_array_schema_t* array_schema;
tiledb_array_schema_load_with_key(
    ctx, "s3://tiledb_bucket/my_array", TILEDB_AES_256_GCM,
    key, sizeof(key), &array_schema);
// Make sure to free the array schema in the end

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_uri: The array whose schema will be retrieved.

  • encryption_type: The encryption type to use.

  • encryption_key: The encryption key to use.

  • key_length: Length in bytes of the encryption key.

  • array_schema: The array schema to be retrieved, or NULL upon error.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_get_array_type(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, tiledb_array_type_t * array_type)

Retrieves the array type.

Example:

tiledb_array_schema_t* array_schema;
tiledb_array_schema_load(ctx, "s3://tiledb_bucket/my_array", array_schema);
tiledb_array_type_t* array_type;
tiledb_array_schema_get_array_type(ctx, array_schema, &array_type);
// Make sure to free the array schema in the end

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • array_type: The array type to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_get_capacity(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, uint64_t * capacity)

Retrieves the capacity.

Example:

uint64_t capacity;
tiledb_array_schema_get_capacity(ctx, array_schema, &capacity);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • capacity: The capacity to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_get_cell_order(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, tiledb_layout_t * cell_order)

Retrieves the cell order.

Example:

tiledb_layout_t cell_order;
tiledb_array_schema_get_cell_order(ctx, array_schema, &cell_order);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • cell_order: The cell order to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_get_coords_filter_list(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, tiledb_filter_list_t ** filter_list)

Retrieves the filter list used for the coordinates.

Example:

tiledb_filter_list_t* filter_list;
tiledb_array_schema_get_coords_filter_list(ctx, array_schema, &filter_list);
tiledb_filter_list_free(ctx, &filter_list);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • filter_list: The filter list to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_get_offsets_filter_list(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, tiledb_filter_list_t ** filter_list)

Retrieves the filter list used for the offsets.

Example:

tiledb_filter_list_t* filter_list;
tiledb_array_schema_get_offsets_filter_list(ctx, array_schema, &filter_list);
tiledb_filter_list_free(ctx, &filter_list);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • filter_list: The filter list to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_get_domain(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, tiledb_domain_t ** domain)

Retrieves the array domain.

Example:

tiledb_domain_t* domain;
tiledb_array_schema_get_domain(ctx, array_schema, &domain);
// Make sure to delete domain in the end

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • domain: The array domain to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_get_tile_order(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, tiledb_layout_t * tile_order)

Retrieves the tile order.

Example:

tiledb_layout_t tile_order;
tiledb_array_schema_get_tile_order(ctx, array_schema, &tile_order);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • tile_order: The tile order to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_get_attribute_num(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, uint32_t * attribute_num)

Retrieves the number of array attributes.

Example:

uint32_t attr_num;
tiledb_array_schema_get_attribute_num(ctx, array_schema, &attr_num);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • attribute_num: The number of attributes to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_get_attribute_from_index(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, uint32_t index, tiledb_attribute_t ** attr)

Retrieves an attribute given its index.

Attributes are ordered the same way they were defined when constructing the array schema.

Example:

The following retrieves the first attribute in the schema.

tiledb_attribute_t* attr;
tiledb_array_schema_get_attribute_from_index(ctx, array_schema, 0, &attr);
// Make sure to delete the retrieved attribute in the end.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • index: The index of the attribute to retrieve.

  • attr: The attribute object to retrieve.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_get_attribute_from_name(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, const char * name, tiledb_attribute_t ** attr)

Retrieves an attribute given its name (key).

Example:

The following retrieves the first attribute in the schema.

tiledb_attribute_t* attr;
tiledb_array_schema_get_attribute_from_index(ctx, array_schema, "attr_0",
&attr);
// Make sure to delete the retrieved attribute in the end.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • name: The name (key) of the attribute to retrieve.

  • attr: THe attribute object to retrieve.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_has_attribute(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, const char * name, int32_t * has_attr)

Checks whether the array schema has an attribute of the given name.

Example:

int32_t has_attr;
tiledb_array_schema_has_attribute(ctx, array_schema, "attr_0", &has_attr);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • name: The name of the attribute to check for.

  • has_attr: Set to 1 if the array schema has an attribute of the given name, else 0.

int32_t tiledb_array_schema_dump(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_array_schema_t * array_schema, FILE * out)

Dumps the array schema in ASCII format in the selected output.

Example:

The following prints the array schema dump in standard output.

tiledb_array_schema_dump(ctx, array_schema, stdout);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • array_schema: The array schema.

  • out: The output.

Attribute

int32_t tiledb_attribute_alloc(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * name, tiledb_datatype_t type, tiledb_attribute_t ** attr)

Creates a TileDB attribute.

Example:

tiledb_attribute_t* attr;
tiledb_attribute_alloc(ctx, "my_attr", TILEDB_INT32, &attr);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

The default number of values per cell is 1.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • name: The attribute name. Providing an empty string for the name creates an anonymous attribute.

  • type: The attribute type.

  • attr: The TileDB attribute to be created.

void tiledb_attribute_free(tiledb_attribute_t ** attr)

Destroys a TileDB attribute, freeing associated memory.

Example:

tiledb_attribute_t* attr;
tiledb_attribute_alloc(ctx, "my_attr", TILEDB_INT32, &attr);
tiledb_attribute_free(&attr);

Parameters
  • attr: The attribute to be destroyed.

int32_t tiledb_attribute_set_filter_list(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_attribute_t * attr, tiledb_filter_list_t * filter_list)

Sets the filter list for an attribute.

Example:

tiledb_filter_list_t* filter_list;
tiledb_filter_list_alloc(ctx, &filter_list);
tiledb_filter_list_add_filter(ctx, filter_list, filter);
tiledb_attribute_set_filter_list(ctx, attr, filter_list);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • attr: The target attribute.

  • filter_list: The filter_list to be set.

int32_t tiledb_attribute_set_cell_val_num(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_attribute_t * attr, uint32_t cell_val_num)

Sets the number of values per cell for an attribute. If this is not used, the default is 1.

Examples:

For a fixed-sized attribute:

tiledb_attribute_set_cell_val_num(ctx, attr, 3);

For a variable-sized attribute:

tiledb_attribute_set_cell_val_num(ctx, attr, TILEDB_VAR_NUM);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • attr: The target attribute.

  • cell_val_num: The number of values per cell.

int32_t tiledb_attribute_get_name(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_attribute_t * attr, const char ** name)

Retrieves the attribute name.

Example:

const char* attr_name;
tiledb_attribute_get_name(ctx, attr, &attr_name);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • attr: The attribute.

  • name: The name to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_attribute_get_type(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_attribute_t * attr, tiledb_datatype_t * type)

Retrieves the attribute type.

Example:

tiledb_datatype_t attr_type;
tiledb_attribute_get_type(ctx, attr, &attr_type);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • attr: The attribute.

  • type: The type to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_attribute_get_filter_list(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_attribute_t * attr, tiledb_filter_list_t ** filter_list)

Retrieves the filter list for an attribute.

Example:

tiledb_filter_list_t* filter_list;
tiledb_attribute_get_filter_list(ctx, attr, &filter_list);
tiledb_filter_list_free(&filter_list);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • attr: The target attribute.

  • filter_list: The filter list to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_attribute_get_cell_val_num(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_attribute_t * attr, uint32_t * cell_val_num)

Retrieves the number of values per cell for the attribute. For variable-sized attributes result is TILEDB_VAR_NUM.

Example:

uint32_t num;
tiledb_attribute_get_cell_val_num(ctx, attr, &num);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • attr: The attribute.

  • cell_val_num: The number of values per cell to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_attribute_get_cell_size(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_attribute_t * attr, uint64_t * cell_size)

Retrieves the cell size for this attribute.

Example:

uint64_t cell_size;
tiledb_attribute_get_cell_size(ctx, attr, &cell_size);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • attr: The attribute.

  • cell_size: The cell size to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_attribute_dump(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_attribute_t * attr, FILE * out)

Dumps the contents of an attribute in ASCII form to some output (e.g., file or stdout).

Example:

The following prints the attribute dump to standard output.

tiledb_attribute_dump(ctx, attr, stdout);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • attr: The attribute.

  • out: The output.

Domain

int32_t tiledb_domain_alloc(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_domain_t ** domain)

Creates a TileDB domain.

Example:

tiledb_domain_t* domain;
tiledb_domain_alloc(ctx, &domain);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • domain: The TileDB domain to be created.

void tiledb_domain_free(tiledb_domain_t ** domain)

Destroys a TileDB domain, freeing associated memory.

Example:

tiledb_domain_t* domain;
tiledb_domain_alloc(ctx, &domain);
tiledb_domain_free(&domain);

Parameters
  • domain: The domain to be destroyed.

int32_t tiledb_domain_get_type(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_domain_t * domain, tiledb_datatype_t * type)

Retrieves the domain’s type.

Example:

tiledb_datatype_t type;
tiledb_domain_get_type(ctx, domain, &type);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • domain: The domain.

  • type: The type to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_domain_get_ndim(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_domain_t * domain, uint32_t * ndim)

Retrieves the number of dimensions in a domain.

Example:

uint32_t dim_num;
tiledb_domain_get_ndim(ctx, domain, &dim_num);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context

  • domain: The domain

  • ndim: The number of dimensions in a domain.

int32_t tiledb_domain_add_dimension(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_domain_t * domain, tiledb_dimension_t * dim)

Adds a dimension to a TileDB domain.

Example:

tiledb_dimension_t* dim;
int64_t dim_domain[] = {1, 10};
int64_t tile_extent = 5;
tiledb_dimension_alloc(
    ctx, "dim_0", TILEDB_INT64, dim_domain, &tile_extent, &dim);
tiledb_domain_add_dimension(ctx, domain, dim);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • domain: The domain to add the dimension to.

  • dim: The dimension to be added.

int32_t tiledb_domain_get_dimension_from_index(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_domain_t * domain, uint32_t index, tiledb_dimension_t ** dim)

Retrieves a dimension object from a domain by index.

Example:

The following retrieves the first dimension from a domain.

tiledb_dimension_t* dim;
tiledb_domain_get_dimension_from_index(ctx, domain, 0, &dim);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context

  • domain: The domain to add the dimension to.

  • index: The index of domain dimension

  • dim: The retrieved dimension object.

int32_t tiledb_domain_get_dimension_from_name(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_domain_t * domain, const char * name, tiledb_dimension_t ** dim)

Retrieves a dimension object from a domain by name (key).

Example:

tiledb_dimension_t* dim;
tiledb_domain_get_dimension_from_name(ctx, domain, "dim_0", &dim);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context

  • domain: The domain to add the dimension to.

  • name: The name (key) of the requested dimension

  • dim: The retrieved dimension object.

int32_t tiledb_domain_has_dimension(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_domain_t * domain, const char * name, int32_t * has_dim)

Checks whether the domain has a dimension of the given name.

Example:

int32_t has_dim;
tiledb_domain_has_dimension(ctx, domain, "dim_0", &has_dim);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • domain: The domain.

  • name: The name of the dimension to check for.

  • has_dim: Set to 1 if the domain has a dimension of the given name, else 0.

int32_t tiledb_domain_dump(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_domain_t * domain, FILE * out)

Dumps the info of a domain in ASCII form to some output (e.g., file or stdout).

Example:

The following prints the domain dump to the standard output.

tiledb_domain_dump(ctx, domain, stdout);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • domain: The domain.

  • out: The output.

Dimension

int32_t tiledb_dimension_alloc(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * name, tiledb_datatype_t type, const void * dim_domain, const void * tile_extent, tiledb_dimension_t ** dim)

Creates a dimension.

Example:

tiledb_dimension_t* dim;
int64_t dim_domain[] = {1, 10};
int64_t tile_extent = 5;
tiledb_dimension_alloc(
    ctx, "dim_0", TILEDB_INT64, dim_domain, &tile_extent, &dim);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • name: The dimension name.

  • type: The dimension type.

  • dim_domain: The dimension domain.

  • tile_extent: The dimension tile extent.

  • dim: The dimension to be created.

void tiledb_dimension_free(tiledb_dimension_t ** dim)

Destroys a TileDB dimension, freeing associated memory.

Example:

tiledb_dimension_free(&dim);

Parameters
  • dim: The dimension to be destroyed.

int32_t tiledb_dimension_get_name(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_dimension_t * dim, const char ** name)

Retrieves the dimension name.

Example:

const char* dim_name;
tiledb_dimension_get_name(ctx, dim, &dim_name);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • dim: The dimension.

  • name: The name to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_dimension_get_type(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_dimension_t * dim, tiledb_datatype_t * type)

Retrieves the dimension type.

Example:

tiledb_datatype_t dim_type;
tiledb_dimension_get_type(ctx, dim, &dim_type);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • dim: The dimension.

  • type: The type to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_dimension_get_domain(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_dimension_t * dim, void ** domain)

Retrieves the domain of the dimension.

Example:

uint64_t domain[2];
tiledb_dimension_get_domain(ctx, dim, &domain);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • dim: The dimension.

  • domain: The domain to be retrieved. Note that the defined type of input domain must be the same as the dimension type, otherwise the behavior is unpredictable (it will probably segfault).

int32_t tiledb_dimension_get_tile_extent(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_dimension_t * dim, void ** tile_extent)

Retrieves the tile extent of the dimension.

Example:

void* tile_extent;
tiledb_dimension_get_tile_extent(ctx, dim, &tile_extent);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • dim: The dimension.

  • tile_extent: The tile extent (pointer) to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_dimension_dump(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_dimension_t * dim, FILE * out)

Dumps the contents of a dimension in ASCII form to some output (e.g., file or stdout).

Example:

The following prints the dimension dump to standard output.

tiledb_dimension_dump(ctx, dim, stdout);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • dim: The dimension.

  • out: The output.

Query

int32_t tiledb_query_alloc(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_array_t * array, tiledb_query_type_t query_type, tiledb_query_t ** query)

Creates a TileDB query object. Note that the query object is associated with a specific array object. The query type (read or write) is inferred from the array object, which was opened with a specific query type.

Example:

tiledb_array_t* array;
tiledb_array_alloc(ctx, "file:///my_array", &array);
tiledb_array_open(ctx, array, TILEDB_WRITE);
tiledb_query_t* query;
tiledb_query_alloc(ctx, array, TILEDB_WRITE, &query);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • query: The query object to be created.

  • array: An opened array object.

  • query_type: The query type. This must comply with the query type array was opened.

int32_t tiledb_query_set_subarray(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_query_t * query, const void * subarray)

Indicates that the query will write or read a subarray, and provides the appropriate information.

Example:

The following sets a 2D subarray [0,10], [20, 30] to the query.

uint64_t subarray[] = { 0, 10, 20, 30};
tiledb_query_set_subarray(ctx, query, subarray);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

If you set the subarray of a completed, incomplete or in-progress query, this function will clear the internal state and render it as uninitialized. However, the potentially set layout and attribute buffers will be retained. This is useful when the user wishes to fix the attributes and layout, but explore different subarrays with the same tiledb_query_t object (i.e., without having to create a new object).

Note

Setting the subarray in sparse writes is meaningless and, thus, this function will error in the following two cases, provided that this is a write query: (i) the array is sparse, and (ii) the array is dense and the layout has been set to TILEDB_UNORDERED. In the second case, if the user sets the layout to TILEDB_UNORDERED after the subarray has been set, the subarray will simply be ignored.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • query: The TileDB query.

  • subarray: The subarray in which the array read/write will be constrained on. It should be a sequence of [low, high] pairs (one pair per dimension). For the case of writes, this is meaningful only for dense arrays, and specifically dense writes. Note that subarray must have the same type as the domain.

int32_t tiledb_query_set_buffer(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_query_t * query, const char * attribute, void * buffer, uint64_t * buffer_size)

Sets the buffer for a fixed-sized attribute to a query, which will either hold the values to be written (if it is a write query), or will hold the results from a read query.

Example:

int32_t a1[100];
uint64_t a1_size = sizeof(a1);
tiledb_query_set_buffer(ctx, query, "a1", a1, &a1_size);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • query: The TileDB query.

  • attribute: The attribute to set the buffer for. Note that the coordinates have special attribute name TILEDB_COORDS. Also, if attribute is equal to the empty string, then a special default attribute name is set.

  • buffer: The buffer that either have the input data to be written, or will hold the data to be read.

  • buffer_size: In the case of writes, this is the size of buffer in bytes. In the case of reads, this initially contains the allocated size of buffer, but after the termination of the query it will contain the size of the useful (read) data in buffer.

int32_t tiledb_query_set_buffer_var(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_query_t * query, const char * attribute, uint64_t * buffer_off, uint64_t * buffer_off_size, void * buffer_val, uint64_t * buffer_val_size)

Sets the buffer for a var-sized attribute to a query, which will either hold the values to be written (if it is a write query), or will hold the results from a read query.

Example:

uint64_t a2_off[10];
uint64_t a2_off_size = sizeof(a2_off);
char a2_val[100];
uint64_t a2_val_size = sizeof(a2_val);
tiledb_query_set_buffer_var(
    ctx, query, "a2", a2_off, &a2_off_size, a2_val, &a2_val_size);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • query: The TileDB query.

  • attribute: The attribute to set the buffer for.

  • buffer_off: The buffer that either have the input data to be written, or will hold the data to be read. This buffer holds the starting offsets of each cell value in buffer_val.

  • buffer_off_size: In the case of writes, it is the size of buffer_off in bytes. In the case of reads, this initially contains the allocated size of buffer_off, but after the end of the query (tiledb_query_submit) it will contain the size of the useful (read) data in buffer_off.

  • buffer_val: The buffer that either have the input data to be written, or will hold the data to be read. This buffer holds the actual var-sized cell values.

  • buffer_val_size: In the case of writes, it is the size of buffer_val in bytes. In the case of reads, this initially contains the allocated size of buffer_val, but after the termination of the function it will contain the size of the useful (read) data in buffer_val.

int32_t tiledb_query_get_buffer(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_query_t * query, const char * attribute, void ** buffer, uint64_t ** buffer_size)

Gets the buffer of a fixed-sized attribute from a query. If the buffer has not been set, then buffer is set to nullptr.

Example:

int* a1;
uint64_t* a1_size;
tiledb_query_get_buffer(ctx, query, "a1", &a1, &a1_size);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • query: The TileDB query.

  • attribute: The attribute to get the buffer for. Note that the coordinates have special attribute name TILEDB_COORDS.

  • buffer: The buffer to retrieve.

  • buffer_size: A pointer to the size of the buffer.

int32_t tiledb_query_get_buffer_var(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_query_t * query, const char * attribute, uint64_t ** buffer_off, uint64_t ** buffer_off_size, void ** buffer_val, uint64_t ** buffer_val_size)

Gets the values and offsets buffers for a var-sized attribute to a query. If the buffers have not been set, then buffer_off and buffer_val are set to nullptr.

Example:

uint64_t* a2_off;
uint64_t* a2_off_size;
char* a2_val;
uint64_t* a2_val_size;
tiledb_query_get_buffer_var(
    ctx, query, "a2", &a2_off, &a2_off_size, &a2_val, &a2_val_size);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • query: The TileDB query.

  • attribute: The attribute to set the buffer for.

  • buffer_off: The offsets buffer to be retrieved.

  • buffer_off_size: A pointer to the size of the offsets buffer.

  • buffer_val: The values buffer to be retrieved.

  • buffer_val_size: A pointer to the size of the values buffer.

int32_t tiledb_query_set_layout(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_query_t * query, tiledb_layout_t layout)

Sets the layout of the cells to be written or read.

Example:

tiledb_query_set_layout(ctx, query, TILEDB_ROW_MAJOR);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • query: The TileDB query.

  • layout: For a write query, this specifies the order of the cells provided by the user in the buffers. For a read query, this specifies the order of the cells that will be retrieved as results and stored in the user buffers. The layout can be one of the following:

    • TILEDB_COL_MAJOR: This means column-major order with respect to the subarray.

    • TILEDB_ROW_MAJOR: This means row-major order with respect to the subarray.

    • TILEDB_GLOBAL_ORDER: This means that cells are stored or retrieved in the array global cell order.

    • TILEDB_UNORDERED: This is applicable only to writes for sparse arrays, or for sparse writes to dense arrays. It specifies that the cells are unordered and, hence, TileDB must sort the cells in the global cell order prior to writing.

void tiledb_query_free(tiledb_query_t ** query)

Frees a TileDB query object.

Example:

tiledb_query_free(&query);

Parameters
  • query: The query object to be deleted.

int32_t tiledb_query_finalize(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_query_t * query)

Flushes all internal state of a query object and finalizes the query. This is applicable only to global layout writes. It has no effect for any other query type.

Example:

tiledb_query_t* query;
// ... Your code here ... //
tiledb_query_finalize(ctx, query);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • query: The query object to be flushed.

int32_t tiledb_query_submit(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_query_t * query)

Submits a TileDB query.

Example:

tiledb_query_submit(ctx, &query);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

tiledb_query_finalize must be invoked after finish writing in global layout (via repeated invocations of tiledb_query_submit), in order to flush any internal state.

Note

For the case of reads, if the returned status is TILEDB_INCOMPLETE, TileDB could not fit the entire result in the user’s buffers. In this case, the user should consume the read results (if any), optionally reset the buffers with tiledb_query_set_buffer, and then resubmit the query until the status becomes TILEDB_COMPLETED. If all buffer sizes after the termination of this function become 0, then this means that no useful data was read into the buffers, implying that larger buffers are needed for the query to proceed. In this case, the users must reallocate their buffers (increasing their size), reset the buffers with tiledb_query_set_buffer, and resubmit the query.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • query: The query to be submitted.

int32_t tiledb_query_submit_async(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_query_t * query, void(*callback)(void *), void * callback_data)

Submits a TileDB query in asynchronous mode.

Examples:

Submit without a callback.

tiledb_query_submit_async(ctx, &query, NULL, NULL);

Submit with a callback function print that takes as input message msg and prints it upon completion of the query.

const char* msg = "Query completed";
tiledb_query_submit_async(ctx, &query, foo, msg);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

tiledb_query_finalize must be invoked after finish writing in global layout (via repeated invocations of tiledb_query_submit), in order to flush any internal state.

Note

For the case of reads, if the returned status is TILEDB_INCOMPLETE, TileDB could not fit the entire result in the user’s buffers. In this case, the user should consume the read results (if any), optionally reset the buffers with tiledb_query_set_buffer, and then resubmit the query until the status becomes TILEDB_COMPLETED. If all buffer sizes after the termination of this function become 0, then this means that no useful data was read into the buffers, implying that larger buffers are needed for the query to proceed. In this case, the users must reallocate their buffers (increasing their size), reset the buffers with tiledb_query_set_buffer, and resubmit the query.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • query: The query to be submitted.

  • callback: The function to be called when the query completes.

  • callback_data: The data to be passed to the callback function.

int32_t tiledb_query_get_status(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_query_t * query, tiledb_query_status_t * status)

Retrieves the status of a query.

Example:

tiledb_query_status_t status;
tiledb_query_get_status(ctx, query, &status);

Return

TILEDB_OK upon success, and TILEDB_ERR upon error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • query: The query.

  • status: The query status to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_query_get_type(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_query_t * query, tiledb_query_type_t * query_type)

Retrieves the query type.

Example:

tiledb_query_type_t query_type;
tiledb_query_get_status(ctx, query, &query_type);

Return

TILEDB_OK upon success, and TILEDB_ERR upon error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • query: The query.

  • query_type: The query type to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_query_get_layout(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_query_t * query, tiledb_layout_t * query_layout)

Retrieves the query layout.

Example:

tiledb_layout_t query_layout;
tiledb_query_get_layout(ctx, query, &query_layout);

Return

TILEDB_OK upon success, and TILEDB_ERR upon error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • query: The query.

  • query_layout: The query layout to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_query_has_results(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_query_t * query, int32_t * has_results)

Checks if the query has returned any results. Applicable only to read queries; it sets has_results to `0 in the case of writes.

Example:

int32_t has_results;
tiledb_query_has_results(ctx, query, &has_results);

Return

TILEDB_OK upon success, and TILEDB_ERR upon error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • query: The query.

  • has_results: Set to 1 if the query returned results and 0 otherwise.

int32_t tiledb_query_add_range(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_query_t * query, uint32_t dim_idx, const void * start, const void * end, const void * stride)

Adds a 1D range along a subarray dimension, which is in the form (start, end, stride). The datatype of the range components must be the same as the type of the domain of the array in the query.

Example:

uint32_t dim_idx = 2;
int64_t start = 10;
int64_t end = 20;
tiledb_query_add_range(ctx, query, dim_idx, &start, &end, nullptr);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

The stride is currently unsupported. Use nullptr as the stride argument.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • query: The query to add the range to.

  • dim_idx: The index of the dimension to add the range to.

  • start: The range start.

  • end: The range end.

  • stride: The range stride.

int32_t tiledb_query_get_range(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_query_t * query, uint32_t dim_idx, uint64_t range_idx, const void ** start, const void ** end, const void ** stride)

Retrieves a specific range of the query subarray along a given dimension.

Example:

const void* start;
const void* end;
const void* stride;
tiledb_query_get_range(
    ctx, query, dim_idx, range_idx, &start, &end, &stride);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context

  • query: The query.

  • dim_idx: The index of the dimension to retrieve the range from.

  • range_idx: The index of the range to retrieve.

  • start: The range start to retrieve.

  • end: The range end to retrieve.

  • stride: The range stride to retrieve.

int32_t tiledb_query_get_range_num(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_query_t * query, uint32_t dim_idx, uint64_t * range_num)

Retrieves the number of ranges of the query subarray along a given dimension.

Example:

uint64_t range_num;
tiledb_query_get_range_num(ctx, query, dim_idx, &range_num);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context

  • query: The query.

  • dim_idx: The index of the dimension whose range number to retrieve.

  • range_num: The number of ranges to retrieve.

int32_t tiledb_query_get_est_result_size(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_query_t * query, const char * attr_name, uint64_t * size)

Retrieves the estimated result size for a fixed-sized attribute.

Example:

uint64_t size;
tiledb_query_get_est_result_size(ctx, query, "a", &size);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context

  • query: The query.

  • attr_name: The attribute name.

  • size: The size (in bytes) to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_query_get_est_result_size_var(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_query_t * query, const char * attr_name, uint64_t * size_off, uint64_t * size_val)

Retrieves the estimated result size for a var-sized attribute.

Example:

uint64_t size_off, size_val;
tiledb_query_get_est_query_size_var(
    ctx, query, "a", &size_off, &size_val);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context

  • query: The query.

  • attr_name: The attribute name.

  • size_off: The size of the offsets (in bytes) to be retrieved.

  • size_val: The size of the values (in bytes) to be retrieved.

Filter

int32_t tiledb_filter_alloc(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_filter_type_t type, tiledb_filter_t ** filter)

Creates a TileDB filter.

Example:

tiledb_filter_t* filter;
tiledb_filter_alloc(ctx, TILEDB_FILTER_BZIP2, &filter);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • type: The filter type.

  • filter: The TileDB filter to be created.

void tiledb_filter_free(tiledb_filter_t ** filter)

Destroys a TileDB filter, freeing associated memory.

Example:

tiledb_filter_t* filter;
tiledb_filter_alloc(ctx, TILEDB_FILTER_BZIP2, &filter);
tiledb_filter_free(&filter);

Parameters
  • filter: The filter to be destroyed.

int32_t tiledb_filter_get_type(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_filter_t * filter, tiledb_filter_type_t * type)

Retrieves the type of a filter.

Example:

tiledb_filter_t* filter;
tiledb_filter_alloc(ctx, TILEDB_FILTER_BZIP2, &filter);
tiledb_filter_type_t type;
tiledb_filter_get_type(ctx, filter, &type);
// type == TILEDB_FILTER_BZIP2

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • filter: The TileDB filter.

  • type: The filter type to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_filter_set_option(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_filter_t * filter, tiledb_filter_option_t option, const void * value)

Sets an option on a filter. Options are filter dependent; this function returns an error if the given option is not valid for the given filter.

Example:

tiledb_filter_t* filter;
tiledb_filter_alloc(ctx, TILEDB_FILTER_BZIP2, &filter);
int32_t level = 5;
tiledb_filter_set_option(ctx, filter, TILEDB_COMPRESSION_LEVEL, &level);
tiledb_filter_free(&filter);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: TileDB context.

  • filter: The target filter.

  • option: Filter option to set.

  • value: Value of option to set.

int32_t tiledb_filter_get_option(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_filter_t * filter, tiledb_filter_option_t option, void * value)

Gets an option value from a filter. Options are filter dependent; this function returns an error if the given option is not valid for the given filter.

Example:

tiledb_filter_t* filter;
tiledb_filter_alloc(ctx, TILEDB_FILTER_BZIP2, &filter);
int32_t level;
tiledb_filter_get_option(ctx, filter, TILEDB_COMPRESSION_LEVEL, &level);
// level == -1 (the default)
tiledb_filter_free(&filter);

Note

The buffer pointed to by value must be large enough to hold the option value.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: TileDB context.

  • filter: The target filter.

  • option: Filter option to get.

  • value: Buffer that option value will be written to.

Filter List

int32_t tiledb_filter_list_alloc(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_filter_list_t ** filter_list)

Creates a TileDB filter list (pipeline of filters).

Example:

tiledb_filter_list_t* filter_list;
tiledb_filter_list_alloc(ctx, &filter_list);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • filter_list: The TileDB filter list to be created.

void tiledb_filter_list_free(tiledb_filter_list_t ** filter_list)

Destroys a TileDB filter list, freeing associated memory.

Example:

tiledb_filter_list_t* filter_list;
tiledb_filter_list_alloc(ctx, &filter_list);
tiledb_filter_list_free(&filter_list);

Parameters
  • filter_list: The filter list to be destroyed.

int32_t tiledb_filter_list_add_filter(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_filter_list_t * filter_list, tiledb_filter_t * filter)

Appends a filter to a filter list. Data is processed through each filter in the order the filters were added.

Example:

tiledb_filter_t* filter;
tiledb_filter_alloc(ctx, TILEDB_FILTER_BZIP2, &filter);

tiledb_filter_list_t* filter_list;
tiledb_filter_list_alloc(ctx, &filter_list);
tiledb_filter_list_add_filter(ctx, filter_list, filter);

tiledb_filter_list_free(&filter_list);
tiledb_filter_free(&filter);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • filter_list: The target filter list.

  • filter: The filter to add.

int32_t tiledb_filter_list_set_max_chunk_size(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_filter_list_t * filter_list, uint32_t max_chunk_size)

Sets the maximum tile chunk size for a filter list.

Example:

// Set max chunk size to 16KB:
tiledb_filter_list_set_max_chunk_size(ctx, filter_list, 16384);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context

  • filter_list: The target filter list

  • max_chunk_size: The max chunk size value to set

int32_t tiledb_filter_list_get_nfilters(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_filter_list_t * filter_list, uint32_t * nfilters)

Retrieves the number of filters in a filter list.

Example:

uint32_t num_filters;
tiledb_filter_list_get_nfilters(ctx, attr, &num_filters);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context

  • filter_list: The filter list

  • nfilters: The number of filters on the filter list

int32_t tiledb_filter_list_get_filter_from_index(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_filter_list_t * filter_list, uint32_t index, tiledb_filter_t ** filter)

Retrieves a filter object from a filter list by index.

Example:

The following retrieves the first filter from a filter list.

tiledb_filter_t* filter;
tiledb_filter_list_get_filter_from_index(ctx, filter_list, 0, &filter);
tiledb_filter_free(&filter);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context

  • filter_list: The filter list to retrieve the filter from

  • index: The index of the filter

  • filter: The retrieved filter object.

int32_t tiledb_filter_list_get_max_chunk_size(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_filter_list_t * filter_list, uint32_t * max_chunk_size)

Gets the maximum tile chunk size for a filter list.

Example:

uint32_t max_chunk_size;
tiledb_filter_list_get_max_chunk_size(ctx, filter_list, &max_chunk_size);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context

  • filter_list: The target filter list

  • max_chunk_size: The retrieved max chunk size value

Group

int32_t tiledb_group_create(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * group_uri)

Creates a new TileDB group.

Example:

tiledb_group_create(ctx, "my_group");

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • group_uri: The group URI.

Key-value

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_alloc(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * kv_uri, tiledb_kv_t ** kv)

Creates a key-value store object.

Example:

tiledb_kv_t* kv;
tiledb_kv_alloc(ctx, "my_kv", &kv);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_uri: The URI of the key-value store.

  • kv: The key-value store object to be created.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_create(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * kv_uri, const tiledb_kv_schema_t * kv_schema)

Creates a key-value store from the input key-value schema.

Example:

tiledb_kv_create(ctx, "my_kv", kv_schema);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_uri: The URI of the key-value store.

  • kv_schema: The key-value store schema.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_create_with_key(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * kv_uri, const tiledb_kv_schema_t * kv_schema, tiledb_encryption_type_t encryption_type, const void * encryption_key, uint32_t key_length)

Creates an encrypted key-value store from the input key-value schema.

Encrypted key-value stores can only be created through this function.

Example:

uint8_t key[32] = ...;
tiledb_kv_create_with_key(
    ctx, "my_kv", kv_schema,
    TILEDB_AES_256_GCM, key, sizeof(key));

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_uri: The URI of the key-value store.

  • kv_schema: The key-value store schema.

  • encryption_type: The encryption type to use.

  • encryption_key: The encryption key to use.

  • key_length: Length in bytes of the encryption key.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_consolidate(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * kv_uri, tiledb_config_t * config)

Consolidates the fragments of a key-value store into a single fragment.

Example:

tiledb_kv_consolidate(ctx, "my_kv", nullptr);

Return

TILEDB_OK on success, and TILEDB_ERR on error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_uri: The name of the TileDB key-value store to be consolidated.

  • config: Configuration parameters for the consolidation (nullptr means default, which will use the config from ctx).

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_consolidate_with_key(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * kv_uri, tiledb_encryption_type_t encryption_type, const void * encryption_key, uint32_t key_length, tiledb_config_t * config)

Consolidates the fragments of an encrypted key-value store into a single fragment.

Example:

uint8_t key[32] = ...;
tiledb_kv_consolidate_with_key(ctx, "my_kv",
    TILEDB_AES_256_GCM, key, sizeof(key), nullptr);

Return

TILEDB_OK on success, and TILEDB_ERR on error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_uri: The name of the TileDB key-value store to be consolidated.

  • encryption_type: The encryption type to use.

  • encryption_key: The encryption key to use.

  • key_length: Length in bytes of the encryption key.

  • config: Configuration parameters for the consolidation (nullptr means default, which will use the config from ctx).

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_open(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_t * kv, tiledb_query_type_t query_type)

Prepares a key-value store for reading/writing.

Example:

tiledb_kv_t* kv;
tiledb_kv_alloc(ctx, "my_kv", &kv);
tiledb_kv_open(ctx, kv, TILEDB_READ);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

If the key-value store is already open, the function throws an error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv: The key-value store object to be opened.

  • query_type: The mode in which the key-value store is opened (read or write).

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_open_with_key(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_t * kv, tiledb_query_type_t query_type, tiledb_encryption_type_t encryption_type, const void * encryption_key, uint32_t key_length)

Prepares an encrypted key-value store for reading/writing.

An encrypted key-value store must be opened with this function before queries can be issued to it.

Example:

// Load AES-256 key from disk, environment variable, etc.
uint8_t key[32] = ...;
tiledb_kv_t* kv;
tiledb_kv_alloc(ctx, "my_kv", &kv);
tiledb_kv_open_with_key(ctx, kv, TILEDB_READ,
    TILEDB_AES_256_GCM, key, sizeof(key));

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv: The key-value store object to be opened.

  • query_type: The mode in which the key-value store is opened (read or write).

  • encryption_type: The encryption type to use.

  • encryption_key: The encryption key to use.

  • key_length: Length in bytes of the encryption key.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_open_at(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_t * kv, tiledb_query_type_t query_type, uint64_t timestamp)

Similar to tiledb_kv_open, but this function takes as input a timestamp, representing time in milliseconds ellapsed since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC). Opening the array at a timestamp provides a view of the array with all writes/updates that happened at or before timestamp (i.e., excluding those that occurred after timestamp). This function is useful to ensure consistency at a potential distributed setting, where machines need to operate on the same view of the array.

Example:

tiledb_kv_t* kv;
tiledb_kv_alloc(ctx, "my_kv", &kv);
// Assuming `timestamp` is time represented in milliseconds:
tiledb_kv_open_at(ctx, kv, TILEDB_READ, timestamp);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

If the key-value store is already open, the function throws an error.

Note

This function is applicable only to read queries.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv: The key-value store object to be opened.

  • query_type: The mode in which the key-value store is opened (read or write).

  • timestamp: The timestamp to open the key-value store at.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_open_at_with_key(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_t * kv, tiledb_query_type_t query_type, tiledb_encryption_type_t encryption_type, const void * encryption_key, uint32_t key_length, uint64_t timestamp)

Similar to tiledb_kv_open_with_key, but this function takes as input a timestamp, representing time in milliseconds ellapsed since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC). Opening the array at a timestamp provides a view of the array with all writes/updates that happened at or before timestamp (i.e., excluding those that occurred after timestamp). This function is useful to ensure consistency at a potential distributed setting, where machines need to operate on the same view of the array.

Example:

// Load AES-256 key from disk, environment variable, etc.
uint8_t key[32] = ...;
tiledb_kv_t* kv;
tiledb_kv_alloc(ctx, "my_kv", &kv);
// Assuming `timestamp` is time represented in milliseconds:
tiledb_kv_open_at_with_key(ctx, kv, TILEDB_READ,
    TILEDB_AES_256_GCM, key, sizeof(key), timestamp);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

If the key-value store is already open, the function throws an error.

Note

This function is applicable only to read queries.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv: The key-value store object to be opened.

  • query_type: The mode in which the key-value store is opened (read or write).

  • encryption_type: The encryption type to use.

  • encryption_key: The encryption key to use.

  • key_length: Length in bytes of the encryption key.

  • timestamp: The timestamp to open the key-value store at.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_is_open(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_t * kv, int32_t * is_open)

Checks if the key-value store is open.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv: The key-value store to be checked.

  • is_open: 1 if the array is open and 0 otherwise.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_reopen(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_t * kv)

Reopens a key-value store. This is useful when there were updates to the key-value store after it got opened. This function reopens the key-value store so that it can “see” the new fragments.

Example:

tiledb_kv_t* kv;
tiledb_kv_alloc(ctx, "my_kv", &kv);
tiledb_kv_open(ctx, kv, TILEDB_READ);
// Some code here
tiledb_kv_reopen(ctx, kv);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

This is applicable only to arrays opened for reads.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv: An opened key-value store object.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_reopen_at(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_t * kv, uint64_t timestamp)

Reopens a key-value store at a specific timestamp.

Example:

tiledb_kv_t* kv;
tiledb_kv_alloc(ctx, "my_kv", &kv);
tiledb_kv_open(ctx, kv, TILEDB_READ);
// Some code here
uint64_t timestamp = tiledb_timestamp_now_ms();
tiledb_kv_reopen_at(ctx, kv, timestamp);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

This is applicable only to arrays opened for reads.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv: An opened key-value store object.

  • timestamp: Timestamp at which to reopen.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_get_timestamp(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_t * kv, uint64_t * timestamp)

Returns the timestamp, representing time in milliseconds ellapsed since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC), at which the KV was opened. See also the documentation of tiledb_kv_open_at.

Example:

tiledb_kv_t* kv;
tiledb_kv_alloc(ctx, "s3://tiledb_bucket/my_kv", &kv);
tiledb_kv_open(ctx, kv, TILEDB_READ);
// Get the timestamp at which the kv was opened.
uint64_t timestamp;
tiledb_kv_get_timestamp(ctx, kv, &timestamp);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

The KV does not need to be opened via tiledb_kv_open_at to use this function.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv: The KV to retrieve the timestamp for.

  • timestamp: Set to the timestamp at which the KV was opened.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_close(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_t * kv)

Closes a key-value store and frees all memory. All buffered written items will be flushed to persistent storage.

Example:

tiledb_kv_close(ctx, kv);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

If the kv object is already closed, this function has no effect.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv: The key-value store to be closed.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED void tiledb_kv_free(tiledb_kv_t ** kv)

Frees the key-value store object.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • kv: The key-value store object to be freed.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_add_item(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_t * kv, tiledb_kv_item_t * kv_item)

Adds a key-value item to a key-value store. The item is buffered internally and periodically flushed to persistent storage. tiledb_kv_flush forces flushing the buffered items to storage.

Example:

tiledb_kv_item_t* kv_item;
tiledb_kv_item_alloc(ctx, &kv_item);
// Add a key and values to the kv item...
tiledb_kv_add_item(ctx, kv, kv_item);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv: The key-value store.

  • kv_item: The key-value item to be added to the store.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_flush(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_t * kv)

Flushes the buffered items to persistent storage.

Example:

tiledb_kv_flush(ctx, kv);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv: The key-value store.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_get_item(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_t * kv, const void * key, tiledb_datatype_t key_type, uint64_t key_size, tiledb_kv_item_t ** kv_item)

Retrieves a key-value item based on the input key. If the item with the input key does not exist, kv_item is set to NULL.

Example:

tiledb_kv_item_t* kv_item;
tiledb_kv_get_item(ctx, kv, "my_key", TILEDB_CHAR, strlen(my_key), &kv_item);
// Make sure to delete the kv item in the end

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv: The key-value store.

  • key: The key.

  • key_type: The key type.

  • key_size: The key size.

  • kv_item: The key-value item to be retrieved.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_get_schema(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_t * kv, tiledb_kv_schema_t ** kv_schema)

Retrieves the schema of a kv object.

Example:

tiledb_kv_schema_t* kv_schema;
tiledb_kv_get_schema(ctx, kv, &kv_schema);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

The user must free the kv schema with tiledb_kv_schema_free.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv: The open kv.

  • kv_schema: The kv schema to be retrieved.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_has_key(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_t * kv, const void * key, tiledb_datatype_t key_type, uint64_t key_size, int32_t * has_key)

Checks if a key exists in the key-value store.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv: The key-value store.

  • key: The key to check.

  • key_type: The key type.

  • key_size: The key size.

  • has_key: Set to 1 if the key exists and 0 otherwise.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_is_dirty(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_t * kv, int32_t * is_dirty)

Checks if the key-value store is dirty, i.e., if the user added items to the key-value store that are kept in main-memory and have not been flushed to persistent storage.

Example:

int32_t is_dirty;
tiledb_kv_is_dirty(ctx, kv, &is_dirty);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv: The open kv.

  • is_dirty: Set to 1 or 0 based on whether the key-value store is dirty or not, respectively.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_encryption_type(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * kv_uri, tiledb_encryption_type_t * encryption_type)

Retrieves the encryption type the key-value store at the given URI was created with.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_uri: The key-value store URI.

  • encryption_type: The encryption type to be retrieved.

Key-value Schema

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_schema_alloc(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_schema_t ** kv_schema)

Creates a TileDB key-value schema object.

Example:

tiledb_kv_schema_t* kv_schema;
tiledb_kv_schema_alloc(ctx, &kv_schema);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_schema: The TileDB key-value schema to be created.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED void tiledb_kv_schema_free(tiledb_kv_schema_t ** kv_schema)

Destroys a key-value schema, freeing associated memory.

Example:

tiledb_kv_schema_free(&kv_schema);

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • kv_schema: The key-value schema to be destroyed.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_schema_add_attribute(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_schema_t * kv_schema, tiledb_attribute_t * attr)

Adds an attribute to a key-value schema.

Example:

tiledb_attribute_t* attr;
tiledb_attribute_alloc(ctx, "my_attr", TILEDB_INT32, &attr);
tiledb_kv_schema_add_attribute(ctx, kv_schema, attr);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_schema: The key-value schema.

  • attr: The attribute to be added.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_schema_check(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_schema_t * kv_schema)

Checks the correctness of the key-value schema.

Example:

tiledb_kv_schema_check(ctx, kv_schema);

Return

TILEDB_OK if the key-value schema is correct and TILEDB_ERR upon any error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_schema: The key-value schema.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_schema_load(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * kv_uri, tiledb_kv_schema_t ** kv_schema)

Retrieves the schema of a key-value store from the disk, creating a key-value schema struct.

Example:

tiledb_kv_schema_t* kv_schema;
tiledb_kv_schema_load(ctx, "file:///my_kv", &kv_schema);
// Make sure to delete the kv schema in the end

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_uri: The key-value store whose schema will be retrieved.

  • kv_schema: The key-value schema to be retrieved, or NULL upon error.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_schema_load_with_key(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * kv_uri, tiledb_encryption_type_t encryption_type, const void * encryption_key, uint32_t key_length, tiledb_kv_schema_t ** kv_schema)

Retrieves the schema of an encrypted key-value store from the disk, creating a key-value schema struct.

Example:

// Load AES-256 key from disk, environment variable, etc.
uint8_t key[32] = ...;
tiledb_kv_schema_t* kv_schema;
tiledb_kv_schema_load_with_key(
    ctx, "file:///my_kv", TILEDB_AES_256_GCM,
    key, sizeof(key), &kv_schema);
// Make sure to free the kv schema in the end

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_uri: The key-value store whose schema will be retrieved.

  • encryption_type: The encryption type to use.

  • encryption_key: The encryption key to use.

  • key_length: Length in bytes of the encryption key.

  • kv_schema: The key-value schema to be retrieved, or NULL upon error.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_schema_get_attribute_num(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_kv_schema_t * kv_schema, uint32_t * attribute_num)

Retrieves the number of array attributes.

Example:

uint32_t attribute_num;
tiledb_kv_schema_get_attribute_num(ctx, kv_schema, &attribute_num);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_schema: The key-value schema.

  • attribute_num: The number of attributes to be retrieved.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_schema_get_attribute_from_index(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_kv_schema_t * kv_schema, uint32_t index, tiledb_attribute_t ** attr)

Retrieves an attribute given its index.

Attributes are ordered the same way they were defined when constructing the key-value schema.

Example:

The following retrieves the first attribute in the kv schema.

tiledb_attribute_t* attr;
tiledb_kv_schema_get_attribute_from_index(ctx, kv_schema, 0, &attr);
// Make sure to delete the attribute in the end

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_schema: The key-value schema.

  • index: The index of the attribute to retrieve.

  • attr: The attribute object to retrieve.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_schema_get_attribute_from_name(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_kv_schema_t * kv_schema, const char * name, tiledb_attribute_t ** attr)

Retrieves an attribute given its name (key).

Example:

tiledb_attribute_t* attr;
tiledb_kv_schema_get_attribute_from_name(ctx, kv_schema, "my_attr", &attr);
// Make sure to delete the attribute in the end

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_schema: The key-value schema.

  • name: The name (key) of the attribute to retrieve.

  • attr: THe attribute object to retrieve.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_schema_has_attribute(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_kv_schema_t * kv_schema, const char * name, int32_t * has_attr)

Checks whether the KV schema has an attribute of the given name.

Example:

int32_t has_attr;
tiledb_kv_schema_has_attribute(ctx, kv_schema, "attr_0", &has_attr);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_schema: The KV schema.

  • name: The name of the attribute to check for.

  • has_attr: Set to 1 if the KV schema has an attribute of the given name, else 0.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_schema_dump(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_kv_schema_t * kv_schema, FILE * out)

Dumps the key-value schema in ASCII format in the selected output.

Example:

The following prints the kv schema dump to standard output.

tiledb_kv_schema_dump(ctx, kv_schema, stdout);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_schema: The key-value schema.

  • out: The output.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_schema_set_capacity(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_schema_t * kv_schema, uint64_t capacity)

Sets the tile capacity.

Example:

tiledb_kv_schema_set_capacity(ctx, kv_schema, 10000);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_schema: The kv schema.

  • capacity: The capacity to be set.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_schema_get_capacity(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_kv_schema_t * kv_schema, uint64_t * capacity)

Retrieves the capacity.

Example:

uint64_t capacity;
tiledb_kv_schema_get_capacity(ctx, kv_schema, &capacity);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_schema: The kv schema.

  • capacity: The capacity to be retrieved.

Key-value Item

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_item_alloc(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_item_t ** kv_item)

Creates a key-value item.

Example:

tiledb_kv_item_t* kv_item;
tiledb_kv_item_alloc(ctx, &kv_item);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_item: The key-value item to be created.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED void tiledb_kv_item_free(tiledb_kv_item_t ** kv_item)

Frees a key-value item.

Example:

tiledb_kv_item_free(&kv_item);

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • kv_item: The key-value item to be freed.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_item_set_key(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_item_t * kv_item, const void * key, tiledb_datatype_t key_type, uint64_t key_size)

Set the key in the key-value item.

Example:

tiledb_kv_item_set_key(ctx, kv_item, "my_key", TILEDB_CHAR, strlen(my_key));

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_item: The key-value item.

  • key: The key to be set.

  • key_type: The key type to be set.

  • key_size: The key size (in bytes).

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_item_set_value(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_item_t * kv_item, const char * attribute, const void * value, tiledb_datatype_t value_type, uint64_t value_size)

Sets a value for a particular attribute to the key-value item. This function works for both fixed- and variable-sized attributes.

Example:

int32_t v = 10;
tiledb_kv_item_set_value(ctx, kv_item, "attr_1", v, TILEDB_INT32, sizeof(v));

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_item: The key-value item.

  • attribute: The attribute name.

  • value: The value to be added.

  • value_type: The value type.

  • value_size: The value size in bytes.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_item_get_key(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_item_t * kv_item, const void ** key, tiledb_datatype_t * key_type, uint64_t * key_size)

Gets the key in the key-value item.

Example:

const char* key; // A pointer will be retrieved - not a new char object
uint64_t key_size;
tiledb_datatype_t key_type;
tiledb_kv_item_get_key(ctx, kv_item, &key, &key_type, &key_size);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_item: The key-value item.

  • key: The key to be retrieved.

  • key_type: The key type to be retrieved.

  • key_size: The key size (in bytes).

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_item_get_value(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_item_t * kv_item, const char * attribute, const void ** value, tiledb_datatype_t * value_type, uint64_t * value_size)

Gets the value and value size on a given attribute from a key-value item.

Example:

const int32_t* v; // A pointer will be retrieved - not a new int object
uint64_t v_size;
tiledb_datatype_t v_type;
tiledb_kv_item_get_value(ctx, kv_item, &v, &v_type, &v_size);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_item: The key-value item.

  • attribute: The attribute name.

  • value: The value to be retrieved.

  • value_type: The value type to be retrieved.

  • value_size: The value size to be retrieved.

Key-value Iterator

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_iter_alloc(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_t * kv, tiledb_kv_iter_t ** kv_iter)

Creates an iterator for a key-value store. This can be used only for reading. This sets the pointer to the first key-value item.

Example:

tiledb_kv_t* kv;
tiledb_kv_alloc(ctx, "my_kv", &kv);
tiledb_kv_open(ctx, kv);
tiledb_kv_iter_t* kv_iter;
tiledb_kv_iter_alloc(ctx, kv, &kv_iter);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv: The kv the iterator is associated with.

  • kv_iter: The kv iterator to be created.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED void tiledb_kv_iter_free(tiledb_kv_iter_t ** kv_iter)

Frees a key-value store iterator.

Example:

tiledb_kv_iter_free(&kv_iter);

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • kv_iter: The key-value store iterator to be freed.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_iter_here(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_iter_t * kv_iter, tiledb_kv_item_t ** kv_item)

Retrieves the key-value item currently pointed by the iterator. Note that this function creates a new key-value item.

Example:

tiledb_kv_item_t* kv_item;
tiledb_kv_iter_here(ctx, kv_iter, &kv_iter);
// Make sure to delete kv item in the end

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_iter: The key-value store iterator.

  • kv_item: The current key-value item to be retrieved.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_iter_next(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_iter_t * kv_iter)

Moves the iterator to the next item.

Example:

tiledb_kv_iter_next(ctx, kv_iter);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_iter: The key-value store iterator.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_iter_done(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_iter_t * kv_iter, int32_t * done)

Checks if the iterator is done.

Example:

int32_t done;
tiledb_kv_iter_next(ctx, kv_iter, &done);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_iter: The key-value store iterator.

  • done: Sets this to 1 if the iterator is done, and to 0 otherwise.

TILEDB_DEPRECATED int32_t tiledb_kv_iter_reset(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_kv_iter_t * kv_iter)

Resets a key-value store iterator.

Example:

tiledb_kv_iter_reset(ctx, kv_iter);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Warning

The TileDB KV API is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • kv_iter: The key-value store iterator to be reset.

Buffer

int32_t tiledb_buffer_alloc(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_buffer_t ** buffer)

Creates an empty buffer object.

Example:

tiledb_buffer_t* buffer;
tiledb_buffer_alloc(ctx, &buffer);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: TileDB context

  • buffer: The buffer to be created

void tiledb_buffer_free(tiledb_buffer_t ** buffer)

Destroys a TileDB buffer, freeing associated memory.

Example:

tiledb_buffer_t* buffer;
tiledb_buffer_alloc(ctx, &buffer);
tiledb_buffer_free(&buffer);

Parameters
  • buffer: The buffer to be destroyed.

int32_t tiledb_buffer_get_type(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_buffer_t * buffer, tiledb_datatype_t * datatype)

Gets the datatype from the given buffer.

Example:

tiledb_datatype_t type;
tiledb_buffer_get_type(ctx, buffer, &type);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: TileDB context

  • buffer: TileDB buffer instance

  • datatype: Set to the datatype of the buffer.

int32_t tiledb_buffer_set_type(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_buffer_t * buffer, tiledb_datatype_t datatype)

Sets a datatype for the given buffer. The default datatype is TILEDB_UINT8.

Example:

tiledb_buffer_t* buffer;
tiledb_buffer_alloc(ctx, &buffer);
tiledb_buffer_set_type(ctx, buffer, TILEDB_INT32);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: TileDB context

  • buffer: TileDB buffer instance

  • datatype: The datatype to set on the buffer.

int32_t tiledb_buffer_get_data(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_buffer_t * buffer, void ** data, uint64_t * num_bytes)

Gets a pointer to the current allocation and the current number of bytes in the specified buffer object.

Example:

Note

For string buffers allocated by TileDB, the number of bytes includes the terminating NULL byte.

tiledb_buffer_t* buffer;
tiledb_buffer_alloc(ctx, &buffer);
void* data;
uint64_t num_bytes;
tiledb_buffer_get_data(ctx, buffer, &data, num_bytes);
// data == NULL and num_bytes == 0 because the buffer is currently empty.
tiledb_buffer_free(&buffer);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: TileDB context

  • buffer: TileDB buffer instance

  • data: The pointer to the data to be retrieved.

  • num_bytes: Set to the number of bytes in the buffer.

int32_t tiledb_buffer_set_data(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_buffer_t * buffer, void * data, uint64_t size)

Sets (wraps) a pre-allocated region of memory with the given buffer object. This does not perform a copy.

Example:

Note

The TileDB buffer object does not take ownership of the allocation set with this function. That means the call to tiledb_buffer_free will not free a user allocation set via tiledb_buffer_set_buffer.

tiledb_buffer_t* buffer;
tiledb_buffer_alloc(ctx, &buffer);

void* my_data = malloc(100);
tiledb_buffer_set_data(ctx, buffer, my_data, 100);

void* data;
uint64_t num_bytes;
tiledb_buffer_get_data(ctx, buffer, &data, num_bytes);
assert(data == my_data);
assert(num_bytes == 100);

tiledb_buffer_free(&buffer);
free(my_data);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: TileDB context

  • buffer: TileDB buffer instance

  • data: Pre-allocated region of memory to wrap with this buffer.

  • size: Size (in bytes) of the region pointed to by data.

BufferList

int32_t tiledb_buffer_list_alloc(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_buffer_list_t ** buffer_list)

Creates an empty buffer list object.

Example:

tiledb_buffer_list_t* buffer_list;
tiledb_buffer_list_alloc(ctx, &buffer_list);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: TileDB context

  • buffer_list: The buffer list to be created

void tiledb_buffer_list_free(tiledb_buffer_list_t ** buffer_list)

Destroys a TileDB buffer list, freeing associated memory.

Example:

tiledb_buffer_t* buffer_list;
tiledb_buffer_list_alloc(ctx, &buffer_list);
tiledb_buffer_list_free(&buffer_list);

Parameters
  • buffer_list: The buffer list to be destroyed.

int32_t tiledb_buffer_list_get_num_buffers(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_buffer_list_t * buffer_list, uint64_t * num_buffers)

Gets the number of buffers in the buffer list.

Example:

tiledb_buffer_list_t* buffer_list;
tiledb_buffer_list_alloc(ctx, &buffer_list);
uint64_t num_buffers;
tiledb_buffer_list_get_num_buffers(ctx, buffer_list, &num_buffers);
// num_buffers == 0 because the list is empty.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: TileDB context.

  • buffer_list: The buffer list.

  • num_buffers: Set to the number of buffers in the buffer list.

int32_t tiledb_buffer_list_get_total_size(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_buffer_list_t * buffer_list, uint64_t * total_size)

Gets the total number of bytes in the buffers in the buffer list.

Example:

tiledb_buffer_list_t* buffer_list;
tiledb_buffer_list_alloc(ctx, &buffer_list);
uint64_t total_size;
tiledb_buffer_list_get_total_size(ctx, buffer_list, &total_size);
// total_size == 0 because the list is empty.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: TileDB context.

  • buffer_list: The buffer list.

  • total_size: Set to the total number of bytes in the buffers in the buffer list.

int32_t tiledb_buffer_list_get_buffer(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_buffer_list_t * buffer_list, uint64_t buffer_idx, tiledb_buffer_t ** buffer)

Gets the buffer at the given index in the buffer list. The returned buffer object is simply a pointer to memory managed by the underlying buffer list, meaning this function does not perform a copy.

It is the caller’s responsibility to free the returned buffer with tiledb_buffer_free. Since the returned buffer object does not “own” the underlying allocation, the underlying allocation is not freed when freeing it with tiledb_buffer_free.

Example:

tiledb_buffer_list_t* buffer_list;
// Create and populate the buffer_list

// Get the buffer at index 0.
tiledb_buffer_t *buff0;
tiledb_buffer_list_get_buffer(ctx, buffer_list, 0, &buff0);

// Always free the returned buffer object
tiledb_buffer_free(&buff0);
tiledb_buffer_list_free(&buffer_list);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: TileDB context.

  • buffer_list: The buffer list.

  • buffer_idx: Index of buffer to get from the buffer list.

  • buffer: Set to a newly allocated buffer object pointing to the underlying allocation in the buffer list corresponding to the buffer.

int32_t tiledb_buffer_list_flatten(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const tiledb_buffer_list_t * buffer_list, tiledb_buffer_t ** buffer)

Copies and concatenates all the data in the buffer list into a new buffer.

Example:

tiledb_buffer_t* buff;
tiledb_buffer_list_flatten(ctx, buffer_list, &buff);
// ...
tiledb_buffer_free(&buff);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: TileDB context.

  • buffer_list: The buffer list.

  • buffer: Will be set to a newly allocated buffer holding a copy of the concatenated data from the buffer list.

Object Management

int32_t tiledb_object_type(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * path, tiledb_object_t * type)

Returns the TileDB object type for a given resource path.

Example:

tiledb_object_t type;
tiledb_object_type(ctx, "arrays/my_array", &type);

Return

TILEDB_OK on success, TILEDB_ERR on error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • path: The URI path to the TileDB resource.

  • type: The type to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_object_remove(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * path)

Deletes a TileDB resource (group, array, key-value).

Example:

tiledb_object_remove(ctx, "arrays/my_array");

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • path: The URI path to the tiledb resource.

int32_t tiledb_object_move(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * old_path, const char * new_path)

Moves a TileDB resource (group, array, key-value).

Example:

tiledb_object_move(ctx, "arrays/my_array", "arrays/my_array_2");

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • old_path: The old TileDB directory.

  • new_path: The new TileDB directory.

int32_t tiledb_object_walk(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * path, tiledb_walk_order_t order, int32_t(*callback)(const char *, tiledb_object_t , void *), void * data)

Walks (iterates) over the TileDB objects contained in path. The traversal is done recursively in the order defined by the user. The user provides a callback function which is applied on each of the visited TileDB objects. The iteration continues for as long the callback returns non-zero, and stops when the callback returns 0. Note that this function ignores any object (e.g., file or directory) that is not TileDB-related.

Example:

tiledb_object_walk(ctx, "arrays", TILEDB_PREORDER, NULL, NULL);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • path: The path in which the traversal will occur.

  • order: The order of the recursive traversal (e.g., pre-order or post-order.

  • callback: The callback function to be applied on every visited object. The callback should return 0 if the iteration must stop, and 1 if the iteration must continue. It takes as input the currently visited path, the type of that path (e.g., array or group), and the data provided by the user for the callback. The callback returns -1 upon error. Note that path in the callback will be an absolute path.

  • data: The data passed in the callback as the last argument.

int32_t tiledb_object_ls(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * path, int32_t(*callback)(const char *, tiledb_object_t , void *), void * data)

Similar to tiledb_walk, but now the function visits only the children of path (i.e., it does not recursively continue to the children directories).

Example:

tiledb_object_ls(ctx, "arrays", NULL, NULL);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • path: The path in which the traversal will occur.

  • callback: The callback function to be applied on every visited object. The callback should return 0 if the iteration must stop, and 1 if the iteration must continue. It takes as input the currently visited path, the type of that path (e.g., array or group), and the data provided by the user for the callback. The callback returns -1 upon error. Note that path in the callback will be an absolute path.

  • data: The data passed in the callback as the last argument.

VFS

int32_t tiledb_vfs_alloc(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_config_t * config, tiledb_vfs_t ** vfs)

Creates a virtual filesystem object.

Example:

tiledb_vfs_t* vfs;
tiledb_vfs_alloc(ctx, config, &vfs);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • vfs: The virtual filesystem object to be created.

  • config: Configuration parameters.

void tiledb_vfs_free(tiledb_vfs_t ** vfs)

Frees a virtual filesystem object.

Example:

tiledb_vfs_free(&vfs);

Parameters
  • vfs: The virtual filesystem object to be freed.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_get_config(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_t * vfs, tiledb_config_t ** config)

Retrieves the config from a VFS context.

Example:

tiledb_config_t* config;
tiledb_vfs_get_config(ctx, vfs, &config);
// Make sure to free the retrieved config

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_OOM or TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • vfs: The VFS object.

  • config: The config to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_create_bucket(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_t * vfs, const char * uri)

Creates an object-store bucket.

Example:

tiledb_vfs_create_bucket(ctx, vfs, "s3://tiledb");

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • vfs: The virtual filesystem object.

  • uri: The URI of the bucket to be created.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_remove_bucket(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_t * vfs, const char * uri)

Deletes an object-store bucket.

Example:

tiledb_vfs_delete_bucket(ctx, vfs, "s3://tiledb");

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • vfs: The virtual filesystem object.

  • uri: The URI of the bucket to be deleted.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_empty_bucket(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_t * vfs, const char * uri)

Deletes the contents of an object-store bucket.

Example:

tiledb_vfs_empty_bucket(ctx, vfs, "s3://tiledb");

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • vfs: The virtual filesystem object.

  • uri: The URI of the bucket to be emptied.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_is_empty_bucket(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_t * vfs, const char * uri, int32_t * is_empty)

Checks if an object-store bucket is empty.

Example:

int32_t is_empty;
tiledb_vfs_is_empty_bucket(ctx, vfs, "s3://tiledb", &empty);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • vfs: The virtual filesystem object.

  • uri: The URI of the bucket.

  • is_empty: Sets it to 1 if the input bucket is empty, and 0 otherwise.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_is_bucket(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_t * vfs, const char * uri, int32_t * is_bucket)

Checks if an object-store bucket exists.

Example:

int32_t exists;
tiledb_vfs_is_bucket(ctx, vfs, "s3://tiledb", &exists);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • vfs: The virtual filesystem object.

  • uri: The URI of the bucket.

  • is_bucket: Sets it to 1 if the input URI is a bucket, and 0 otherwise.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_create_dir(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_t * vfs, const char * uri)

Creates a directory.

  • On S3, this is a noop.

  • On all other backends, if the directory exists, the function just succeeds without doing anything.

Example:

tiledb_vfs_create_dir(ctx, vfs, "hdfs:///temp/my_dir");

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • vfs: The virtual filesystem object.

  • uri: The URI of the directory to be created.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_is_dir(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_t * vfs, const char * uri, int32_t * is_dir)

Checks if a directory exists.

Example:

int32_t exists;
tiledb_vfs_is_dir(ctx, vfs, "hdfs:///temp/my_dir", &exists);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

For S3, this function will return true if there is an object with prefix uri/ (TileDB will append / internally to uri only if it does not exist), and false othewise.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • vfs: The virtual filesystem object.

  • uri: The URI of the directory.

  • is_dir: Sets it to 1 if the directory exists and 0 otherwise.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_remove_dir(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_t * vfs, const char * uri)

Removes a directory (recursively).

Example:

tiledb_vfs_remove_dir(ctx, vfs, "hdfs:///temp/my_dir");

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • vfs: The virtual filesystem object.

  • uri: The uri of the directory to be removed

int32_t tiledb_vfs_is_file(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_t * vfs, const char * uri, int32_t * is_file)

Checks if a file exists.

Example:

int32_t exists;
tiledb_vfs_is_file(ctx, vfs, "hdfs:///temp/my_file", &is_file);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • vfs: The virtual filesystem object.

  • uri: The URI of the file.

  • is_file: Sets it to 1 if the file exists and 0 otherwise.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_remove_file(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_t * vfs, const char * uri)

Deletes a file.

Example:

tiledb_vfs_remove_file(ctx, vfs, "hdfs:///temp/my_file");

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • vfs: The virtual filesystem object.

  • uri: The URI of the file.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_dir_size(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_t * vfs, const char * uri, uint64_t * size)

Retrieves the size of a directory. This function is recursive, i.e., it will consider all files in the directory tree rooted at uri.

Example:

uint64_t dir_size;
tiledb_vfs_dir_size(ctx, vfs, "hdfs:///temp/my_dir", &dir_size);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • vfs: The virtual filesystem object.

  • uri: The URI of the directory.

  • size: The directory size to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_ls(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_t * vfs, const char * path, int32_t(*callback)(const char *, void *), void * data)

The function visits only the children of path (i.e., it does not recursively continue to the children directories) and applies the callback function using the input data.

Example:

tiledb_vfs_ls(ctx, vfs, "my_dir", NULL, NULL);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • vfs: The virtual filesystem object.

  • path: The path in which the traversal will occur.

  • callback: The callback function to be applied on every visited object. The callback should return 0 if the iteration must stop, and 1 if the iteration must continue. It takes as input the currently visited path, the type of that path (e.g., array or group), and the data provided by the user for the callback. The callback returns -1 upon error. Note that path in the callback will be an absolute path.

  • data: The data passed in the callback as the last argument.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_file_size(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_t * vfs, const char * uri, uint64_t * size)

Retrieves the size of a file.

Example:

uint64_t file_size;
tiledb_vfs_file_size(ctx, vfs, "hdfs:///temp/my_file", &file_size);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • vfs: The virtual filesystem object.

  • uri: The URI of the file.

  • size: The file size to be retrieved.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_move_dir(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_t * vfs, const char * old_uri, const char * new_uri)

Renames a directory.

Example:

tiledb_vfs_move_dir(ctx, vfs, "hdfs:///temp/my_dir", "hdfs::///new_dir");

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • vfs: The virtual filesystem object.

  • old_uri: The old URI.

  • new_uri: The new URI.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_move_file(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_t * vfs, const char * old_uri, const char * new_uri)

Renames a file. If the destination file exists, it will be overwritten.

Example:

tiledb_vfs_move_file(
ctx, vfs, "hdfs:///temp/my_file", "hdfs::///new_file");

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • vfs: The virtual filesystem object.

  • old_uri: The old URI.

  • new_uri: The new URI.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_open(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_t * vfs, const char * uri, tiledb_vfs_mode_t mode, tiledb_vfs_fh_t ** fh)

Prepares a file for reading/writing.

Example:

tiledb_vfs_fh_t* fh;
tiledb_vfs_open(ctx, vfs, "some_file", TILEDB_VFS_READ, &fh);
// Make sure to close and delete the created file handle

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR or TILEDB_OOM for error.

Note

If the file is closed after being opened, without having written any data to it, the file will not be created. If you wish to create an empty file, use tiledb_vfs_touch instead.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • vfs: The virtual filesystem object.

  • uri: The URI of the file.

  • mode: The mode in which the file is opened:

    • TILEDB_VFS_READ: The file is opened for reading. An error is returned if the file does not exist.

    • TILEDB_VFS_WRITE: The file is opened for writing. If the file exists, it will be overwritten.

    • TILEDB_VFS_APPEND: The file is opened for writing. If the file exists, the write will start from the end of the file. Note that S3 does not support this operation and, thus, an error will be thrown in that case.

  • fh: The file handle that is created. This will be used in tiledb_vfs_read, tiledb_vfs_write and tiledb_vfs_sync.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_close(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_fh_t * fh)

Closes a file. This is flushes the buffered data into the file when the file was opened in write (or append) mode. It is particularly important to be called after S3 writes, as otherwise the writes will not take effect.

Example:

tiledb_vfs_close(ctx, vfs, fh);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • fh: The file handle.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_read(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_fh_t * fh, uint64_t offset, void * buffer, uint64_t nbytes)

Reads from a file.

Example:

char buffer[10000];
tiledb_vfs_read(ctx, fh, 100, buffer, 10000);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • fh: The URI file handle.

  • offset: The offset in the file where the read begins.

  • buffer: The buffer to read into.

  • nbytes: Number of bytes to read.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_write(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_fh_t * fh, const void * buffer, uint64_t nbytes)

Writes the contents of a buffer into a file. Note that this function only appends data at the end of the file. If the file does not exist, it will be created.

Example:

const char* msg = "This will be written to the file";
tiledb_vfs_write(ctx, fh, buffer, strlen(msg));

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • fh: The URI file handle.

  • buffer: The buffer to write from.

  • nbytes: Number of bytes to write.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_sync(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_fh_t * fh)

Syncs (flushes) a file.

Example:

tiledb_vfs_sync(ctx, fh);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

This has no effect for S3.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • fh: The URI file handle.

void tiledb_vfs_fh_free(tiledb_vfs_fh_t ** fh)

Frees a file handle.

Example:

tiledb_vfs_fh_free(&fh);

Parameters
  • fh: The URI file handle.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_fh_is_closed(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_fh_t * fh, int32_t * is_closed)

Checks if a file handle is closed.

Example:

int32_t is_closed;
tiledb_vfs_fh_is_closed(ctx, fh, &is_closed);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • fh: The URI file handle.

  • is_closed: Set to 1 if the file handle is closed, and 0 otherwise.

int32_t tiledb_vfs_touch(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, tiledb_vfs_t * vfs, const char * uri)

Touches a file, i.e., creates a new empty file.

Example:

tiledb_vfs_touch(ctx, vfs, "my_empty_file");

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • vfs: The virtual filesystem object.

  • uri: The URI of the file to be created.

URI

int32_t tiledb_uri_to_path(tiledb_ctx_t * ctx, const char * uri, char * path_out, uint32_t * path_length)

Converts the given file URI to a null-terminated platform-native file path.

Example:

char path[TILEDB_MAX_PATH];
uint32_t length;
tiledb_uri_to_path(ctx, "file:///my_array", path, &length);
// This will set "my_array" to `path`

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Note

The path_out buffer must be allocated according to the platform’s maximum path length (e.g. `TILEDB_MAX_PATH), which includes space for the terminating null character.

Parameters
  • ctx: The TileDB context.

  • uri: The URI to be converted.

  • path_out: The buffer where the converted path string is stored.

  • path_length: The length of the path buffer. On return, this is set to the length of the converted path string, or 0 on error.

Version

void tiledb_version(int32_t * major, int32_t * minor, int32_t * rev)

Retrieves the version of the TileDB library currently being used.

Parameters
  • major: Will store the major version number.

  • minor: Will store the minor version number.

  • rev: Will store the revision (patch) number.

Stats

int32_t tiledb_stats_enable()

Enable internal statistics gathering.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

int32_t tiledb_stats_disable()

Disable internal statistics gathering.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

int32_t tiledb_stats_reset()

Reset all internal statistics counters to 0.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

int32_t tiledb_stats_dump(FILE * out)

Dump all internal statistics counters to to some output (e.g., file or stdout).

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • out: The output.

int32_t tiledb_stats_dump_str(char ** out)

Dump all internal statistics counters to an output string. The caller is responsible for freeing the resulting string.

Example:

char *stats_str;
tiledb_stats_dump_str(&stats_str);
// ...
tiledb_stats_free_str(&stats_str);

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • out: Will be set to point to an allocated string containing the stats.

int32_t tiledb_stats_free_str(char ** out)

Free the memory associated with a previously dumped stats string.

Return

TILEDB_OK for success and TILEDB_ERR for error.

Parameters
  • out: Pointer to a previously allocated stats string.