OFS is a bucket/object storage library.

It provides a common API for storing bitstreams (plus related metadata) in 'bucket/object' stores such as:

• S3, Google Storage, Eucalytus, Archive.org
• Filesystem (via pairtree)
• 'REST' Store (see remote/reststore.py - implementation at http://bitbucket.org/pudo/repod/)
• Riak (buggy)
• add a backend here - just implement the methods in base.py

Why use the library:

• Abstraction: write common code but use different storage backends
• More than a filesystem, less than a database - support for metadata as well bitstreams

Requirements

For all boto-based stores (Google Storage, S3 etc) require boto>=2.0.

Example Usage

(local version - depends on 'pairtree', and 'simplejson'):

 >>> from ofs.local import PTOFS

 >>> o = PTOFS()
 (Equivalent to 'o = PTOFS(storage_dir = "data", uri_base="urn:uuid:", hashing_type="md5")')

 # Claim a bucket - this will add the bucket to the list of existing ones
 >>> uuid_id = o.claim_bucket()
 >>> uuid_id
 '4aaa43cdf5ba44e2ad25acdbd1cf2f70'

 # Choose a bucket name - if it exists, a new UUID one will be formed instead and returned
 >>> bucket_id = o.claim_bucket("foo")
 >>> bucket_id
 'foo'
 >>> bucket_id = o.claim_bucket("foo")
 >>> bucket_id
 '1bf93208521545879e79c13614cd12f0'

 # Store a file:
 >>> o.put_stream(bucket_id, "foo.txt", open("foo....))
 {'_label': 'foo.txt', '_content_length': 10, '_checksum': 'md5:10feda25f8da2e2ebfbe646eea351224', '_last_modified': '2010-08-02T11:37:21', '_creation_date': '2010-08-02T11:37:21'}

 # or:
 >>> o.put_stream(bucket_id, "foo.txt", "asidaisdiasjdiajsidjasidji")
 {'_label': 'foo.txt', '_content_length': 10, '_checksum': 'md5:10feda25f8da2e2ebfbe646eea351224', '_last_modified': '2010-08-02T11:37:21', '_creation_date': '2010-08-02T11:37:21'}

 # adding a file with some parameters:
 >>> o.put_stream(bucket_id, "foooo", "asidaisdiasjdiajsidjasidji", params={"original_uri":"http://...."})
 {'_label': 'foooo', 'original_uri': 'http://....', '_last_modified': '2010-08-02T11:39:11', '_checksum': 'md5:3d690d7e0f4479c5a7038b8a4572d0fe', '_creation_date': '2010-08-02T11:39:11', '_content_length': 26}

 # Get the underlying URL pointing to a resource
 >>> o.get_url(bucket_id, "foo")
   [typical local pairtree response:]
"file:///opt/ofs_store/pairtree_root/1b/f9/32/......./obj/foo"
   [typical remote response]
"http://..."
"ftp://..."

 # adding to existing metadata:
 >>> o.update_metadata(bucket_id, "foooo", {'foo':'bar'})
 {'_label': 'foooo', 'original_uri': 'http://....', '_last_modified': '2010-08-02T11:39:11', '_checksum': 'md5:3d690d7e0f4479c5a7038b8a4572d0fe', '_creation_date': '2010-08-02T11:39:11', '_content_length': 26, 'foo': 'bar'}

 # Remove keys
 >>> o.remove_metadata_keys(bucket_id, "foooo", ['foo'])
 {'_label': 'foooo', 'original_uri': 'http://....', '_last_modified': '2010-08-02T11:39:11', '_checksum': 'md5:3d690d7e0f4479c5a7038b8a4572d0fe', '_creation_date': '2010-08-02T11:39:11', '_content_length': 26}

 # Delete blob
 >>> o.exists(bucket_id, "foooo")
 True
 >>> o.del_stream(bucket_id, "foooo")
 >>> o.exists(bucket_id, "foooo")
 False

 # Iterate through ids for buckets held:
 >>> for item in o.list_buckets():
 ...   print item
 ...
 447536aa0f1b411089d12399738ede8e
 4a726b0a33974480a2a26d34fa0d494d
 4aaa43cdf5ba44e2ad25acdbd1cf2f70
 .... etc

Developer

Tests use plain unittest but recommend using nose.

To run the botostore tests you'll need to copy test.ini.tmpl to test.ini and put in details for a google storage account.

Changelog

v0.4.1: 2011-08-13

• Set checksum (md5) based on etag (botostore backends) if not set

v0.4: 2011-04-28

• New authenticate_request method for boto based backends.
• Improved update_medata in botostore (no need to download and re-upload).

v0.3: 2011-01-20

• S3Bounce backend (use authorization credentials from CKAN).
• Use setuptools plugins with ofs.backend to allow for 3rd party backends
• ofs_upload command

v0.2: 2010-11-20

• Google Storage support.
• REST store

v0.1: 2010-10-14

• Initial implemenation with PairTree and S3