Re: Feature proposal: www_fdw

From: Alexander Soudakov <cygakob(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Feature proposal: www_fdw
Date: 2011-11-27 18:29:45
Message-ID: CACCOprcUS7U+4683Oc2cVVRvAyg1trS6WqPyrC+qkZocxFbNSA@mail.gmail.com
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Also,

in addition to:
> I want to ask for the following 2 things:
> 1. testing from community;
> 2. how can I add my extension to official fdw list:
> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Foreign_data_wrappers
> Is there any procedure for it?

Can I have it included in 9.2?

On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Alexander Soudakov <cygakob(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I finished developing www_fdw:
> https://github.com/cyga/www_fdw/
>
> It has docs/examples:
> https://github.com/cyga/www_fdw/wiki
>
> I haven't upload it to pgxn or pgfoundry yet.
>
> I want to ask for the following 2 things:
> 1. testing from community;
> 2. how can I add my extension to official fdw list:
> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Foreign_data_wrappers
> Is there any procedure for it?
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 1:20 AM, Kevin Grittner
> <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> wrote:
>> Florian Pflug <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org> wrote:
>>> On Sep28, 2011, at 15:32 , Alexander Soudakov wrote:
>>>> Here you can find www_fdw feature documentation:
>>>> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/WWW_FDW
>>>
>>> Certainly looks useful (as a third-party extension, as others have
>>> already pointed out)
>>
>> Our programmers agree that it is likely to be useful here.  I agree
>> that it should be an extension.
>>
>>> What I didn't quite understand is how one would pass (dynamic)
>>> parameters for a GET request. For example, not too long ago I
>>> needed to access the Google Maps API from postgres. I ended up
>>> using pl/python, and now wonder if your FDW would support that
>>> use-case.
>>
>> I would assume that the usual ? to start parameters and & between
>> parameters would be used.  For example, with Google Maps:
>>
>> http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Madison,+Dane,+Wisconsin&ll=43.074684,-89.38188&spn=0.003006,0.00383&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=43.07468,-89.381742&panoid=LhJ-PFHVzxRguJ6h616mmQ&cbp=12,355.53,,0,-1.32
>>
>> -Kevin
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Alexander Soudakov
> Software Developer
> email: cygakoB(at)gmail(dot)com
> skype: asudakov
>

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Alexander Soudakov
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skype: asudakov

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