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Beam SDK {{ site.release_latest }} is the latest released version.
The easiest way to use Apache Beam is via one of the released versions in a central repository. The Java SDK is available on Maven Central Repository, and the Python SDK is available on PyPI.
For example, if you are developing using Maven and want to use the SDK for Java with the DirectRunner
, add the following dependencies to your pom.xml
file:
<dependency> <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId> <artifactId>beam-sdks-java-core</artifactId> <version>{{ site.release_latest }}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId> <artifactId>beam-runners-direct-java</artifactId> <version>{{ site.release_latest }}</version> <scope>runtime</scope> </dependency>
Similarly in Python, if you are using PyPI and want to use the SDK for Python with DirectRunner
, add the following requirement to your setup.py
file:
apache-beam=={{ site.release_latest }}
Additionally, you may want to depend on additional SDK modules, such as IO connectors or other extensions, and additional runners to execute your pipeline at scale.
You can download the source code package for a release from the links in the Releases section.
You must verify the integrity of downloaded files. We provide OpenPGP signatures for every release file. This signature should be matched against the KEYS file which contains the OpenPGP keys of Apache Beam's Release Managers. We also provide SHA-512 checksums for every release file (or SHA-1 and MD5 checksums for older releases). After you download the file, you should calculate a checksum for your download, and make sure it is the same as ours.
Apache Beam uses semantic versioning. Version numbers use the form major.minor.incremental
and are incremented as follows:
Please note that APIs marked [@Experimental
](https://beam.apache.org/releases/javadoc/{{ site.release_latest }}/org/apache/beam/sdk/annotations/Experimental.html) may change at any point and are not guaranteed to remain compatible across versions.
Additionally, any API may change before the first stable release, i.e., between versions denoted 0.x.y
.
Official source code download. SHA-512. signature.
Official source code download. SHA-512. signature.
Official source code download. SHA-512. signature.
Official source code download. SHA-512. signature.
Official source code download. SHA-512. signature.
Official source code download. SHA-512. signature.
2.7.0 branch is designated by the Beam community as a long term support (LTS) release branch. This branch will be supported for a window of 6 months starting from the day it is marked as an LTS branch ending at 2019-05-16. Beam community will decide on which issues will be backported and when patch releases on the branch will be made on a case by case basis.
Official source code download. SHA-512. signature.
Official source code download. SHA-512. signature.
Official source code download. SHA-512. signature.
Official source code download. SHA-1. MD5. signature.
Official source code download. SHA-1. MD5. signature.
Official source code download. SHA-1. MD5. signature.
Official source code download. SHA-1. MD5. signature.