flink-python/docs/user_guide/datastream/index.rst

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DataStream API
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DataStream programs in Flink are regular programs that implement transformations on data streams
(e.g., filtering, updating state, defining windows, aggregating). The data streams are initially
created from various sources (e.g., message queues, socket streams, files). Results are returned via
sinks, which may for example write the data to files, or to standard output (for example the command
line terminal).

Python DataStream API is a Python version of DataStream API which allows Python users to write
Python DataStream API jobs.

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2

    data_types
    operators
    process_function