docs/src/getting-started.md

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# Getting Started

## Installation

Add `paimon` to your `Cargo.toml`:

```toml
[dependencies]
paimon = "0.0.0"
tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
```

By default, the `storage-fs` (local filesystem) and `storage-memory` (in-memory) backends are enabled. To use additional storage backends, enable the corresponding feature flags:

```toml
[dependencies]
paimon = { version = "0.0.0", features = ["storage-s3"] }
```

Available storage features:

| Feature          | Backend          |
|------------------|------------------|
| `storage-fs`     | Local filesystem |
| `storage-memory` | In-memory        |
| `storage-s3`     | Amazon S3        |
| `storage-oss`    | Alibaba Cloud OSS|
| `storage-all`    | All of the above |

## Catalog Management

Paimon supports multiple catalog types. The `CatalogFactory` provides a unified way to create catalogs based on configuration options.

### Create a Catalog

The `CatalogFactory` automatically determines the catalog type based on the `metastore` option:

```rust
use paimon::{CatalogFactory, CatalogOptions, Options};

// Local filesystem (no credentials needed)
let mut options = Options::new();
options.set(CatalogOptions::WAREHOUSE, "/path/to/warehouse");
let catalog = CatalogFactory::create(options).await?;

// Amazon S3
let mut options = Options::new();
options.set(CatalogOptions::WAREHOUSE, "s3://bucket/warehouse");
options.set("s3.access-key-id", "your-access-key-id");
options.set("s3.secret-access-key", "your-secret-access-key");
options.set("s3.region", "us-east-1");
let catalog = CatalogFactory::create(options).await?;

// Alibaba Cloud OSS
let mut options = Options::new();
options.set(CatalogOptions::WAREHOUSE, "oss://bucket/warehouse");
options.set("fs.oss.accessKeyId", "your-access-key-id");
options.set("fs.oss.accessKeySecret", "your-access-key-secret");
options.set("fs.oss.endpoint", "oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com");
let catalog = CatalogFactory::create(options).await?;

// REST catalog
let mut options = Options::new();
options.set(CatalogOptions::METASTORE, "rest");
options.set(CatalogOptions::URI, "http://localhost:8080");
options.set(CatalogOptions::WAREHOUSE, "my_warehouse");
let catalog = CatalogFactory::create(options).await?;
```

Supported metastore types:

| Metastore Type | Description                      |
|----------------|----------------------------------|
| `filesystem`   | Local or remote filesystem (default) |
| `rest`         | REST catalog server              |

### Manage Databases

```rust
use paimon::Catalog; // import the trait
use std::collections::HashMap;

// Create a database
catalog.create_database("my_db", false, HashMap::new()).await?;

// List databases
let databases = catalog.list_databases().await?;

// Drop a database (cascade = true to drop all tables inside)
catalog.drop_database("my_db", false, true).await?;
```

### Manage Tables

```rust
use paimon::catalog::Identifier;
use paimon::spec::{DataType, IntType, VarCharType, Schema};

// Define a schema
let schema = Schema::builder()
    .column("id", DataType::Int(IntType::new()))
    .column("name", DataType::VarChar(VarCharType::string_type()))
    .build()?;

// Create a table
let identifier = Identifier::new("my_db", "my_table");
catalog.create_table(&identifier, schema, false).await?;

// List tables in a database
let tables = catalog.list_tables("my_db").await?;

// Get a table handle
let table = catalog.get_table(&identifier).await?;
```

## Reading a Table

Paimon Rust uses a scan-then-read pattern: first scan the table to produce splits, then read data from those splits as Arrow `RecordBatch` streams.

```rust
use futures::StreamExt;

// Get a table from the catalog
let table = catalog.get_table(&Identifier::new("my_db", "my_table")).await?;

// Create a read builder
let read_builder = table.new_read_builder();

// Step 1: Scan — produces a Plan containing DataSplits
let plan = {
    let scan = read_builder.new_scan();
    scan.plan().await?
};

// Step 2: Read — consumes splits and returns Arrow RecordBatches
let reader = read_builder.new_read()?;
let mut stream = reader.to_arrow(plan.splits())?;

while let Some(batch) = stream.next().await {
    let batch = batch?;
    println!("RecordBatch: {batch:#?}");
}
```

## Building from Source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/apache/paimon-rust.git
cd paimon-rust
cargo build
```

## Running Tests

```bash
# Unit tests
cargo test

# Integration tests (requires Docker)
make docker-up
cargo test -p integration_tests
make docker-down
```