The Datameer REST API allows applications to access Datameer without using the web interface, and can be used with a monitoring tool or by scripts. JSON is the format for responses.

Datameer is an open Hadoop analytics platform for big data.

It does this by eliminating the need for an ETL tool by relying on pre-built data connection wizards. Many are for structured databases such as Oracle, Teradata and those in XML, while others are for unstructured data such as that found in Twitter, email archives and CRM.

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