Apache HBase

Apache HBase is an open-source, distributed, versioned, non-relational database modeled after Google's Bigtable. It provides random, real-time read/write access to big data and runs on top of Apache Hadoop HDFS, offering a REST API (Stargate), Thrift API, and Java client API for table and cell-level operations.

Apache HBase publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Regions API, Rows API, Scans API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Apache, Big Data, Bigtable, Database, and Hadoop.

The Apache HBase catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Apache HBase’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, and 12 more developer resources.

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41.8/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 17/100 agent aware self hosted · Apache-2.0 Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

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1 APIs 8 Features 5 Use Cases

Apache Big Data Bigtable Database Hadoop NoSQL Open-Source Wide Column

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 41.8/100 · developing

Contract Quality 10.7 / 20

Developer Ergonomics 4.6 / 16

Access Clarity 2.5 / 16

Operational Transparency 3.8 / 10

Contract Governance 2.8 / 10

Discoverability 4.7 / 8

Open Source Surface 7.5 / 10

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 17/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Apache HBase Java Client API

Java client API for all HBase data operations including table administration, filters, coprocessors, batch operations, and async client for high-throughput workloads.

Apache HBase Regions API

Region information

Apache HBase Rows API

Row and cell operations

Apache HBase Scans API

Table scanning operations

Apache HBase Tables API

Table management operations

Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache HBase REST Regions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache HBase REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache HBase REST Regions Rows API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache HBase REST Regions Scans API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache HBase REST Regions Tables API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Apache Hbase Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Apache Hbase Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Apache Hbase Finops

FINOPS

Features 8

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Wide-Column NoSQL Storage

Store sparse, semi-structured data in a distributed wide-column table model inspired by Google Bigtable.

REST API (Stargate)

HTTP REST gateway for language-agnostic table and row operations using JSON or XML.

Thrift API

High-performance Thrift interface for cross-language HBase access with compact binary encoding.

Row-Level Consistency

Strong consistency guarantees for single-row get, put, and delete operations.

Coprocessors

Server-side coprocessor framework for custom observers and endpoints analogous to stored procedures.

HBase Shell

JRuby-based interactive shell for administrative and data manipulation operations.

Scanner API

Flexible server-side scan API with filters, time ranges, and column family projections.

Replication

Asynchronous multi-cluster replication for disaster recovery and geographic distribution.

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Apache Hbase Rest Context

26 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Apache HBase API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Apache HBase API Rules

14 rules · 3 errors 9 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 8

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Cell

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CellSet

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ClusterVersion

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ColumnFamily

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Scanner

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TableList

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TableRegions

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TableSchema

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 8

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Hbase Rest Cell Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Hbase Rest Cellset Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Hbase Rest Clusterversion Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Hbase Rest Columnfamily Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Hbase Rest Scanner Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Hbase Rest Tablelist Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Hbase Rest Tableregions Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Hbase Rest Tableschema Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 8

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Hbase Rest Cell Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Hbase Rest Cellset Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Hbase Rest Clusterversion Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Hbase Rest Columnfamily Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Hbase Rest Scanner Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Hbase Rest Tablelist Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Hbase Rest Tableregions Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Hbase Rest Tableschema Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Apache Hbase Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Apache Hbase Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Apache Hbase Agentic Access

13 operations · 6 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 5

What developers build with this provider.

Time-Series Data Storage

Store high-velocity time-series sensor or log data with row keys designed for time range scans.

Event Logging

Persist event streams from web applications or IoT devices for analytics and audit.

User Profile Storage

Store sparse user profile attributes at scale with efficient random access by user ID.

Graph Storage Backend

Use HBase as a backend storage engine for graph databases like Apache TinkerPop/JanusGraph.

Machine Learning Feature Store

Store and serve pre-computed ML features at low latency for online prediction.

Integrations 5

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Apache Hadoop HDFS

HBase uses HDFS as its underlying distributed file system for WAL and HFile storage.

Apache Phoenix

SQL skin over HBase providing JDBC access, secondary indexes, and query optimization.

Apache Spark

Spark-HBase connector for reading and writing HBase tables as Spark DataFrames.

Apache Hive

HBase storage handler for using HBase tables as external Hive tables.

Apache Flink

Flink HBase connector for reading and writing HBase tables in streaming pipelines.

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

CodeOfConduct

CodeOfConduct

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

SecurityPolicy

SecurityPolicy

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Releases

Releases

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: apache-hbase
name: Apache HBase
description: Apache HBase is an open-source, distributed, versioned, non-relational database modeled after Google's Bigtable.
  It provides random, real-time read/write access to big data and runs on top of Apache Hadoop HDFS, offering a REST API (Stargate),
  Thrift API, and Java client API for table and cell-level operations.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: self-hosted
  license: Apache-2.0
  open_source: true
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Self-hosted open source · you run it yourself
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/apache-hbase.png
tags:
- Apache
- Big Data
- Bigtable
- Database
- Hadoop
- NoSQL
- Open-Source
- Wide Column
tags_raw:
- Apache
- Big Data
- Bigtable
- Database
- Hadoop
- NoSQL
- Open Source
- Wide Column
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-hbase/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: apache-hbase:apache-hbase-java-api
  name: Apache HBase Java Client API
  description: Java client API for all HBase data operations including table administration, filters, coprocessors, batch
    operations, and async client for high-throughput workloads.
  humanURL: https://hbase.apache.org/apidocs/
  tags:
  - Java
  - NoSQL
  - SDK
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hbase.apache.org/apidocs/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.apache.hbase/hbase-client
    title: Java SDK (Maven Central)
- aid: apache-hbase:apache-hbase-regions-api
  name: Apache HBase Regions API
  description: Region information
  humanURL: https://hbase.apache.org/book.html#_rest
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080
  tags:
  - Regions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-hbase-regions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hbase.apache.org/book.html#_rest
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hbase-rest-tableschema-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/apache-hbase-rest-context.jsonld
- aid: apache-hbase:apache-hbase-rows-api
  name: Apache HBase Rows API
  description: Row and cell operations
  humanURL: https://hbase.apache.org/book.html#_rest
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080
  tags:
  - Rows
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-hbase-rows-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hbase.apache.org/book.html#_rest
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hbase-rest-tableschema-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/apache-hbase-rest-context.jsonld
- aid: apache-hbase:apache-hbase-scans-api
  name: Apache HBase Scans API
  description: Table scanning operations
  humanURL: https://hbase.apache.org/book.html#_rest
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080
  tags:
  - Scans
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-hbase-scans-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hbase.apache.org/book.html#_rest
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hbase-rest-tableschema-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/apache-hbase-rest-context.jsonld
- aid: apache-hbase:apache-hbase-tables-api
  name: Apache HBase Tables API
  description: Table management operations
  humanURL: https://hbase.apache.org/book.html#_rest
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080
  tags:
  - Tables
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-hbase-tables-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hbase.apache.org/book.html#_rest
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hbase-rest-tableschema-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/apache-hbase-rest-context.jsonld
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.apache.org/
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases
- type: SecurityPolicy
  url: https://github.com/apache/hbase/blob/master/SECURITY.md
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/apache/.github/blob/main/.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/apache/hbase/blob/master/LICENSE
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/apache-hbase-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/apache-hbase-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/apache-hbase-domain-security.yml
- type: Documentation
  url: https://hbase.apache.org/book.html
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://hbase.apache.org/book.html#quickstart
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/apache
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/apache/hbase
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/apache-hbase-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/apache-hbase-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Wide-Column NoSQL Storage
    description: Store sparse, semi-structured data in a distributed wide-column table model inspired by Google Bigtable.
  - name: REST API (Stargate)
    description: HTTP REST gateway for language-agnostic table and row operations using JSON or XML.
  - name: Thrift API
    description: High-performance Thrift interface for cross-language HBase access with compact binary encoding.
  - name: Row-Level Consistency
    description: Strong consistency guarantees for single-row get, put, and delete operations.
  - name: Coprocessors
    description: Server-side coprocessor framework for custom observers and endpoints analogous to stored procedures.
  - name: HBase Shell
    description: JRuby-based interactive shell for administrative and data manipulation operations.
  - name: Scanner API
    description: Flexible server-side scan API with filters, time ranges, and column family projections.
  - name: Replication
    description: Asynchronous multi-cluster replication for disaster recovery and geographic distribution.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Time-Series Data Storage
    description: Store high-velocity time-series sensor or log data with row keys designed for time range scans.
  - name: Event Logging
    description: Persist event streams from web applications or IoT devices for analytics and audit.
  - name: User Profile Storage
    description: Store sparse user profile attributes at scale with efficient random access by user ID.
  - name: Graph Storage Backend
    description: Use HBase as a backend storage engine for graph databases like Apache TinkerPop/JanusGraph.
  - name: Machine Learning Feature Store
    description: Store and serve pre-computed ML features at low latency for online prediction.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Apache Hadoop HDFS
    description: HBase uses HDFS as its underlying distributed file system for WAL and HFile storage.
  - name: Apache Phoenix
    description: SQL skin over HBase providing JDBC access, secondary indexes, and query optimization.
  - name: Apache Spark
    description: Spark-HBase connector for reading and writing HBase tables as Spark DataFrames.
  - name: Apache Hive
    description: HBase storage handler for using HBase tables as external Hive tables.
  - name: Apache Flink
    description: Flink HBase connector for reading and writing HBase tables in streaming pipelines.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com

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