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/*global require */
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// @brief query explain actions
///
/// @file
///
/// DISCLAIMER
///
/// Copyright 2012 triagens GmbH, Cologne, Germany
///
/// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
/// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
/// You may obtain a copy of the License at
///
/// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
///
/// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
/// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
/// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
/// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
/// limitations under the License.
///
/// Copyright holder is triAGENS GmbH, Cologne, Germany
///
/// @author Jan Steemann
/// @author Copyright 2012, triAGENS GmbH, Cologne, Germany
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
var actions = require("org/arangodb/actions");
var ArangoError = require("org/arangodb").ArangoError;
var ERRORS = require("internal").errors;
var EXPLAIN = require("internal").AQL_EXPLAIN;
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// --SECTION-- global variables
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// @addtogroup ArangoAPI
/// @{
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// @brief explain a query and return information about it
///
/// @RESTHEADER{POST /_api/explain,explains a query}
///
/// @RESTBODYPARAM{body,json,required}
/// The query string needs to be passed in the attribute `query` of a JSON
/// object as the body of the POST request. If the query references any bind
/// variables, these must also be passed in the attribute `bindVars`.
///
/// @RESTDESCRIPTION
///
/// To explain how an AQL query would be executed on the server, the query string
/// can be sent to the server via an HTTP POST request. The server will then validate
/// the query and create an execution plan for it, but will not execute it.
///
/// The execution plan that is returned by the server can be used to estimate the
/// probable performance of an AQL query. Though the actual performance will depend
/// on many different factors, the execution plan normally can give some good hint
/// on the amount of work the server needs to do in order to actually run the query.
///
/// The top-level statements will appear in the result in the same order in which
/// they have been used in the original query. Each result element has at most the
/// following attributes:
/// - `id`: the row number of the top-level statement, starting at 1
/// - `type`: the type of the top-level statement (e.g. `for`, `return` ...)
/// - `loopLevel`: the nesting level of the top-level statement, starting at 1
/// Depending on the type of top-level statement, there might be other attributes
/// providing additional information, for example, if and which indexed will be
/// used.
/// Many top-level statements will provide an `expression` attribute that
/// contains data about the expression they operate on. This is true for `FOR`,
/// `FILTER`, `SORT`, `COLLECT`, and `RETURN` statements. The
/// `expression` attribute has the following sub-attributes:
/// - `type`: the type of the expression. Some possible values are:
/// - `collection`: an iteration over documents from a collection. The
/// `value` attribute will then contain the collection name. The `extra`
/// attribute will contain information about if and which index is used when
/// accessing the documents from the collection. If no index is used, the
/// `accessType` sub-attribute of the `extra` attribute will have the
/// value `all`, otherwise it will be `index`.
/// - `list`: a list of dynamic values. The `value` attribute will contain the
/// list elements.
/// - `const list`: a list of constant values. The `value` attribute will contain the
/// list elements.
/// - `reference`: a reference to another variable. The `value` attribute
/// will contain the name of the variable that is referenced.
///
/// Please note that the structure of the explain result data might change in future
/// versions of ArangoDB without further notice and without maintaining backwards
/// compatibility.
///
/// @RESTRETURNCODES
///
/// @RESTRETURNCODE{200}
/// If the query is valid, the server will respond with `HTTP 200` and
/// return a list of the individual query execution steps in the `"plan"`
/// attribute of the response.
///
/// @RESTRETURNCODE{400}
/// The server will respond with `HTTP 400` in case of a malformed request,
/// or if the query contains a parse error. The body of the response will
/// contain the error details embedded in a JSON object.
/// Omitting bind variables if the query references any will result also result
/// in an `HTTP 400` error.
///
/// @RESTRETURNCODE{404}
/// The server will respond with `HTTP 404` in case a non-existing collection is
/// accessed in the query.
///
/// @EXAMPLES
///
/// Valid query:
///
/// @EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_RUN{RestExplainValid}
/// var url = "/_api/explain";
/// var cn = "products";
/// db._drop(cn);
/// db._create(cn, { waitForSync: true });
/// body = '{ ' +
/// '"query" : "FOR p IN products FILTER p.id == @id LIMIT 2 RETURN p.name", ' +
/// '"bindVars": { "id" : 3 } ' +
/// '}';
///
/// var response = logCurlRequest('POST', url, body);
///
/// assert(response.code === 200);
///
/// logJsonResponse(response);
/// @END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_RUN
///
/// Invalid query:
///
/// @EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_RUN{RestExplainInvalid}
/// var url = "/_api/explain";
/// var cn = "products";
/// db._drop(cn);
/// db._create(cn, { waitForSync: true });
/// body = '{ "query" : "FOR p IN products FILTER p.id == @id LIMIT 2 RETURN p.n" }';
///
/// var response = logCurlRequest('POST', url, body);
///
/// assert(response.code === 400);
///
/// logJsonResponse(response);
/// @END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_RUN
///
/// The data returned in the `plan` attribute of the result contains one
/// element per AQL top-level statement (i.e. `FOR`, `RETURN`,
/// `FILTER` etc.). If the query optimiser removed some unnecessary statements,
/// the result might also contain less elements than there were top-level
/// statements in the AQL query.
/// The following example shows a query with a non-sensible filter condition that
/// the optimiser has removed so that there are less top-level statements:
///
/// @EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_RUN{RestExplainEmpty}
/// var url = "/_api/explain";
/// var cn = "products";
/// db._drop(cn);
/// db._create(cn, { waitForSync: true });
/// body = '{ "query" : "FOR i IN [ 1, 2, 3 ] FILTER 1 == 2 RETURN i" }';
///
/// var response = logCurlRequest('POST', url, body);
///
/// assert(response.code === 200);
///
/// logJsonResponse(response);
/// @END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_RUN
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
function post_api_explain (req, res) {
if (req.suffix.length !== 0) {
actions.resultNotFound(req,
res,
ERRORS.errors.ERROR_HTTP_NOT_FOUND.code,
ERRORS.errors.ERROR_HTTP_NOT_FOUND.message);
return;
}
var json = actions.getJsonBody(req, res);
if (json === undefined) {
return;
}
var result = EXPLAIN(json.query, json.bindVars);
if (result instanceof Error) {
actions.resultException(req, res, result, undefined, false);
return;
}
result = { "plan" : result };
actions.resultOk(req, res, actions.HTTP_OK, result);
}
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// --SECTION-- initialiser
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// @brief explain gateway
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
actions.defineHttp({
url : "_api/explain",
context : "api",
callback : function (req, res) {
try {
switch (req.requestType) {
case actions.POST:
post_api_explain(req, res);
break;
default:
actions.resultUnsupported(req, res);
}
}
catch (err) {
actions.resultException(req, res, err, undefined, false);
}
}
});
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// @}
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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