qErlang

qErlang is an Erlang module implementing kdb+ interprocess communication protocol. qErlang provides:

• Support for synchronous and asynchronous queries
• Support for Kdb+ protocol type 3.0
• Full coverage of KDB+ types
• Partial decoding of messages for fast query routing
• Compatibility with Erlang/OTP 17.x

Usage

To use qErlang from rebar, add:

{deps, [{qErlang, ".*", {git, "https://github.com/exxeleron/qErlang"}}]}.

to your rebar.config.

Documentation

EDoc generated documentation of the API is available here.

Examples

The examples directory contains:

• An OTP application with a gen_server subscribing to a KDB+ tick instance for updates
• Demonstration of how to use the peek API function for message routing based on partial decoding of messages

In qErlang, q types deserialize to Erlang tuples of the form {<q type>, <data>}. The qErlang_test.erl file in the test directory is a useful reference with examples of deserialized q objects of various types.