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lancedb/nodejs/__test__/materialized_view.test.ts
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Jack Ye f12996557f feat(remote): support materialized view APIs (#4180)
## Summary

Align the experimental materialized-view HTTP transport with the
equivalent Table API shape and add remote materialized-view support
across Rust, Python, and TypeScript. This is an intentional breaking
change to the experimental materialized-view surface.

Materialized-view creation performs an initial refresh by default. The
create endpoint returns `202 Accepted` with `{ "job_id": "..." }`;
blocking SDK creation waits for that job before returning a populated
view. `with_no_data` / `withNoData` explicitly creates only the
definition and empty backing table.

## Route comparison

| Operation | Materialized-view API | Equivalent Table API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Create | `POST /v1/materialized_view/{id}/create` | `POST
/v1/table/{id}/create` |
| Describe/open | `POST /v1/materialized_view/{id}/describe` | `POST
/v1/table/{id}/describe` |
| List | `GET /v1/namespace/{id}/materialized_view/list` | `GET
/v1/namespace/{id}/table/list` |
| Refresh | `POST /v1/materialized_view/{id}/refresh` | asynchronous
Table mutation pattern |
| Drop | `POST /v1/materialized_view/{id}/drop` | `POST
/v1/table/{id}/drop` |

Create, describe, refresh, and drop identify the target in the singular
item path instead of duplicating it in the request body. Create and drop
require `202 Accepted` with a valid job ID. List is a namespace-scoped
GET with opaque pagination tokens. The Rust list API now returns view
names, matching Table listing and the existing Python and TypeScript
APIs.

## Python API changes

| Operation | Synchronous API | Asynchronous API | Table/job pattern |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Create and wait | `DBConnection.create_materialized_view(...)` |
`await AsyncConnection.create_materialized_view(...)` | Returns a
materialized-view handle after its initial-population job finishes |
| Submit create | `DBConnection.create_materialized_view_async(...) ->
Job[None]` | `await AsyncConnection.create_materialized_view_async(...)
-> AsyncJob[None]` | Matches job-returning Table mutations such as
`create_index_async` |
| Open | `DBConnection.open_materialized_view(...)` | `await
AsyncConnection.open_materialized_view(...)` | Opens the backing Table
plus its definition |
| List | `DBConnection.list_materialized_views()` | `await
AsyncConnection.list_materialized_views()` | Returns names like Table
listing |
| Refresh and wait | `MaterializedView.refresh(...)` | `await
AsyncMaterializedView.refresh(...)` | Returns the typed refresh result
after the job finishes |
| Submit refresh | `MaterializedView.refresh_async(...) ->
Job[RefreshMaterializedViewResult]` | `await
AsyncMaterializedView.refresh_async(...) ->
AsyncJob[RefreshMaterializedViewResult]` | Matches
`Table.refresh_column_async`; remote job handles expose the server job
ID |
| Drop | `DBConnection.drop_materialized_view(...)` | `await
AsyncConnection.drop_materialized_view(...)` | Matches blocking
`drop_table` |
| Submit drop | `DBConnection.drop_materialized_view_async(...) ->
Job[None]` | `await AsyncConnection.drop_materialized_view_async(...) ->
AsyncJob[None]` | Matches `drop_table_async`; remote handles expose the
server cleanup job ID |

The materialized-view handle exposes its backing Table through `.table`,
so normal Table query, search, and index APIs apply. Definition lookup
and refresh are backend-aware rather than depending on local schema
metadata. TypeScript exposes the equivalent blocking/job drop pair as
`dropMaterializedView` and `dropMaterializedViewAsync`.
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// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
import * as tmp from "tmp";
import { Connection, connect } from "../lancedb";
import {
DEFINITION_META_KEY,
definitionFromMetadata,
} from "../lancedb/materialized_view";
describe("materialized views", () => {
let tmpDir: tmp.DirResult;
let db: Connection;
beforeEach(async () => {
tmpDir = tmp.dirSync({ unsafeCleanup: true });
db = await connect(tmpDir.name);
await db.createTable(
"people",
[
{ name: "ada", age: 36 },
{ name: "kid", age: 7 },
{ name: "grace", age: 85 },
],
{ storageOptions: { newTableEnableStableRowIds: "true" } },
);
});
afterEach(() => tmpDir.removeCallback());
it("rejects a stored limit a number cannot carry", () => {
const big = new Map([
[
DEFINITION_META_KEY,
'{"kind":"select","source_table":"people","limit":9007199254740993}',
],
]);
expect(() => definitionFromMetadata(big, "v")).toThrow(
/too large to represent exactly/,
);
const safe = new Map([
[
DEFINITION_META_KEY,
'{"kind":"select","source_table":"people","limit":42}',
],
]);
expect(definitionFromMetadata(safe, "v").limit).toBe(42);
});
it("reads the namespaced select kind and refuses unknown kinds", () => {
// "namespaced_select" is the namespaced form of "select": same shape, a
// separate kind so readers that predate it refuse instead of resolving
// the source at the root.
const namespaced = new Map([
[
DEFINITION_META_KEY,
'{"kind":"namespaced_select","source_table":"people","source_namespace":["ns"]}',
],
]);
const definition = definitionFromMetadata(namespaced, "v");
expect(definition.sourceTable).toBe("people");
expect(definition.sourceNamespace).toEqual(["ns"]);
const unknown = new Map([
[DEFINITION_META_KEY, '{"kind":"select_v3","source_table":"people"}'],
]);
expect(() => definitionFromMetadata(unknown, "v")).toThrow(
/cannot refresh/,
);
});
it("creates, refreshes and queries a view", async () => {
const view = await db.createMaterializedView("adults", "people", {
select: ["name", ["shout", "upper(name)"]],
where: "age >= 18",
});
expect(view.name).toBe("adults");
expect(await view.table().countRows()).toBe(2);
const rows = await view.table().query().toArray();
expect(rows.map((r) => r.shout).sort()).toEqual(["ADA", "GRACE"]);
});
it("round-trips the definition", async () => {
await db.createMaterializedView("adults", "people", {
where: "age >= 18",
});
const view = await db.openMaterializedView("adults");
const definition = await view.definition();
expect(definition.sourceTable).toBe("people");
expect(definition.filter).toBe("age >= 18");
expect(definition.projections).toEqual([
["name", "`name`"],
["age", "`age`"],
]);
expect(definition.inputs).toEqual(["age", "name"]);
});
it("refreshes incrementally after an append", async () => {
const view = await db.createMaterializedView("copy", "people", {
withNoData: true,
});
await view.refresh();
const people = await db.openTable("people");
await people.add([{ name: "alan", age: 41 }]);
const result = await view.refresh();
expect(result.mode).toBe("incremental");
expect(Number(result.rowsWritten)).toBe(1);
expect(await view.table().countRows()).toBe(4);
expect((await view.refresh()).mode).toBe("no_op");
});
it("lists views and rejects non-views", async () => {
await db.createMaterializedView("adults", "people", {
where: "age >= 18",
});
expect(await db.listMaterializedViews()).toEqual(["adults"]);
await expect(db.openMaterializedView("people")).rejects.toThrow(
"not a materialized view",
);
await expect(db.dropMaterializedView("people")).rejects.toThrow(
"not a materialized view",
);
await db.dropMaterializedView("adults");
expect(await db.listMaterializedViews()).toEqual([]);
});
it("returns a job when dropping a view asynchronously", async () => {
await db.createMaterializedView("adults", "people");
const job = await db.dropMaterializedViewAsync("adults");
expect(job.id).toBeNull();
await job.wait();
expect(await db.listMaterializedViews()).toEqual([]);
});
it("rejects an invalid expression at create time", async () => {
await expect(
db.createMaterializedView("bad", "people", {
select: [["x", "missing + 1"]],
}),
).rejects.toThrow("missing");
});
it("rejects invalid numeric options before creating anything", async () => {
for (const limit of [-5, 1.5, Infinity, NaN]) {
await expect(
db.createMaterializedView("bad", "people", { limit }),
).rejects.toThrow("non-negative integer");
}
expect(await db.listMaterializedViews()).toEqual([]);
const view = await db.createMaterializedView("copy", "people");
for (const sourceVersion of [-1, 1.5, Infinity, NaN]) {
await expect(view.refresh({ sourceVersion })).rejects.toThrow(
"non-negative integer",
);
}
});
it("quotes bare select names", async () => {
await db.createTable("odd_names", [{ "order item": "widget" }], {
storageOptions: { newTableEnableStableRowIds: "true" },
});
const view = await db.createMaterializedView("quoted", "odd_names", {
select: ["order item"],
withNoData: true,
});
const result = await view.refresh();
expect(Number(result.rowsWritten)).toBe(1);
});
it("requires stable row ids on the source", async () => {
await db.createTable("plain", [{ x: 1 }]);
await expect(db.createMaterializedView("v", "plain")).rejects.toThrow(
"stable row ids",
);
});
});