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[13/37] hadoop git commit: YARN-3539. Updated timeline server documentation and marked REST APIs evolving. Contributed by Steve Loughran.

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   limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
 -->
 
-YARN Timeline Server
-====================
+The YARN Timeline Server
+========================
 
 * [Overview](#Overview)
     * [Introduction](#Introduction)
@@ -21,111 +21,188 @@ YARN Timeline Server
     * [Timeline Structure](#Timeline_Structure)
 * [Deployment](#Deployment)
     * [Configurations](#Configurations)
-    * [Running Timeline server](#Running_Timeline_server)
+    * [Running the Timeline Server](#Running_Timeline_Server)
     * [Accessing generic-data via command-line](#Accessing_generic-data_via_command-line)
 * [Publishing of application specific data](#Publishing_of_application_specific_data)
+* [Timeline Server REST API](#Timeline_Server_REST_API_v1)
+* [Generic Data REST APIs](#GENERIC_DATA_REST_APIS)
 
-Overview
+<a name="Overview"></a>Overview
 ---------
 
-### Introduction  
+### <a name="Introduction"></a>Introduction
 
- Storage and retrieval of application's current as well as historic information in a generic fashion is solved in YARN through the Timeline Server. This serves two responsibilities:
+The Storage and retrieval of application's current and historic information in a
+generic fashion is addressed in YARN through the Timeline Server. It has two responsibilities:
 
-#### Application specific information
+#### Persisting Application Specific Information
 
-  Supports collection of information completely specific to an application or framework. For example, Hadoop MapReduce framework can include pieces of information like number of map tasks, reduce tasks, counters etc. Application developers can publish the specific information to the Timeline server via TimelineClient, the ApplicationMaster and/or the application's containers. This information is then queryable via REST APIs for rendering by application/framework specific UIs.
+The collection and retrieval of information completely specific to an application or framework.
+For example, the Hadoop MapReduce framework can include pieces of information like number of
+map tasks, reduce tasks, counters...etc.
+Application developers can publish the specific information to the Timeline server via `TimelineClient`
+in the Application Master and/or the application's containers.
 
-#### Generic information about completed applications
-  
-  Previously this was done by Application History Server but with  timeline server its just one use case of Timeline server functionality. Generic information includes application level data like queue-name, user information etc in the ApplicationSubmissionContext, list of application-attempts that ran for an application, information about each application-attempt, list of containers run under each application-attempt, and information about each container. Generic data is published by ResourceManager to the timeline store and used by the web-UI to display information about completed applications.
- 
+This information is then queryable via REST APIs for rendering by application/framework specific UIs.
 
-### Current Status
+#### Persisting Generic Information about Completed Applications
 
-  The essential functionality of the timeline server have been completed and it can work in both secure and non secure modes. The generic history service is also built on timeline store. In subsequent releases we will be rolling out next generation timeline service which is scalable and reliable. Currently, Application specific information is only available via RESTful APIs using JSON type content. The ability to install framework specific UIs in YARN is not supported yet.
+Previously this was supported purely for MapReduce jobs by the Application History Server.
+With the introduction of the timeline server, the Application History Server becomes just one use of
+the Timeline Server.
 
-### Timeline Structure
+Generic information includes application level data such as 
+* queue-name, 
+* user information and the like set in the `ApplicationSubmissionContext`,
+* a list of application-attempts that ran for an application
+* information about each application-attempt
+* the list of containers run under each application-attempt
+* information about each container.
 
-![Timeline Structure] (./images/timeline_structure.jpg)
+Generic data is published by the YARN Resource Manager to the timeline store
+ and used by its web-UI to display information about completed applications.
 
-#### TimelineDomain
+### <a name="Current_Status"></a>Current Status and Future Plans
 
-  Domain is like namespace for Timeline server and users can host multiple entities, isolating them from others. Timeline server Security is defined at this level. Domain majorly stores owner info, read & write ACL information, created and modified time stamp information. Domain is uniquely identified by ID.
 
-#### TimelineEntity
+Current status
 
-  Entity contains the the meta information of some conceptual entity and its related events. The entity can be an application, an application attempt, a container or whatever the user-defined object. It contains Primary filters which will be used to index the entities in TimelineStore, such that users should carefully choose the information they want to store as the primary filters. The remaining data can be stored as other information. Entity is uniquely identified by EntityId and EntityType.
+1. The core functionality of the timeline server has been completed.
+1. It works in both secure and non secure clusters.
+1. The generic history service is built on the timeline store.
+1. The history can be stored in memory or in a leveldb database store;
+  the latter ensures the history is preserved over Timeline Server restarts.
+1. The ability to install framework specific UIs in YARN is not supported.
+1. Application specific information is only available via RESTful APIs using JSON type content.
+1. The "Timeline Server v1" REST API has been declared one of the REST APIs
+  whose compatibility will be maintained in future releases.
+1. The single-server implementation of the Timeline Server places a limit on
+  the scalability of the service; it also prevents the service being 
+  High-Availability component of the YARN infrastructure.
 
-#### TimelineEvent
+Future Plans
 
-  TimelineEvent contains the information of an event that is related to some conceptual entity of an application. Users are free to define what the event means, such as starting an application, getting allocated a container and etc.
+1. Future releases will introduce a next generation timeline service
+which is scalable and reliable, "Timeline Server v2".
+1. The expanded features of this service *may not* be available to
+applications using the Timeline Server v1 REST API. That includes extended
+data structures as well as the ability of the client to failover between Timeline Server instances.
 
-Deployment
-----------
+### <a name="Timeline_Structure"></a>Timeline Structure
 
-###Configurations
+![Timeline Structure](./images/timeline_structure.jpg)
 
-#### Basic Configuration
+#### Timeline Domain
 
-| Configuration Property | Description |
-|:---- |:---- |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.enabled` | Indicate to clients whether Timeline service is enabled or not. If enabled, the TimelineClient library used by end-users will post entities and events to the Timeline server. Defaults to false. |
-| `yarn.resourcemanager.system-metrics-publisher.enabled` | The setting that controls whether yarn system metrics is published on the timeline server or not by RM. Defaults to false. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.generic-application-history.enabled` | Indicate to clients whether to query generic application data from timeline history-service or not. If not enabled then application data is queried only from Resource Manager. Defaults to false. |
+The Timeline Domain offers a namespace for Timeline server allowing
+users to host multiple entities, isolating them from other users and applications.
+Timeline server Security is defined at this level.
+ 
+A "Domain" primarily stores owner info, read and& write ACL information,
+created and modified time stamp information. Each Domain is identified by an ID which 
+must be unique across all users in the YARN cluster.
+
+#### Timeline Entity
+
+A Timeline Entity contains the the meta information of a conceptual entity
+and its related events.
+
+The entity can be an application, an application attempt, a container or
+any user-defined object.
+
+It contains **Primary filters** which will be used to index the entities
+in the Timeline Store. Accordingly, users/applications should carefully
+choose the information they want to store as the primary filters.
+
+The remaining data can be stored as unindexed information.
+Each Entity is uniquely identified by an `EntityId` and `EntityType`.
 
-#### Advanced configuration
+#### Timeline Events
+
+A Timeline Event describes an event that is related to a specific
+Timeline Entity of an application. 
+
+Users are free to define what an event means —such as starting
+an application, getting allocated a container,
+an operation failures or other information considered relevant to users
+and cluster operators.
+
+
+<a name="Deployment"></a>Deployment
+----------
+
+###<a name="Configurations"></a>Configurations
+
+#### Basic Configuration
 
 | Configuration Property | Description |
 |:---- |:---- |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.ttl-enable` | Enable age off of timeline store data. Defaults to true. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.ttl-ms` | Time to live for timeline store data in milliseconds. Defaults to 604800000 (7 days). |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.handler-thread-count` | Handler thread count to serve the client RPC requests. Defaults to 10. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.client.max-retries` | Default maximum number of retires for timeline servive client. Defaults to 30. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.client.retry-interval-ms` | Default retry time interval for timeline servive client. Defaults to 1000. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.enabled` | Indicate to clients whether Timeline service is enabled or not. If enabled, the `TimelineClient` library used by applications will post entities and events to the Timeline server. Defaults to `false`. |
+| `yarn.resourcemanager.system-metrics-publisher.enabled` | The setting that controls whether or not YARN system metrics are published on the timeline server by RM. Defaults to `false`. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.generic-application-history.enabled` | Indicate to clients whether to query generic application data from timeline history-service or not. If not enabled then application data is queried only from Resource Manager. Defaults to `false`. |
 
 #### Timeline store and state store configuration
 
 | Configuration Property | Description |
 |:---- |:---- |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.store-class` | Store class name for timeline store. Defaults to org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.timeline.LeveldbTimelineStore. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.leveldb-timeline-store.path` | Store file name for leveldb timeline store. Defaults to ${hadoop.tmp.dir}/yarn/timeline. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.leveldb-timeline-store.ttl-interval-ms` | Length of time to wait between deletion cycles of leveldb timeline store in milliseconds. Defaults to 300000. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.leveldb-timeline-store.read-cache-size` | Size of read cache for uncompressed blocks for leveldb timeline store in bytes. Defaults to 104857600. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.leveldb-timeline-store.start-time-read-cache-size` | Size of cache for recently read entity start times for leveldb timeline store in number of entities. Defaults to 10000. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.leveldb-timeline-store.start-time-write-cache-size` | Size of cache for recently written entity start times for leveldb timeline store in number of entities. Defaults to 10000. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.recovery.enabled` | Defaults to false. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.state-store-class` | Store class name for timeline state store. Defaults to org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.timeline.recovery.LeveldbTimelineStateStore. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.store-class` | Store class name for timeline store. Defaults to `org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.timeline.LeveldbTimelineStore`. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.leveldb-timeline-store.path` | Store file name for leveldb timeline store. Defaults to `${hadoop.tmp.dir}/yarn/timelin`e. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.leveldb-timeline-store.ttl-interval-ms` | Length of time to wait between deletion cycles of leveldb timeline store in milliseconds. Defaults to `300000`. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.leveldb-timeline-store.read-cache-size` | Size of read cache for uncompressed blocks for leveldb timeline store in bytes. Defaults to `104857600`. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.leveldb-timeline-store.start-time-read-cache-size` | Size of cache for recently read entity start times for leveldb timeline store in number of entities. Defaults to `10000`. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.leveldb-timeline-store.start-time-write-cache-size` | Size of cache for recently written entity start times for leveldb timeline store in number of entities. Defaults to `10000`. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.recovery.enabled` | Defaults to `false`. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.state-store-class` | Store class name for timeline state store. Defaults to `org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.timeline.recovery.LeveldbTimelineStateStore`. |
 | `yarn.timeline-service.leveldb-state-store.path` | Store file name for leveldb timeline state store. |
 
 #### Web and RPC Configuration
 
 | Configuration Property | Description |
 |:---- |:---- |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.hostname` | The hostname of the Timeline service web application. Defaults to 0.0.0.0. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.address` | Address for the Timeline server to start the RPC server. Defaults to ${yarn.timeline-service.hostname}:10200. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.webapp.address` | The http address of the Timeline service web application. Defaults to ${yarn.timeline-service.hostname}:8188. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.webapp.https.address` | The https address of the Timeline service web application. Defaults to ${yarn.timeline-service.hostname}:8190. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.bind-host` | The actual address the server will bind to. If this optional address is set, the RPC and webapp servers will bind to this address and the port specified in yarn.timeline-service.address and yarn.timeline-service.webapp.address, respectively. This is most useful for making the service listen to all interfaces by setting to 0.0.0.0. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.http-cross-origin.enabled` | Enables cross-origin support (CORS) for web services where cross-origin web response headers are needed. For example, javascript making a web services request to the timeline server. Defaults to false. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.hostname` | The hostname of the Timeline service web application. Defaults to `0.0.0.0` |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.address` | Address for the Timeline server to start the RPC server. Defaults to `${yarn.timeline-service.hostname}:10200`. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.webapp.address` | The http address of the Timeline service web application. Defaults to `${yarn.timeline-service.hostname}:8188`. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.webapp.https.address` | The https address of the Timeline service web application. Defaults to `${yarn.timeline-service.hostname}:8190`. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.bind-host` | The actual address the server will bind to. If this optional address is set, the RPC and webapp servers will bind to this address and the port specified in `yarn.timeline-service.address` and `yarn.timeline-service.webapp.address`, respectively. This is most useful for making the service listen on all interfaces by setting to `0.0.0.0`. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.http-cross-origin.enabled` | Enables cross-origin support (CORS) for web services where cross-origin web response headers are needed. For example, javascript making a web services request to the timeline server. Defaults to `false`. |
 | `yarn.timeline-service.http-cross-origin.allowed-origins` | Comma separated list of origins that are allowed for web services needing cross-origin (CORS) support. Wildcards `(*)` and patterns allowed. Defaults to `*`. |
-| yarn.timeline-service.http-cross-origin.allowed-methods | Comma separated list of methods that are allowed for web services needing cross-origin (CORS) support. Defaults to GET,POST,HEAD. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.http-cross-origin.allowed-headers` | Comma separated list of headers that are allowed for web services needing cross-origin (CORS) support. Defaults to X-Requested-With,Content-Type,Accept,Origin. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.http-cross-origin.max-age` | The number of seconds a pre-flighted request can be cached for web services needing cross-origin (CORS) support. Defaults to 1800. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.http-cross-origin.allowed-methods` | Comma separated list of methods that are allowed for web services needing cross-origin (CORS) support. Defaults to `GET,POST,HEAD`. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.http-cross-origin.allowed-headers` | Comma separated list of headers that are allowed for web services needing cross-origin (CORS) support. Defaults to `X-Requested-With,Content-Type,Accept,Origin`. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.http-cross-origin.max-age` | The number of seconds a pre-flighted request can be cached for web services needing cross-origin (CORS) support. Defaults to `1800`. |
+
+Note that the selection between the HTTP and HTTPS binding is made in the `TimelineClient` based
+upon the value of the YARN-wide configuration option `yarn.http.policy`; the HTTPS endpoint will be
+selected if this policy is either of `HTTPS_ONLY` or `HTTP_AND_HTTPS`.
+
+#### Advanced Server-side configuration
+
+| Configuration Property | Description |
+|:---- |:---- |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.ttl-enable` | Enable deletion of aged data within the timeline store. Defaults to `true`. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.ttl-ms` | Time to live for timeline store data in milliseconds. Defaults to `604800000` (7 days). |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.handler-thread-count` | Handler thread count to serve the client RPC requests. Defaults to `10`. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.client.max-retries` | The maximum number of retries for attempts to publish data to the timeline service.Defaults to `30`. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.client.retry-interval-ms` | The interval in milliseconds between retries for the timeline service client. Defaults to `1000`. |
+
+
 
 #### Security Configuration
 
- Security can be enabled by setting yarn.timeline-service.http-authentication.type to kerberos and further following configurations can be done.
+
+Security can be enabled by setting `yarn.timeline-service.http-authentication.type`
+to `kerberos`, after which the following configuration options are available:
+
 
 | Configuration Property | Description |
 |:---- |:---- |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.http-authentication.type` | Defines authentication used for the timeline server HTTP endpoint. Supported values are: simple / kerberos / #AUTHENTICATION_HANDLER_CLASSNAME#. Defaults to simple. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.http-authentication.simple.anonymous.allowed` | Indicates if anonymous requests are allowed by the timeline server when using 'simple' authentication. Defaults to true. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.http-authentication.type` | Defines authentication used for the timeline server HTTP endpoint. Supported values are: `simple` / `kerberos` / #AUTHENTICATION_HANDLER_CLASSNAME#. Defaults to `simple`. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.http-authentication.simple.anonymous.allowed` | Indicates if anonymous requests are allowed by the timeline server when using 'simple' authentication. Defaults to `true`. |
 | `yarn.timeline-service.principal` | The Kerberos principal for the timeline server. |
-| yarn.timeline-service.keytab | The Kerberos keytab for the timeline server. Defaults to /etc/krb5.keytab. |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.delegation.key.update-interval` | Defaults to 86400000 (1 day). |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.delegation.token.renew-interval` | Defaults to 86400000 (1 day). |
-| `yarn.timeline-service.delegation.token.max-lifetime` | Defaults to 604800000 (7 day). |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.keytab` | The Kerberos keytab for the timeline server. Defaults on Unix to to `/etc/krb5.keytab`. |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.delegation.key.update-interval` | Defaults to `86400000` (1 day). |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.delegation.token.renew-interval` | Defaults to `86400000` (1 day). |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.delegation.token.max-lifetime` | Defaults to `604800000` (7 days). |
+| `yarn.timeline-service.best-effort` | Should the failure to obtain a delegation token be considered an application failure (option = false),  or should the client attempt to continue to publish information without it (option=true). Default: `false` |
 
 #### Enabling the timeline service and the generic history service
 
@@ -156,82 +233,1617 @@ Deployment
 </property>
 ```
 
-### Running Timeline server
+###<a name="Running_Timeline_Server"></a> Running the Timeline Server
 
-  Assuming all the aforementioned configurations are set properly, admins can start the Timeline server/history service with the following command:
+Assuming all the aforementioned configurations are set properly
+admins can start the Timeline server/history service with the following command:
 
-```
-  $ yarn timelineserver
-```
+    yarn timelineserver
 
-  Or users can start the Timeline server / history service as a daemon:
+To start the Timeline server / history service as a daemon, the command is
 
-```
-  $ $HADOOP_YARN_HOME/sbin/yarn-daemon.sh start timelineserver
-```
+    $HADOOP_YARN_HOME/sbin/yarn-daemon.sh start timelineserver
 
-### Accessing generic-data via command-line
+###<a name="Accessing_generic-data_via_command-line"></a> Accessing generic-data via command-line
 
-  Users can access applications' generic historic data via the command line as below. Note that the same commands are usable to obtain the corresponding information about running applications.
+Users can access applications' generic historic data via the command line below
 
-```
-  $ yarn application -status <Application ID>
-  $ yarn applicationattempt -list <Application ID>
-  $ yarn applicationattempt -status <Application Attempt ID>
-  $ yarn container -list <Application Attempt ID>
-  $ yarn container -status <Container ID>
-```
+    $ yarn application -status <Application ID>
+    $ yarn applicationattempt -list <Application ID>
+    $ yarn applicationattempt -status <Application Attempt ID>
+    $ yarn container -list <Application Attempt ID>
+    $ yarn container -status <Container ID>
 
-Publishing of application specific data
-------------------------------------------------
+Note that the same commands are usable to obtain the corresponding information about running applications.
 
-  Developers can define what information they want to record for their applications by composing `TimelineEntity` and  `TimelineEvent` objects, and put the entities and events to the Timeline server via `TimelineClient`. Below is an example:
+###<a name="Publishing_of_application_specific_data"></a> Publishing application specific data
 
-```
-  // Create and start the Timeline client
-  TimelineClient client = TimelineClient.createTimelineClient();
-  client.init(conf);
-  client.start();
+Developers can define what information they want to record for
+their applications by constructing `TimelineEntity` and  `TimelineEvent` objects
+then publishing the entities and events to the Timeline Server
+via the `TimelineClient` API.
+
+Here is an example:
+
+
+    // Create and start the Timeline client
+    TimelineClient client = TimelineClient.createTimelineClient();
+    client.init(conf);
+    client.start();
+
+    try {
+      TimelineDomain myDomain = new TimelineDomain();
+      myDomain.setID("MyDomain");
+      // Compose other Domain info ....
+
+      client.putDomain(myDomain);
+
+      TimelineEntity myEntity = new TimelineEntity();
+      myEntity.setDomainId(myDomain.getId());
+      myEntity.setEntityType("APPLICATION");
+      myEntity.setEntityID("MyApp1")
+      // Compose other entity info
+
+      TimelinePutResponse response = client.putEntities(entity);
+
+      TimelineEvent event = new TimelineEvent();
+      event.setEventType("APP_FINISHED");
+      event.setTimestamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
+      event.addEventInfo("Exit Status", "SUCCESS");
+      // Compose other Event info ....
+
+      myEntity.addEvent(event);
+      TimelinePutResponse response = timelineClient.putEntities(entity);
+
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      // Handle the exception
+    } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+      // In Hadoop 2.6, if attempts submit information to the Timeline Server fail more than the retry limit,
+      // a RuntimeException will be raised. This may change in future releases, being
+      // replaced with a IOException that is (or wraps) that which triggered retry failures.
+    } catch (YarnException e) {
+      // Handle the exception
+    } finally {
+      // Stop the Timeline client
+      client.stop();
+    }
+
+
+1. Publishing of data to Timeline Server is a synchronous operation; the call will not return until successful.
+1. The `TimelineClient` implementation class is a subclass of the YARN `Service` API; it can be placed
+under a `CompositeService` to ease its lifecycle management.
+1. The result of a `putEntities()` call is a `TimelinePutResponse` object. This contains a
+(hopefully empty) list of those timeline entities reject by the timeline server, along with
+an error code indicating the cause of each failure.
+
+In Hadoop 2.6 and 2.7, the error codes are:
+
+| Error Code | Description |
+|:---- |:---- |
+|1 | No start time |
+|2 | IOException |
+|3 | System Filter conflict (reserved filter key used) |
+|4 | Access Denied |
+|5 | No domain |
+|6 | Forbidden relation |
+
+Further error codes may be defined in future.
+
+**Note** : Following are the points which need to be observed when updating a entity.
+
+* Domain ID should not be modified for already existing entity.
+* After a modification of a Primary filter value, the new value
+will be appended to the old value; the original value will not be replaced.
+* It's advisable to have same primary filters for all updates on entity.
+Any on modification of a primary filter by in an update will result in
+queries with updated primary filter to not fetching the information before the update
+
+# Generic Data Web UI
+
+Users can access the generic historic information of applications via web UI:
+
+    http(s)://<timeline server http(s) address:port>/applicationhistory
+
+## <a name="Timeline_Server_REST_API_v1"></a>Timeline Server REST API V1
+
+Querying the timeline server is currently only supported via REST API calls; there is no API
+client implemented in the YARN libraries. In Java, the Jersey client is effective at querying
+the server, even in secure mode (provided the caller has the appropriate Kerberos tokens or keytab).
+
+The v1 REST API is implemented at under the path, `/ws/v1/timeline/` on the Timeline Server web service.
+
+Here is a non-normative description of the API.
+
+### Root path
+
+    GET /ws/v1/timeline/
+
+Returns a JSON object describing the server instance.
+
+     {"About":"Timeline API"}
+
+
+## <a name="REST_API_DOMAINS"></a>Domains `/ws/v1/timeline/domain`
+
+### Domain summary information `/ws/v1/timeline/domain`
+
+
+    GET /ws/v1/timeline/domain?owner=$OWNER
+
+Returns a list of domains belonging to a specific user, in
+the JSON-marshalled `TimelineDomains` data structure.
+
+The `owner` MUST be set on a GET which is not authenticated.
+
+On an authenticated request, the `owner` defaults to
+the caller.
+
+    PUT /ws/v1/timeline/domain
+
+A PUT of a serialized `TimelineDomain` structure to this path will
+add the domain to the list of domains owned by the specified/current
+user. A successful operation returns status code of 200 and
+a `TimelinePutResponse` containing no errors.
+
+
+### Specific information about a Domain `/ws/v1/timeline/domain/{domainId}`
+
+Returns a JSON-marshalled `TimelineDomain` structure
+describing a domain.
+
+If the domain is not found, then an HTTP 404 response is returned.
+
+
+### POST new domain `/ws/v1/timeline/domain`
+
+Creates a new timeline domain, or overrides an existing one.
+
+When attempting to create a new domain, the ID in the submission MUST
+be unique across all domains in the cluster.
+
+When attempting to update an existing domain, the ID of that domain
+must be set. The submitter must have the appropriate permissions
+to update the domain.
+
+submission: `TimelineDomain`
+
+response: `TimelinePutResponse`
+
+### List domains of a user: GET `/ws/v1/timeline/domain`
+
+Retrieves a list of all domains of a user. 
+
+If an owner is specified, that owner name overrides that of the caller.
+
+| Query Parameter | Description |
+|:---- |:---- |
+| `owner`| owner of the domains to list|
+
+
+    GET http://localhost:8188/ws/v1/timeline/domain?owner=alice
+
+    {
+    "domains":
+      [
+        {
+        "id":"DS_DOMAIN_2",
+        "owner":"alice",
+        "readers":"peter",
+        "writers":"john",
+        "createdtime":1430425000337,
+        "modifiedtime":1430425000337
+        },
+        {
+        "id":"DS_DOMAIN_1",
+        "owner":"alice",
+        "readers":"bar",
+        "writers":"foo",
+        "createdtime":1430424955963,
+        "modifiedtime":1430424955963
+        }
+        ,
+        {"id":"DEFAULT",
+        "description":"System Default Domain",
+        "owner":"alice",
+        "readers":"*",
+        "writers":"*",
+        "createdtime":1430424022699,
+        "modifiedtime":1430424022699
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+
+response: `TimelineDomains`
+
+If the user lacks the permission to list the domains of the specified
+owner, an `TimelineDomains` response with no domain listings is
+returned.
+
+#### Retrieve details of a specific domain: GET `/ws/v1/timeline/domain/{domainId}`
+
+Retrieves the details of a single domain
+
+    GET http://localhost:8188/ws/v1/timeline/domain/DS_DOMAIN_1
+
+Response: `TimelineDomain`
+
+    {
+      "id":"DS_DOMAIN_1",
+      "owner":"zshen",
+      "readers":"bar",
+      "writers":"foo",
+      "createdtime":1430424955963,
+      "modifiedtime":1430424955963
+    }
+
+
+If the user lacks the permission to query the details of that domain,
+a 404, not found exception is returned —the same response which
+is returned if there is no entry with that ID.
+
+
+## <a name="REST_API_POST_TIMELINE_ENTITIES"></a> Posting Timeline Entities
+
+With the Posting Entities API, you can post the entities and events, which
+contain the per-framework information you want to record, to the timeline
+server.
+
+### URI:
+
+    http(s)://<timeline server http(s) address:port>/ws/v1/timeline
+
+### HTTP Operations Supported:
+
+    POST
+
+### Query Parameters Supported:
+
+None
+
+### response: `TimelinePutResponse`
+
+
+### Request Examples:
+
+#### JSON request
+
+HTTP Request:
+
+    POST http://<timeline server http address:port>/ws/v1/timeline
+
+Request Header:
+
+    POST /ws/v1/timeline HTTP/1.1
+    Accept: application/json
+    Content-Type: application/json
+    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
+
+Request Body:
+
+    {
+      "entities" : [ {
+        "entity" : "entity id 0",
+        "entitytype" : "entity type 0",
+        "relatedentities" : {
+          "test ref type 2" : [ "test ref id 2" ],
+          "test ref type 1" : [ "test ref id 1" ]
+        },
+        "events" : [ {
+          "timestamp" : 1395818851590,
+          "eventtype" : "event type 0",
+          "eventinfo" : {
+            "key2" : "val2",
+            "key1" : "val1"
+          }
+        }, {
+          "timestamp" : 1395818851590,
+          "eventtype" : "event type 1",
+          "eventinfo" : {
+            "key2" : "val2",
+            "key1" : "val1"
+          }
+        } ],
+        "primaryfilters" : {
+          "pkey2" : [ "pval2" ],
+          "pkey1" : [ "pval1" ]
+        },
+        "otherinfo" : {
+          "okey2" : "oval2",
+          "okey1" : "oval1"
+        },
+        "starttime" : 1395818851588
+      }, {
+        "entity" : "entity id 1",
+        "entitytype" : "entity type 0",
+        "relatedentities" : {
+          "test ref type 2" : [ "test ref id 2" ],
+          "test ref type 1" : [ "test ref id 1" ]
+        },
+        "events" : [ {
+          "timestamp" : 1395818851590,
+          "eventtype" : "event type 0",
+          "eventinfo" : {
+            "key2" : "val2",
+            "key1" : "val1"
+          }
+        }, {
+          "timestamp" : 1395818851590,
+          "eventtype" : "event type 1",
+          "eventinfo" : {
+            "key2" : "val2",
+            "key1" : "val1"
+          }
+        } ],
+        "primaryfilters" : {
+          "pkey2" : [ "pval2" ],
+          "pkey1" : [ "pval1" ]
+        },
+        "otherinfo" : {
+          "okey2" : "oval2",
+          "okey1" : "oval1"
+        },
+        "starttime" : 1395818851590
+      } ]
+    }
+
+Required fields
+
+Entity: `type` and `id`. `starttime` is required unless the
+entity contains one or more event). 
+Event: `type` and `timestamp`. 
+
+## <a name="REST_API_LIST_TIMELINE_ENTITIES"></a>Timeline Entity List
+
+With the Timeline Entity List API,  you can retrieve a list of entity object,
+sorted by the starting timestamp for the entity, descending. The starting
+timestamp of an entity can be a timestamp specified by the your application.
+If it is not explicitly specified, it will be chosen by the store to be the
+earliest timestamp of the events received in the first post for the entity.
+
+### URI:
+
+Use the following URI to obtain all the entity objects of a given
+`entityType`.
+
+    http(s)://<timeline server http(s) address:port>/ws/v1/timeline/{entityType}
+
+### HTTP Operations Supported:
+
+    GET  http://localhost:8188/ws/v1/timeline/DS_APP_ATTEMPT
+
+
+### Query Parameters Supported:
+
+1. `limit` - A limit on the number of entities to return. If null, defaults to 100.
+1. `windowStart` - The earliest start timestamp to retrieve (exclusive). If
+  null, defaults to retrieving all entities until the limit is reached.
+1. `windowEnd` - The latest start timestamp to retrieve (inclusive). If null,
+  defaults to the max value of Long.
+1. `fromId` - If `fromId` is not null, retrieve entities earlier than and
+  including the specified ID. If no start time is found for the specified ID,
+  an empty list of entities will be returned. The `windowEnd` parameter will take
+  precedence if the start time of this entity falls later than `windowEnd`.
+1. `fromTs` - If `fromTs` is not null, ignore entities that were inserted into the
+  store after the given timestamp. The entity's insert timestamp used for this
+  comparison is the store's system time when the first put for the entity was
+  received (not the entity's start time).
+1. `primaryFilter` - Retrieves only entities that have the specified primary
+  filter. If null, retrieves all entities. This is an indexed retrieval, and no
+  entities that do not match the filter are scanned.
+1. `secondaryFilters` - Retrieves only entities that have exact matches for all
+  the specified filters in their primary filters or other info. This is not an
+  indexed retrieval, so all entities are scanned but only those matching the
+  filters are returned.
+1. fields - Specifies which fields of the entity object to retrieve:
+  `EVENTS`, `RELATED_ENTITIES`, `PRIMARY_FILTERS`, `OTHER_INFO`, `LAST_EVENT_ONLY`. If
+  the set of fields contains `LAST_EVENT_ONLY` and not `EVENTS`, the most recent
+  event for each entity is retrieved. If null, retrieves all fields.
+
+### Elements of the `entities` (Timeline Entity List) Object
+
+When you make a request for the list of timeline entities, the information
+will be returned as a collection of container objects. See also
+{{Timeline Entity}} for syntax of the timeline entity object.
+
+| Item | Data Type | Description|
+|:---- |:---- |:---- |
+| `entities` | array of timeline entity objects(JSON) | The collection of timeline entity objects |
+
+### Response Examples:
+
+#### JSON response
+
+HTTP Request:
+
+    GET http://<timeline server http address:port>/ws/v1/timeline/{entity-type}
+
+Response Header:
+
+    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+    Content-Type: application/json
+    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
+
+Response Body:
+
+
+    {
+      "entities":[
+      {
+      "entitytype":"DS_APP_ATTEMPT",
+      "entity":"appattempt_1430424020775_0004_000001",
+      "events":[
+        {
+        "timestamp":1430425008796,
+        "eventtype":"DS_APP_ATTEMPT_END",
+        "eventinfo": { }
+        }
+        {
+        "timestamp":1430425004161,
+        "eventtype":"DS_APP_ATTEMPT_START",
+        "eventinfo": { }
+        }
+      ]
+      "starttime":1430425004161,
+      "domain":"DS_DOMAIN_2",
+      "relatedentities": { },
+      "primaryfilters":
+        {
+        "user":["zshen"]
+        },
+      "otherinfo": { }
+      }
+      {
+      "entitytype":"DS_APP_ATTEMPT",
+      "entity":"appattempt_1430424020775_0003_000001",
+      "starttime":1430424959169,
+      "domain":"DS_DOMAIN_1",
+      "events":[
+        {
+        "timestamp":1430424963836,
+        "eventinfo": { }
+         }
+        {
+        "timestamp":1430424959169,
+        "eventinfo": { }
+        }
+       ]
+      "relatedentities": { },
+      "primaryfilters": {
+        "user":["zshen"]
+       },
+      "otherinfo": { }
+       }
+      ]
+    }
+
+
+## <a name="REST_API_GET_TIMELINE_ENTITY"></a>Timeline Entity
+
+With the Timeline Entity API, you can retrieve the entity information for a
+given entity identifier.
+
+### URI:
+
+Use the following URI to obtain the entity object identified by the
+`entityType` value and the `entityId` value.
+
+    http(s)://<timeline server http(s) address:port>/ws/v1/timeline/{entityType}/{entityId}
+
+### HTTP Operations Supported:
+
+    GET
+
+### Query Parameters Supported:
+
+1. fields - Specifies which fields of the entity object to retrieve:
+  `EVENTS`, `RELATED_ENTITIES`, `PRIMARY_FILTERS`, `OTHER_INFO`, `LAST_EVENT_ONLY`. If
+  the set of fields contains LAST_EVENT_ONLY and not EVENTS, the most recent
+  event for each entity is retrieved. If null, retrieves all fields.
+
+### Elements of the `entity` (Timeline Entity) Object:
+
+See also {{Timeline Event List}} for syntax of the timeline event object.
+
+
+| Item | Data Type | Description|
+|:---- |:---- |:---- |
+| `entity` | string  | The entity id |
+| `entitytype` | string | The entity type |
+| `relatedentities` | map | The related entities' identifiers, which are organized in a map of entityType : [entity1, entity2, ...] |
+| `events` | list | The events of the entity |
+| `primaryfilters` | map | The primary filters of the entity, which are orgainzied in a map of key : [value1, value2, ...] |
+| `otherinfo` | map | The other information of the entity, which is orgainzied in a map of key : value |
+| `starttime` | long | The start time of the entity |
+
+### Response Examples:
+
+#### JSON response
+
+HTTP Request:
+
+    GET http://<timeline server http address:port>/ws/v1/timeline/{entity-type}/{entity-id}
+
+Response Header:
+
+    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+    Content-Type: application/json
+    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
+
+Response Body:
+
+    http://localhost:8188/ws/v1/timeline/DS_APP_ATTEMPT/appattempt_1430424020775_0003_000001
+
+    {
+      "events":[
+        {
+        "timestamp":1430424959169,
+        "eventtype":"DS_APP_ATTEMPT_START",
+        "eventinfo":  {}}],
+        "entitytype":"DS_APP_ATTEMPT",
+        "entity":"appattempt_1430424020775_0003_000001",
+        "starttime":1430424959169,
+        "domain":"DS_DOMAIN_1",
+        "relatedentities":  {},
+        "primaryfilters":  {
+            "user":["zshen"]
+            },
+        "otherinfo":  {}
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  
+
+
+
+## <a name="REST_API_LIST_TIMELINE_EVENTS"></a>Timeline Event List
+
+With the Timeline Events API, you can retrieve the event objects for a list
+of entities all of the same entity type. The events for each entity are
+sorted in order of their timestamps, descending.
+
+### URI:
+
+Use the following URI to obtain the event objects of the given `entityType`.
+
+    http(s)://<timeline server http(s) address:port>/ws/v1/timeline/{entityType}/events
+
+### HTTP Operations Supported:
+
+    GET
+
+### Query Parameters Supported:
+
+1. `entityIds` - The entity IDs to retrieve events for.
+1. `limit` - A limit on the number of events to return for each entity. If null,
+  defaults to 100 events per entity.
+1. `windowStart` - If not null, retrieves only events later than the given time
+  (exclusive)
+1. `windowEnd` - If not null, retrieves only events earlier than the given time
+  (inclusive)
+1. `eventTypes` - Restricts the events returned to the given types. If null,
+  events of all types will be returned.
+
+### Elements of the `events` (Timeline Entity List) Object
+
+When you make a request for the list of timeline events, the information
+will be returned as a collection of event objects.
+
+| Item | Data Type | Description|
+|:---- |:---- |:---- |
+| `events` | array of timeline event objects(JSON) | The collection of timeline event objects |
+
+Below is the elements of a single event object.
+
+
+| Item | Data Type | Description|
+|:---- |:---- |:---- |
+| `eventtype` | string  | The event type |
+| `eventinfo` | map | The information of the event, which is orgainzied in a map of `key` : `value` |
+| `timestamp` | long | The timestamp of the event |
+
+### Response Examples:
 
-  try {
-    TimelineDomain myDomain = new TimelineDomain();
-    myDomain.setID("MyDomain");
-    // Compose other Domain info ....
+#### JSON response
 
-    client.putDomain(myDomain);
+HTTP Request:
 
-    TimelineEntity myEntity = new TimelineEntity();
-    myEntity.setDomainId(myDomain.getId());
-    myEntity.setEntityType("APPLICATION");
-    myEntity.setEntityID("MyApp1")
-    // Compose other entity info
+    GET http://<timeline server http address:port>/ws/v1/timeline/entity%20type%200/events
 
-    TimelinePutResponse response = client.putEntities(entity);
+Response Header:
 
+    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+    Content-Type: application/json
+    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
+
+Response Body:
+
+
+    GET http://localhost:8188/ws/v1/timeline/DS_APP_ATTEMPT/events?entityId=appattempt_1430424020775_0003_000001
     
-    TimelineEvent event = new TimelineEvent();
-    event.setEventType("APP_FINISHED");
-    event.setTimestamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
-    event.addEventInfo("Exit Status", "SUCCESS");
-    // Compose other Event info ....
-
-    myEntity.addEvent(event);
-    timelineClient.putEntities(entity);
-
-  } catch (IOException e) {
-    // Handle the exception
-  } catch (YarnException e) {
-    // Handle the exception
-  }
-
-  // Stop the Timeline client
-  client.stop();
-```
+    
+    {
+    "events": [
+      {
+      "entity":"appattempt_1430424020775_0003_000001",
+      "entitytype":"DS_APP_ATTEMPT"}
+      "events":[
+        {
+        "timestamp":1430424963836,
+        "eventtype":"DS_APP_ATTEMPT_END",
+        "eventinfo":{}},
+        {
+        "timestamp":1430424959169,
+        "eventtype":"DS_APP_ATTEMPT_START",
+        "eventinfo":{}}
+        ],
+       }
+      ]
+    }
+
+
+
+
+
+#<a name="GENERIC_DATA_REST_APIS"></a> Generic Data REST APIs
+
+Users can access the generic historic information of applications via REST
+APIs.
+
+## <a name="REST_API_LIST_APPLICATIONS"></a>Application List
+
+With the Application List API, you can obtain a collection of resources, each
+of which represents an application. When you run a GET operation on this
+resource, you obtain a collection of application objects.
+
+### URI:
+
+    http(s)://<timeline server http(s) address:port>/ws/v1/applicationhistory/apps
+
+### HTTP Operations Supported:
+
+    GET
+
+### Query Parameters Supported:
+
+1. `states` - applications matching the given application states, specified as a
+comma-separated list
+
+1. `finalStatus` - the final status of the application - reported by the
+application itself
+
+1. `user` - user name
+
+1. `queue` - queue name
+
+1. `limit` - total number of app objects to be returned
+
+1. `startedTimeBegin` - applications with start time beginning with this time,
+specified in ms since epoch
+
+1. `startedTimeEnd` - applications with start time ending with this time,
+specified in ms since epoch
+
+1. `finishedTimeBegin` - applications with finish time beginning with this time,
+specified in ms since epoch
+
+1. `finishedTimeEnd` - applications with finish time ending with this time,
+specified in ms since epoch
+
+1. `applicationTypes` - applications matching the given application types,
+specified as a comma-separated list
+
+### Elements of the `apps` (Application List) Object
+
+When you make a request for the list of applications, the information will be
+returned as a collection of application objects. See also `Application` for
+syntax of the application object.
+
+| Item  | Data Type | Description  |
+|:---- |:---- |:---- |
+| `app` | array of app objects(JSON)/zero or more application objects(XML) | The collection of application objects |
+
+### Response Examples:
+
+#### JSON response
+
+HTTP Request:
+
+    GET http://<timeline server http address:port>/ws/v1/applicationhistory/apps
+
+Response Header:
+
+    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+    Content-Type: application/json
+    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
+
+Response Body:
+
+
+    {
+      "app":
+      [
+          {
+          "appId":"application_1430424020775_0004",
+          "currentAppAttemptId":"appattempt_1430424020775_0004_000001",
+          "user":"zshen",
+          "name":"DistributedShell",
+          "queue":"default",
+          "type":"YARN",
+          "host":"d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu/69.91.129.173",
+          "rpcPort":-1,
+          "appState":"FINISHED",
+          "progress":100.0,
+          "diagnosticsInfo":"",
+          "originalTrackingUrl":"N/A",
+          "trackingUrl":"http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:8088/proxy/application_1430424020775_0004/",
+          "finalAppStatus":"SUCCEEDED",
+          "submittedTime":1430425001004,
+          "startedTime":1430425001004,
+          "finishedTime":1430425008861,
+          "elapsedTime":7857},
+          {
+          "appId":"application_1430424020775_0003",
+          "currentAppAttemptId":"appattempt_1430424020775_0003_000001",
+          "user":"zshen",
+          "name":"DistributedShell",
+          "queue":"default",
+          "type":"YARN",
+          "host":"d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu/69.91.129.173",
+          "rpcPort":-1,
+          "appState":"FINISHED",
+          "progress":100.0,
+          "diagnosticsInfo":"",
+          "originalTrackingUrl":"N/A",
+          "trackingUrl":"http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:8088/proxy/application_1430424020775_0003/",
+          "finalAppStatus":"SUCCEEDED",
+          "submittedTime":1430424956650,
+          "startedTime":1430424956650,
+          "finishedTime":1430424963907,
+          "elapsedTime":7257},
+          {
+          "appId":"application_1430424020775_0002",
+          "currentAppAttemptId":"appattempt_1430424020775_0002_000001",
+          "user":"zshen",
+          "name":"DistributedShell",
+          "queue":"default",
+          "type":"YARN",
+          "host":"d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu/69.91.129.173",
+          "rpcPort":-1,
+          "appState":"FINISHED",
+          "progress":100.0,
+          "diagnosticsInfo":"",
+          "originalTrackingUrl":"N/A",
+          "trackingUrl":"http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:8088/proxy/application_1430424020775_0002/",
+          "finalAppStatus":"SUCCEEDED",
+          "submittedTime":1430424769395,
+          "startedTime":1430424769395,
+          "finishedTime":1430424776594,
+          "elapsedTime":7199
+          }
+      ]
+    }
+
+
+
+#### XML response
+
+HTTP Request:
+
+    GET http://localhost:8188/ws/v1/applicationhistory/apps
+
+Response Header:
+
+    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+    Content-Type: application/xml
+    Content-Length: 1710
+
+Response Body:
+
+    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+    <apps>
+      <app>
+        <appId>application_1430424020775_0004</appId>
+        <currentAppAttemptId>appattempt_1430424020775_0004_000001</currentAppAttemptId>
+        <user>zshen</user>
+        <name>DistributedShell</name>
+        <queue>default</queue>
+        <type>YARN</type>
+        <host>d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu/69.91.129.173</host>
+        <rpcPort>-1</rpcPort>
+        <appState>FINISHED</appState>
+        <progress>100.0</progress>
+        <diagnosticsInfo></diagnosticsInfo>
+        <originalTrackingUrl>N/A</originalTrackingUrl>
+        <trackingUrl>http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:8088/proxy/application_1430424020775_0004/</trackingUrl>
+        <finalAppStatus>SUCCEEDED</finalAppStatus>
+        <submittedTime>1430425001004</submittedTime>
+        <startedTime>1430425001004</startedTime>
+        <finishedTime>1430425008861</finishedTime>
+        <elapsedTime>7857</elapsedTime>
+      </app>
+      <app>
+        <appId>application_1430424020775_0003</appId>
+        <currentAppAttemptId>appattempt_1430424020775_0003_000001</currentAppAttemptId>
+        <user>zshen</user>
+        <name>DistributedShell</name>
+        <queue>default</queue>
+        <type>YARN</type>
+        <host>d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu/69.91.129.173</host>
+        <rpcPort>-1</rpcPort>
+        <appState>FINISHED</appState>
+        <progress>100.0</progress>
+        <diagnosticsInfo></diagnosticsInfo>
+        <originalTrackingUrl>N/A</originalTrackingUrl>
+        <trackingUrl>http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:8088/proxy/application_1430424020775_0003/</trackingUrl>
+        <finalAppStatus>SUCCEEDED</finalAppStatus>
+        <submittedTime>1430424956650</submittedTime>
+        <startedTime>1430424956650</startedTime>
+        <finishedTime>1430424963907</finishedTime>
+        <elapsedTime>7257</elapsedTime>
+      </app>
+      <app>
+        <appId>application_1430424020775_0002</appId>
+        <currentAppAttemptId>appattempt_1430424020775_0002_000001</currentAppAttemptId>
+        <user>zshen</user>
+        <name>DistributedShell</name>
+        <queue>default</queue>
+        <type>YARN</type>
+        <host>d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu/69.91.129.173</host>
+        <rpcPort>-1</rpcPort>
+        <appState>FINISHED</appState>
+        <progress>100.0</progress>
+        <diagnosticsInfo></diagnosticsInfo>
+        <originalTrackingUrl>N/A</originalTrackingUrl>
+        <trackingUrl>http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:8088/proxy/application_1430424020775_0002/</trackingUrl>
+        <finalAppStatus>SUCCEEDED</finalAppStatus>
+        <submittedTime>1430424769395</submittedTime>
+        <startedTime>1430424769395</startedTime>
+        <finishedTime>1430424776594</finishedTime>
+        <elapsedTime>7199</elapsedTime>
+      </app>
+      <app>
+        <appId>application_1430424020775_0001</appId>
+        <currentAppAttemptId>appattempt_1430424020775_0001_000001</currentAppAttemptId>
+        <user>zshen</user>
+        <name>QuasiMonteCarlo</name>
+        <queue>default</queue>
+        <type>MAPREDUCE</type>
+        <host>localhost</host>
+        <rpcPort>56264</rpcPort>
+        <appState>FINISHED</appState>
+        <progress>100.0</progress>
+        <diagnosticsInfo></diagnosticsInfo>
+        <originalTrackingUrl>http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:19888/jobhistory/job/job_1430424020775_0001</originalTrackingUrl>
+        <trackingUrl>http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:8088/proxy/application_1430424020775_0001/</trackingUrl>
+        <finalAppStatus>SUCCEEDED</finalAppStatus>
+        <submittedTime>1430424053809</submittedTime>
+        <startedTime>1430424053809</startedTime>
+        <finishedTime>1430424072153</finishedTime>
+        <elapsedTime>18344</elapsedTime>
+      </app>
+    </apps>
+
+## <a name="REST_API_GET_APPLICATION"></a>Application
+
+With the Application API, you can get an application resource contains
+information about a particular application that was running on an YARN
+cluster.
+
+It is essentially a JSON-serialized form of the YARN `ApplicationReport` structure.
+
+### URI:
+
+Use the following URI to obtain an application object identified by the `appid` value.
+
+    http(s)://<timeline server http(s) address:port>/ws/v1/applicationhistory/apps/{appid}
+
+### HTTP Operations Supported:
+
+    GET
+
+### Query Parameters Supported:
+
+None
+
+### Elements of the `app` (Application) Object:
+
+| Item         | Data Type   | Description                   |
+|:---- |:----  |:---- |
+| `appId` | string  | The application ID |
+| `user` | string  | The user who started the application |
+| `name` | string  | The application name |
+| `type` | string  | The application type |
+| `queue` | string  | The queue to which the application submitted |
+| `appState` | string | The application state according to the ResourceManager - valid values are members of the YarnApplicationState enum: `FINISHED`, `FAILED`, `KILLED` |
+| `finalStatus` | string | The final status of the application if finished - reported by the application itself - valid values are: `UNDEFINED`, `SUCCEEDED`, `FAILED`, `KILLED` |
+| `progress` | float | The reported progress of the application as a percent. Long-lived YARN services may not provide a meaninful value here —or use it as a metric of actual vs desired container counts |
+| `trackingUrl` | string | The web URL of the application (via the RM Proxy) |
+| `originalTrackingUrl` | string | The actual web URL of the application |
+| `diagnosticsInfo` | string | Detailed diagnostics information on a completed application|
+| `startedTime` | long | The time in which application started (in ms since epoch) |
+| `finishedTime` | long | The time in which the application finished (in ms since epoch) |
+| `elapsedTime` | long | The elapsed time since the application started (in ms) |
+| `allocatedMB` | int | The sum of memory in MB allocated to the application's running containers |
+| `allocatedVCores` | int | The sum of virtual cores allocated to the application's running containers |
+| `currentAppAttemptId` | string | The latest application attempt ID |
+| `host` | string | The host of the ApplicationMaster |
+| `rpcPort` | int | The RPC port of the ApplicationMaster; zero if no IPC service declared. |
+
+### Response Examples:
+
+#### JSON response
+
+HTTP Request:
+
+    http://localhost:8188/ws/v1/applicationhistory/apps/application_1430424020775_0001
+
+Response Header:
+
+    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+    Content-Type: application/json
+    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
+
+Response Body:
+
+    {
+      "appId": "application_1430424020775_0001",
+      "currentAppAttemptId": "appattempt_1430424020775_0001_000001",
+      "user": "zshen",
+      "name": "QuasiMonteCarlo",
+      "queue": "default",
+      "type": "MAPREDUCE",
+      "host": "localhost",
+      "rpcPort": 56264,
+      "appState": "FINISHED",
+      "progress": 100.0,
+      "diagnosticsInfo": "",
+      "originalTrackingUrl": "http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:19888/jobhistory/job/job_1430424020775_0001",
+      "trackingUrl": "http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:8088/proxy/application_1430424020775_0001/",
+      "finalAppStatus": "SUCCEEDED",
+      "submittedTime": 1430424053809,
+      "startedTime": 1430424053809,
+      "finishedTime": 1430424072153,
+      "elapsedTime": 18344
+    }
+
+#### XML response
+
+HTTP Request:
+
+    GET http://localhost:8188/ws/v1/applicationhistory/apps/application_1430424020775_0001
+    Accept: application/xml
+
+Response Header:
+
+    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+    Content-Type: application/xml
+    Content-Length: 873
+
+Response Body:
+
+     <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+     <app>
+       <appId>application_1430424020775_0001</appId>
+       <currentAppAttemptId>appattempt_1430424020775_0001_000001</currentAppAttemptId>
+       <user>zshen</user>
+       <name>QuasiMonteCarlo</name>
+       <queue>default</queue>
+       <type>MAPREDUCE</type>
+       <host>localhost</host>
+       <rpcPort>56264</rpcPort>
+       <appState>FINISHED</appState>
+       <progress>100.0</progress>
+       <diagnosticsInfo></diagnosticsInfo>
+       <originalTrackingUrl>http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:19888/jobhistory/job/job_1430424020775_0001</originalTrackingUrl>
+       <trackingUrl>http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:8088/proxy/application_1430424020775_0001/</trackingUrl>
+       <finalAppStatus>SUCCEEDED</finalAppStatus>
+       <submittedTime>1430424053809</submittedTime>
+       <startedTime>1430424053809</startedTime>
+       <finishedTime>1430424072153</finishedTime>
+       <elapsedTime>18344</elapsedTime>
+     </app>
+
+## <a name="REST_API_APPLICATION_ATTEMPT_LIST"></a>Application Attempt List
+
+With the Application Attempt List API, you can obtain a collection of
+resources, each of which represents an application attempt. When you run a
+GET operation on this resource, you obtain a collection of application
+attempt objects.
+
+### URI:
+
+Use the following URI to obtain all the attempt objects of an application
+identified by the `appid` value.
+
+    http(s)://<timeline server http(s) address:port>/ws/v1/applicationhistory/apps/{appid}/appattempts
+
+### HTTP Operations Supported:
+
+    GET
+
+### Query Parameters Supported:
+
+None
+
+### Elements of the `appattempts` (Application Attempt List) Object
+
+When you make a request for the list of application attempts, the information
+will be returned as a collection of application attempt objects. See 
+[Application Attempt](#REST_API_APPLICATION_ATTEMPT) for the syntax of 
+the application attempt object.
+
+| Item         | Data Type   | Description                  |
+|:---- |:---- |:---- |
+| `appattempt` | array of appattempt objects(JSON)/zero or more application attempt objects(XML) | The collection of application attempt objects |
+
+### Response Examples:
+
+#### JSON response
+
+HTTP Request:
+
+    GET  http://localhost:8188/ws/v1/applicationhistory/apps/application_1430424020775_0001/appattempts
+
+Response Header:
+
+    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+    Content-Type: application/json
+    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
 
-  **Note** : Following are the points which needs to be observed during updating a entity.
+Response Body:
 
-  * Domain ID should not be modified for already existing entity.
+    {
+      "appAttempt": [
+        {
+          "appAttemptId": "appattempt_1430424020775_0001_000001",
+          "host": "localhost",
+          "rpcPort": 56264,
+          "trackingUrl": "http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:8088/proxy/application_1430424020775_0001/",
+          "originalTrackingUrl": "http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:19888/jobhistory/job/job_1430424020775_0001",
+          "diagnosticsInfo": "",
+          "appAttemptState": "FINISHED",
+          "amContainerId": "container_1430424020775_0001_01_000001"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
 
-  * Its advisable to have same primary filters for all updates on entity. As on modification of primary filter by subsequent updates will result in not fetching the information before the update when queried with updated primary filter.
+#### XML response
+
+HTTP Request:
+
+    GET http://localhost:8188/ws/v1/applicationhistory/apps/application_1430424020775_0001/appattempts
+    Accept: application/xml
+
+Response Header:
+
+    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+    Content-Type: application/xml
+
+Response Body:
+
+    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+    <appAttempts>
+      <appAttempt>
+        <appAttemptId>appattempt_1430424020775_0001_000001</appAttemptId>
+        <host>localhost</host>
+        <rpcPort>56264</rpcPort>
+        <trackingUrl>http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:8088/proxy/application_1430424020775_0001/</trackingUrl>
+        <originalTrackingUrl>http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:19888/jobhistory/job/job_1430424020775_0001</originalTrackingUrl>
+        <diagnosticsInfo></diagnosticsInfo>
+        <appAttemptState>FINISHED</appAttemptState>
+        <amContainerId>container_1430424020775_0001_01_000001</amContainerId>
+      </appAttempt>
+    </appAttempts>
+
+## <a name="REST_API_APPLICATION_ATTEMPT"></a>Application Attempt
+
+With the Application Attempt API, you can get an application attempt resource
+contains information about a particular application attempt of an application
+that was running on an YARN cluster.
+
+### URI:
+
+Use the following URI to obtain an application attempt object identified by
+the `appid` value and the `appattemptid` value.
+
+    http(s)://<timeline server http(s) address:port>/ws/v1/applicationhistory/apps/{appid}/appattempts/{appattemptid}
+
+### HTTP Operations Supported:
+
+    GET
+
+### Query Parameters Supported:
+
+None
+
+### Elements of the `appattempt` (Application Attempt) Object:
+
+
+| Item | Data Type   | Description  |
+|:---- |:---- |:---- |
+| `appAttemptId` | string  | The application attempt Id |
+| `amContainerId` | string  | The ApplicationMaster container Id |
+| `appAttemptState` | string | The application attempt state according to the ResourceManager - valid values are members of the YarnApplicationAttemptState enum: FINISHED, FAILED, KILLED |
+| `trackingUrl` | string | The web URL that can be used to track the application |
+| `originalTrackingUrl` | string | The actual web URL of the application |
+| `diagnosticsInfo` | string | Detailed diagnostics information |
+| `host` | string | The host of the ApplicationMaster |
+| `rpcPort` | int | The rpc port of the ApplicationMaster |
+
+### Response Examples:
+
+#### JSON response
+
+HTTP Request:
+
+    http://localhost:8188/ws/v1/applicationhistory/apps/application_1430424020775_0001/appattempts/appattempt_1430424020775_0001_000001
+
+Response Header:
+
+    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+    Content-Type: application/json
+    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
+
+Response Body:
+
+    {
+      "appAttemptId": "appattempt_1430424020775_0001_000001",
+      "host": "localhost",
+      "rpcPort": 56264,
+      "trackingUrl": "http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:8088/proxy/application_1430424020775_0001/",
+      "originalTrackingUrl": "http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:19888/jobhistory/job/job_1430424020775_0001",
+      "diagnosticsInfo": "",
+      "appAttemptState": "FINISHED",
+      "amContainerId": "container_1430424020775_0001_01_000001"
+    }
+
+
+#### XML response
+
+HTTP Request:
+
+    GET http://<timeline server http address:port>/ws/v1/applicationhistory/apps/application_1395789200506_0001/appattempts/appattempt_1395789200506_0001_000001
+    Accept: application/xml
+
+Response Header:
+
+    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+    Content-Type: application/xml
+    Content-Length: 488
+
+Response Body:
+
+    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+    <appAttempt>
+      <appAttemptId>appattempt_1430424020775_0001_000001</appAttemptId>
+      <host>localhost</host>
+      <rpcPort>56264</rpcPort>
+      <trackingUrl>http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:8088/proxy/application_1430424020775_0001/</trackingUrl>
+      <originalTrackingUrl>http://d-69-91-129-173.dhcp4.washington.edu:19888/jobhistory/job/job_1430424020775_0001</originalTrackingUrl>
+      <diagnosticsInfo></diagnosticsInfo>
+      <appAttemptState>FINISHED</appAttemptState>
+      <amContainerId>container_1430424020775_0001_01_000001</amContainerId>
+    </appAttempt>
+
+
+## <a name="REST_API_CONTAINER_LIST"></a>Container List
+
+With the Container List API, you can obtain a collection of resources, each
+of which represents a container. When you run a GET operation on this
+resource, you obtain a collection of container objects.
+
+### URI:
+
+Use the following URI to obtain all the container objects of an application
+attempt identified by the `appid` value and the `appattemptid` value.
+
+    http(s)://<timeline server http(s) address:port>/ws/v1/applicationhistory/apps/{appid}/appattempts/{appattemptid}/containers
+
+
+### HTTP Operations Supported:
+
+    GET
+
+### Query Parameters Supported:
+
+None
+
+### Elements of the `containers` (Container List) Object
+
+When you make a request for the list of containers, the information will be
+returned as a collection of container objects. See also {{Container}} for
+syntax of the container object.
+
+| Item | Data Type   | Description |
+|:---- |:---- |:---- |
+| `container` | array of container objects(JSON)/zero or more container objects(XML) | The collection of container objects |
+
+### Response Examples:
+
+#### JSON response
+
+HTTP Request:
+
+    GET http://localhost:8188/ws/v1/applicationhistory/apps/application_1430424020775_0001/appattempts/appattempt_1430424020775_0001_000001/containers?
+
+Response Header:
+
+    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+    Content-Type: application/json
+    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
+
+Response Body:
+
+    {
+      "container": [
+        {
+          "containerId": "container_1430424020775_0001_01_000007",
+          "allocatedMB": 1024,
+          "allocatedVCores": 1,
+          "assignedNodeId": "localhost:9105",
+          "priority": 10,
+          "startedTime": 1430424068296,
+          "finishedTime": 1430424073006,
+          "elapsedTime": 4710,
+          "diagnosticsInfo": "Container killed by the ApplicationMaster.\nContainer killed on request. Exit code is 143\nContainer exited with a non-zero exit code 143\n",
+          "logUrl": "http://0.0.0.0:8188/applicationhistory/logs/localhost:9105/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000007/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000007/zshen",
+          "containerExitStatus": -105,
+          "containerState": "COMPLETE",
+          "nodeHttpAddress": "http://localhost:8042"
+        },
+        {
+          "containerId": "container_1430424020775_0001_01_000006",
+          "allocatedMB": 1024,
+          "allocatedVCores": 1,
+          "assignedNodeId": "localhost:9105",
+          "priority": 20,
+          "startedTime": 1430424060317,
+          "finishedTime": 1430424068293,
+          "elapsedTime": 7976,
+          "diagnosticsInfo": "Container killed by the ApplicationMaster.\nContainer killed on request. Exit code is 143\nContainer exited with a non-zero exit code 143\n",
+          "logUrl": "http://0.0.0.0:8188/applicationhistory/logs/localhost:9105/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000006/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000006/zshen",
+          "containerExitStatus": -105,
+          "containerState": "COMPLETE",
+          "nodeHttpAddress": "http://localhost:8042"
+        },
+        {
+          "containerId": "container_1430424020775_0001_01_000005",
+          "allocatedMB": 1024,
+          "allocatedVCores": 1,
+          "assignedNodeId": "localhost:9105",
+          "priority": 20,
+          "startedTime": 1430424060316,
+          "finishedTime": 1430424068294,
+          "elapsedTime": 7978,
+          "diagnosticsInfo": "Container killed by the ApplicationMaster.\nContainer killed on request. Exit code is 143\nContainer exited with a non-zero exit code 143\n",
+          "logUrl": "http://0.0.0.0:8188/applicationhistory/logs/localhost:9105/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000005/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000005/zshen",
+          "containerExitStatus": -105,
+          "containerState": "COMPLETE",
+          "nodeHttpAddress": "http://localhost:8042"
+        },
+        {
+          "containerId": "container_1430424020775_0001_01_000003",
+          "allocatedMB": 1024,
+          "allocatedVCores": 1,
+          "assignedNodeId": "localhost:9105",
+          "priority": 20,
+          "startedTime": 1430424060315,
+          "finishedTime": 1430424068289,
+          "elapsedTime": 7974,
+          "diagnosticsInfo": "Container killed by the ApplicationMaster.\nContainer killed on request. Exit code is 143\nContainer exited with a non-zero exit code 143\n",
+          "logUrl": "http://0.0.0.0:8188/applicationhistory/logs/localhost:9105/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000003/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000003/zshen",
+          "containerExitStatus": -105,
+          "containerState": "COMPLETE",
+          "nodeHttpAddress": "http://localhost:8042"
+        },
+        {
+          "containerId": "container_1430424020775_0001_01_000004",
+          "allocatedMB": 1024,
+          "allocatedVCores": 1,
+          "assignedNodeId": "localhost:9105",
+          "priority": 20,
+          "startedTime": 1430424060315,
+          "finishedTime": 1430424068291,
+          "elapsedTime": 7976,
+          "diagnosticsInfo": "Container killed by the ApplicationMaster.\nContainer killed on request. Exit code is 143\nContainer exited with a non-zero exit code 143\n",
+          "logUrl": "http://0.0.0.0:8188/applicationhistory/logs/localhost:9105/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000004/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000004/zshen",
+          "containerExitStatus": -105,
+          "containerState": "COMPLETE",
+          "nodeHttpAddress": "http://localhost:8042"
+        },
+        {
+          "containerId": "container_1430424020775_0001_01_000002",
+          "allocatedMB": 1024,
+          "allocatedVCores": 1,
+          "assignedNodeId": "localhost:9105",
+          "priority": 20,
+          "startedTime": 1430424060313,
+          "finishedTime": 1430424067250,
+          "elapsedTime": 6937,
+          "diagnosticsInfo": "Container killed by the ApplicationMaster.\nContainer killed on request. Exit code is 143\nContainer exited with a non-zero exit code 143\n",
+          "logUrl": "http://0.0.0.0:8188/applicationhistory/logs/localhost:9105/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000002/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000002/zshen",
+          "containerExitStatus": -105,
+          "containerState": "COMPLETE",
+          "nodeHttpAddress": "http://localhost:8042"
+        },
+        {
+          "containerId": "container_1430424020775_0001_01_000001",
+          "allocatedMB": 2048,
+          "allocatedVCores": 1,
+          "assignedNodeId": "localhost:9105",
+          "priority": 0,
+          "startedTime": 1430424054314,
+          "finishedTime": 1430424079022,
+          "elapsedTime": 24708,
+          "diagnosticsInfo": "",
+          "logUrl": "http://0.0.0.0:8188/applicationhistory/logs/localhost:9105/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000001/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000001/zshen",
+          "containerExitStatus": 0,
+          "containerState": "COMPLETE",
+          "nodeHttpAddress": "http://localhost:8042"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+    
+
+#### XML response
+
+HTTP Request:
+
+    GET http://localhost:8188/ws/v1/applicationhistory/apps/application_1430424020775_0001/appattempts/appattempt_1430424020775_0001_000001/containers
+    Accept: application/xml
+
+Response Header:
+
+      HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+      Content-Type: application/xml
+      Content-Length: 1428
+
+Response Body:
+
+    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+    <containers>
+      <container>
+        <containerId>container_1430424020775_0001_01_000007</containerId>
+        <allocatedMB>1024</allocatedMB>
+        <allocatedVCores>1</allocatedVCores>
+        <assignedNodeId>localhost:9105</assignedNodeId>
+        <priority>10</priority>
+        <startedTime>1430424068296</startedTime>
+        <finishedTime>1430424073006</finishedTime>
+        <elapsedTime>4710</elapsedTime>
+        <diagnosticsInfo>Container killed by the ApplicationMaster.
+          Container killed on request. Exit code is 143
+          Container exited with a non-zero exit code 143
+        </diagnosticsInfo>
+        <logUrl>http://0.0.0.0:8188/applicationhistory/logs/localhost:9105/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000007/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000007/zshen</logUrl>
+        <containerExitStatus>-105</containerExitStatus>
+        <containerState>COMPLETE</containerState>
+        <nodeHttpAddress>http://localhost:8042</nodeHttpAddress>
+      </container>
+      <container>
+        <containerId>container_1430424020775_0001_01_000006</containerId>
+        <allocatedMB>1024</allocatedMB>
+        <allocatedVCores>1</allocatedVCores>
+        <assignedNodeId>localhost:9105</assignedNodeId>
+        <priority>20</priority>
+        <startedTime>1430424060317</startedTime>
+        <finishedTime>1430424068293</finishedTime>
+        <elapsedTime>7976</elapsedTime>
+        <diagnosticsInfo>Container killed by the ApplicationMaster.
+          Container killed on request. Exit code is 143
+          Container exited with a non-zero exit code 143
+        </diagnosticsInfo>
+        <logUrl>http://0.0.0.0:8188/applicationhistory/logs/localhost:9105/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000006/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000006/zshen</logUrl>
+        <containerExitStatus>-105</containerExitStatus>
+        <containerState>COMPLETE</containerState>
+        <nodeHttpAddress>http://localhost:8042</nodeHttpAddress>
+      </container>
+      <container>
+        <containerId>container_1430424020775_0001_01_000005</containerId>
+        <allocatedMB>1024</allocatedMB>
+        <allocatedVCores>1</allocatedVCores>
+        <assignedNodeId>localhost:9105</assignedNodeId>
+        <priority>20</priority>
+        <startedTime>1430424060316</startedTime>
+        <finishedTime>1430424068294</finishedTime>
+        <elapsedTime>7978</elapsedTime>
+        <diagnosticsInfo>Container killed by the ApplicationMaster.
+          Container killed on request. Exit code is 143
+          Container exited with a non-zero exit code 143
+        </diagnosticsInfo>
+        <logUrl>http://0.0.0.0:8188/applicationhistory/logs/localhost:9105/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000005/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000005/zshen</logUrl>
+        <containerExitStatus>-105</containerExitStatus>
+        <containerState>COMPLETE</containerState>
+        <nodeHttpAddress>http://localhost:8042</nodeHttpAddress>
+      </container>
+      <container>
+        <containerId>container_1430424020775_0001_01_000003</containerId>
+        <allocatedMB>1024</allocatedMB>
+        <allocatedVCores>1</allocatedVCores>
+        <assignedNodeId>localhost:9105</assignedNodeId>
+        <priority>20</priority>
+        <startedTime>1430424060315</startedTime>
+        <finishedTime>1430424068289</finishedTime>
+        <elapsedTime>7974</elapsedTime>
+        <diagnosticsInfo>Container killed by the ApplicationMaster.
+          Container killed on request. Exit code is 143
+          Container exited with a non-zero exit code 143
+        </diagnosticsInfo>
+        <logUrl>http://0.0.0.0:8188/applicationhistory/logs/localhost:9105/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000003/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000003/zshen</logUrl>
+        <containerExitStatus>-105</containerExitStatus>
+        <containerState>COMPLETE</containerState>
+        <nodeHttpAddress>http://localhost:8042</nodeHttpAddress>
+      </container>
+      <container>
+        <containerId>container_1430424020775_0001_01_000004</containerId>
+        <allocatedMB>1024</allocatedMB>
+        <allocatedVCores>1</allocatedVCores>
+        <assignedNodeId>localhost:9105</assignedNodeId>
+        <priority>20</priority>
+        <startedTime>1430424060315</startedTime>
+        <finishedTime>1430424068291</finishedTime>
+        <elapsedTime>7976</elapsedTime>
+        <diagnosticsInfo>Container killed by the ApplicationMaster.
+          Container killed on request. Exit code is 143
+          Container exited with a non-zero exit code 143
+        </diagnosticsInfo>
+        <logUrl>http://0.0.0.0:8188/applicationhistory/logs/localhost:9105/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000004/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000004/zshen</logUrl>
+        <containerExitStatus>-105</containerExitStatus>
+        <containerState>COMPLETE</containerState>
+        <nodeHttpAddress>http://localhost:8042</nodeHttpAddress>
+      </container>
+      <container>
+        <containerId>container_1430424020775_0001_01_000002</containerId>
+        <allocatedMB>1024</allocatedMB>
+        <allocatedVCores>1</allocatedVCores>
+        <assignedNodeId>localhost:9105</assignedNodeId>
+        <priority>20</priority>
+        <startedTime>1430424060313</startedTime>
+        <finishedTime>1430424067250</finishedTime>
+        <elapsedTime>6937</elapsedTime>
+        <diagnosticsInfo>Container killed by the ApplicationMaster.
+          Container killed on request. Exit code is 143
+          Container exited with a non-zero exit code 143
+        </diagnosticsInfo>
+        <logUrl>http://0.0.0.0:8188/applicationhistory/logs/localhost:9105/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000002/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000002/zshen</logUrl>
+        <containerExitStatus>-105</containerExitStatus>
+        <containerState>COMPLETE</containerState>
+        <nodeHttpAddress>http://localhost:8042</nodeHttpAddress>
+      </container>
+      <container>
+        <containerId>container_1430424020775_0001_01_000001</containerId>
+        <allocatedMB>2048</allocatedMB>
+        <allocatedVCores>1</allocatedVCores>
+        <assignedNodeId>localhost:9105</assignedNodeId>
+        <priority>0</priority>
+        <startedTime>1430424054314</startedTime>
+        <finishedTime>1430424079022</finishedTime>
+        <elapsedTime>24708</elapsedTime>
+        <diagnosticsInfo></diagnosticsInfo>
+        <logUrl>http://0.0.0.0:8188/applicationhistory/logs/localhost:9105/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000001/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000001/zshen</logUrl>
+        <containerExitStatus>0</containerExitStatus>
+        <containerState>COMPLETE</containerState>
+        <nodeHttpAddress>http://localhost:8042</nodeHttpAddress>
+      </container>
+    </containers>
+
+## <a name="REST_API_CONTAINER"></a>Container
+
+With the Container API, you can get a container resource contains information
+about a particular container of an application attempt of an application that
+was running on an YARN cluster.
+
+### URI:
+
+Use the following URI to obtain a container object identified by the `appid`
+value, the `appattemptid` value and the `containerid` value.
+
+    http(s)://<timeline server http(s) address:port>/ws/v1/applicationhistory/apps/{appid}/appattempts/{appattemptid}/containers/{containerid}
+
+### HTTP Operations Supported:
+
+   GET
+
+### Query Parameters Supported:
+
+None
+
+### Elements of the `container` (Container) Object:
+
+
+| Item | Data Type   | Description   |
+|:---- |:---- |:---- |
+| `containerId` | string  | The container Id |
+| `containerState` | string | The container state according to the ResourceManager - valid values are members of the ContainerState enum: COMPLETE |
+| `containerExitStatus` | int  | The container exit status |
+| `logUrl` | string | The log URL that can be used to access the container aggregated log |
+| `diagnosticsInfo` | string | Detailed diagnostics information |
+| `startedTime` | long | The time in which container started (in ms since epoch) |
+| `finishedTime` | long | The time in which the container finished (in ms since epoch) |
+| `elapsedTime` | long | The elapsed time since the container started (in ms) |
+| `allocatedMB` | int | The memory in MB allocated to the container |
+| `allocatedVCores` | int | The virtual cores allocated to the container |
+| `priority` | int  | The priority of the container |
+| `assignedNodeId` | string | The assigned node host and port of the container |
+
+### Response Examples:
+
+#### JSON response
+
+HTTP Request:
+
+    GET http://localhost:8188/ws/v1/applicationhistory/apps/application_1430424020775_0001/appattempts/appattempt_1430424020775_0001_000001/containers/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000001
+
+Response Header:
+
+    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+    Content-Type: application/json
+    Transfer-Encoding: chunked
+
+Response Body:
+
+    {
+      "containerId": "container_1430424020775_0001_01_000001",
+      "allocatedMB": 2048,
+      "allocatedVCores": 1,
+      "assignedNodeId": "localhost:9105",
+      "priority": 0,
+      "startedTime": 1430424054314,
+      "finishedTime": 1430424079022,
+      "elapsedTime": 24708,
+      "diagnosticsInfo": "",
+      "logUrl": "http://0.0.0.0:8188/applicationhistory/logs/localhost:9105/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000001/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000001/zshen",
+      "containerExitStatus": 0,
+      "containerState": "COMPLETE",
+      "nodeHttpAddress": "http://localhost:8042"
+    }
+
+#### XML response
+
+HTTP Request:
+
+    GET http://localhost:8188/ws/v1/applicationhistory/apps/application_1430424020775_0001/appattempts/appattempt_1430424020775_0001_000001/containers/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000001
+    Accept: application/xml
+
+Response Header:
+
+    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+    Content-Type: application/xml
+    Content-Length: 669
+
+Response Body:
+
+    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+    <container>
+      <containerId>container_1430424020775_0001_01_000001</containerId>
+      <allocatedMB>2048</allocatedMB>
+      <allocatedVCores>1</allocatedVCores>
+      <assignedNodeId>localhost:9105</assignedNodeId>
+      <priority>0</priority>
+      <startedTime>1430424054314</startedTime>
+      <finishedTime>1430424079022</finishedTime>
+      <elapsedTime>24708</elapsedTime>
+      <diagnosticsInfo></diagnosticsInfo>
+      <logUrl>http://0.0.0.0:8188/applicationhistory/logs/localhost:9105/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000001/container_1430424020775_0001_01_000001/zshen</logUrl>
+      <containerExitStatus>0</containerExitStatus>
+      <containerState>COMPLETE</containerState>
+      <nodeHttpAddress>http://localhost:8042</nodeHttpAddress>
+    </container>
+ 
+ 
+### Response Codes
 
-  * On modification of Primary filter value, new value will be appended with the old value.
+1. Queries where a domain, entity type, entity ID or similar cannot be resolved result in
+HTTP 404, "Not Found" responses.
+1. Requests in which the path, parameters or values are invalid result in
+Bad Request, 400, responses.
+1. In a secure cluster, a 401, "Forbidden", response is generated
+when attempting to perform operations to which the caller does
+not have the sufficient rights. There is an exception to this when
+querying some entities, such as Domains; here the API deliberately
+downgrades permission-denied outcomes as empty and not-founds responses.
+This hides details of other domains from an unauthorized caller.
+1. If the content of timeline entity PUT operations is invalid,
+this failure *will not* result in an HTTP error code being retured.
+A status code of 200 will be returned —however, there will be an error code
+in the list of failed entities for each entity which could not be added.