Apache Sqoop
Apache Sqoop is a command-line tool designed for efficiently transferring bulk data between Apache Hadoop and structured data stores such as relational databases. It supports parallel import and export of data, incremental loads, and direct database connectors for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, and DB2. Note: Apache Sqoop has been retired to the Apache Attic as of 2021. Users are encouraged to migrate to Apache Spark or Apache NiFi.
More than an index entry, but the surface is still mostly links rather than artifacts — the cohort most likely to move a full band from modest, well-targeted work.
API Evangelist profiles Apache Sqoop the way a machine reads it — 17 machine-readable artifacts across 1 API, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.
Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — Apache Sqoop scores 25.6/100 (emerging), with a separate agent-readiness read of 7/100 (human only). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.
Kin Score
This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance.
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
How we profile Apache Sqoop
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Apache Sqoop. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.
APIs 1
Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Apache Sqoop CLI
Apache Sqoop provides a command-line interface for bulk data transfer between Hadoop and relational databases. Commands include sqoop-import for loading data into HDFS or Hive, ...
Pricing Plans 1
Pricing is part of the interface. Machine-readable plans tell you what a tier costs and includes before you commit — one of the six things the Kin Score reads for commercial clarity.
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Rate limits are the difference between a demo that works and a production integration that doesn't fall over. Publishing them is an operational-transparency signal — and a hard requirement for any agent that plans its own throughput.
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Apache Sqoop Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals let a buyer model the financial operations of an API before it's live. We profile them for the same reason we profile pricing: the money is part of the contract.
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Apache Sqoop Finops
FINOPSFeatures 5
The notable capabilities this provider advertises, captured as structured features so they can be searched and compared instead of read one landing page at a time.
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
Bulk Import
High-throughput parallel import from RDBMS to HDFS, Hive, or HBase.
Bulk Export
Export data from HDFS back to relational database tables.
Incremental Loads
Delta-based incremental loading using append or lastmodified strategies.
Direct Import Mode
Native database utility-based transfers for MySQL and PostgreSQL.
Hive Integration
Auto-create Hive tables and load imported data directly into Hive.
Security Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Use Cases 2
What developers actually build with this provider — captured so the catalogue answers 'what is this for', not just 'what does this expose'.
What developers build with this provider.
Data Warehouse Loading
Load relational database data into Hadoop-based data warehouses.
Database Offloading
Move historical data from RDBMS to HDFS for cost-effective storage.
Integrations 4
Pre-built integrations with other platforms tell you where this provider already fits in a stack.
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
Apache Hadoop
Primary target storage for Sqoop imports via HDFS.
Apache Hive
Create and populate Hive tables from RDBMS imports.
MySQL
MySQL JDBC and direct mysqldump-based connector.
Oracle
Oracle JDBC connector for enterprise database data transfer.
Resources
Every other property we hold for Apache Sqoop — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.
Get Started 1
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Build 1
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Commercial 1
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
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