Alation Data Quality API

Manage data quality rules and scores

Operations 3

GET /data_quality/rule/ List data quality rules #
POST /data_quality/rule/ Create a data quality rule #
GET /data_quality/score/ Get data quality scores #

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OpenAPI Specification

alation-data-quality-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Alation Data Catalog Aggregated Context Data Quality API
  description: REST API for managing data sources, schemas, tables, and catalog objects in the Alation data intelligence platform. Supports metadata retrieval, custom field updates, and catalog object management.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Alation Developer Support
    url: https://developer.alation.com
servers:
- url: https://{instance}/integration/v2
  description: Alation instance
  variables:
    instance:
      default: your-alation-instance.com
      description: Your Alation instance hostname
security:
- BearerToken: []
tags:
- name: Data Quality
  description: Manage data quality rules and scores
paths:
  /data_quality/rule/:
    get:
      operationId: listDataQualityRules
      summary: List data quality rules
      description: Returns data quality rules defined in the Alation catalog.
      tags:
      - Data Quality
      parameters:
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 100
      - name: skip
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of data quality rules
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataQualityRuleList'
    post:
      operationId: createDataQualityRule
      summary: Create a data quality rule
      description: Creates a new data quality rule.
      tags:
      - Data Quality
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataQualityRuleRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Data quality rule created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataQualityRule'
  /data_quality/score/:
    get:
      operationId: getDataQualityScores
      summary: Get data quality scores
      description: Returns data quality scores for catalog objects.
      tags:
      - Data Quality
      parameters:
      - name: object_type
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: object_id
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Data quality scores
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataQualityScoreList'
components:
  schemas:
    DataQualityRuleList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataQualityRule'
    DataQualityScoreList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataQualityScore'
    DataQualityRuleRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - title
      - rule_type
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        rule_type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - accuracy
          - completeness
          - consistency
          - timeliness
          - uniqueness
          - validity
          - custom
        object_type:
          type: string
        object_id:
          type: integer
    DataQualityScore:
      type: object
      properties:
        object_type:
          type: string
        object_id:
          type: integer
        overall_score:
          type: number
          format: float
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 100
        dimensions:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: number
            format: float
        last_evaluated:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    DataQualityRule:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataQualityRuleRequest'
      - type: object
        properties:
          id:
            type: integer
          created_at:
            type: string
            format: date-time
  securitySchemes:
    BearerToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: API access token obtained from /integration/v1/createRefreshToken/