Alation Data Sources API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Alation Data Catalog Aggregated Context Data Sources 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 Sources
  description: Manage data source connections
paths:
  /datasource/:
    get:
      operationId: listDataSources
      summary: List data sources
      description: Returns a list of all data sources configured in the Alation catalog.
      tags:
      - Data Sources
      parameters:
      - name: limit
        in: query
        description: Number of results to return
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 100
          maximum: 500
      - name: skip
        in: query
        description: Number of results to skip for pagination
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of data sources
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataSourceList'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
  /datasource/{id}/:
    get:
      operationId: getDataSource
      summary: Get a data source
      description: Returns details for a specific data source by ID.
      tags:
      - Data Sources
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Data source ID
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Data source details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataSource'
        '404':
          description: Data source not found
components:
  schemas:
    DataSourceList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataSource'
    DataSource:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          description: Unique identifier
        title:
          type: string
          description: Display title
        description:
          type: string
          description: Data source description
        dbtype:
          type: string
          description: Database type (postgresql, mysql, snowflake, etc.)
        host:
          type: string
          description: Database host
        port:
          type: integer
          description: Database port
        db_username:
          type: string
          description: Database username
        is_virtual:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether this is a virtual data source
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Alation catalog URL for this data source
  securitySchemes:
    BearerToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: API access token obtained from /integration/v1/createRefreshToken/