Alation Glossary Terms API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Alation Data Catalog Aggregated Context Glossary Terms 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: Glossary Terms
  description: Manage business glossary terms
paths:
  /glossary_term/:
    get:
      operationId: listGlossaryTerms
      summary: List glossary terms
      description: Returns business glossary terms from the Alation catalog.
      tags:
      - Glossary Terms
      parameters:
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 100
      - name: skip
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      - name: search
        in: query
        description: Search term to filter glossary terms
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of glossary terms
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GlossaryTermList'
    post:
      operationId: createGlossaryTerm
      summary: Create a glossary term
      description: Creates a new business glossary term.
      tags:
      - Glossary Terms
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GlossaryTermRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Glossary term created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GlossaryTerm'
  /glossary_term/{id}/:
    get:
      operationId: getGlossaryTerm
      summary: Get a glossary term
      description: Returns details for a specific glossary term.
      tags:
      - Glossary Terms
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Glossary term details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GlossaryTerm'
    put:
      operationId: updateGlossaryTerm
      summary: Update a glossary term
      description: Updates an existing glossary term.
      tags:
      - Glossary Terms
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GlossaryTermRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Glossary term updated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GlossaryTerm'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteGlossaryTerm
      summary: Delete a glossary term
      description: Deletes a glossary term.
      tags:
      - Glossary Terms
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Deleted successfully
components:
  schemas:
    GlossaryTermList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/GlossaryTerm'
    GlossaryTerm:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GlossaryTermRequest'
      - type: object
        properties:
          id:
            type: integer
          url:
            type: string
            format: uri
          created_at:
            type: string
            format: date-time
          updated_at:
            type: string
            format: date-time
    GlossaryTermRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - title
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
          description: Term name
        description:
          type: string
          description: Term definition
        abbreviation:
          type: string
        synonyms:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        stewards:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
          description: User IDs of assigned stewards
  securitySchemes:
    BearerToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: API access token obtained from /integration/v1/createRefreshToken/