Alation Tables API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Alation Data Catalog Aggregated Context Tables 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: Tables
  description: Retrieve table metadata
paths:
  /table/:
    get:
      operationId: listTables
      summary: List tables
      description: Returns tables for a given schema or data source.
      tags:
      - Tables
      parameters:
      - name: schema_id
        in: query
        description: Schema ID to filter tables
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: ds_id
        in: query
        description: Data source ID to filter tables
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 100
      - name: skip
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of tables
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TableList'
  /table/{id}/:
    get:
      operationId: getTable
      summary: Get a table
      description: Returns metadata for a specific table.
      tags:
      - Tables
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Table details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Table'
components:
  schemas:
    TableList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/Table'
    Table:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        schema_id:
          type: integer
        ds_id:
          type: integer
        table_type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - TABLE
          - VIEW
          - EXTERNAL
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
  securitySchemes:
    BearerToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: API access token obtained from /integration/v1/createRefreshToken/