Amazon Athena

Amazon Athena Data Catalogs API

Operations for managing data catalogs

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Operations 4

POST /?Action=CreateDataCatalog Amazon Athena Create Data Catalog #

POST /?Action=DeleteDataCatalog Amazon Athena Delete Data Catalog #

POST /?Action=GetDataCatalog Amazon Athena Get Data Catalog #

POST /?Action=ListDataCatalogs Amazon Athena List Data Catalogs #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Amazon Athena Data Catalogs API
  description: Amazon Athena is an interactive query service that makes it easy to analyze data in Amazon S3 using standard SQL. Athena is serverless, so there is no infrastructure to manage, and you pay only for the queries that you run.
  version: '2017-05-18'
  contact:
    name: AWS Support
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
servers:
- url: https://athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  description: Amazon Athena API endpoint
security:
- sigv4: []
tags:
- name: Data Catalogs
  description: Operations for managing data catalogs
paths:
  /?Action=CreateDataCatalog:
    post:
      operationId: createDataCatalog
      summary: Amazon Athena Create Data Catalog
      description: Creates (registers) a data catalog with the specified name and properties. Catalogs created are visible to all users of the same AWS account.
      tags:
      - Data Catalogs
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 100
        dispatcher: QUERY_MATCH
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateDataCatalogInput'
            examples:
              default:
                x-microcks-default: true
                value:
                  Name: my-catalog
                  Type: GLUE
                  Description: AWS Glue data catalog
                  Parameters:
                    catalog-id: '123456789012'
                  Tags:
                  - Key: Environment
                    Value: Production
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Data catalog created successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateDataCatalogOutput'
              examples:
                default:
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value: {}
  /?Action=DeleteDataCatalog:
    post:
      operationId: deleteDataCatalog
      summary: Amazon Athena Delete Data Catalog
      description: Deletes a data catalog.
      tags:
      - Data Catalogs
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 100
        dispatcher: QUERY_MATCH
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteDataCatalogInput'
            examples:
              default:
                x-microcks-default: true
                value:
                  Name: my-catalog
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Data catalog deleted successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteDataCatalogOutput'
              examples:
                default:
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value: {}
  /?Action=GetDataCatalog:
    post:
      operationId: getDataCatalog
      summary: Amazon Athena Get Data Catalog
      description: Returns the specified data catalog.
      tags:
      - Data Catalogs
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 100
        dispatcher: QUERY_MATCH
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetDataCatalogInput'
            examples:
              default:
                x-microcks-default: true
                value:
                  Name: AwsDataCatalog
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Data catalog retrieved successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetDataCatalogOutput'
              examples:
                default:
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    DataCatalog:
                      Name: AwsDataCatalog
                      Description: Default AWS Glue Data Catalog
                      Type: GLUE
                      Parameters:
                        catalog-id: '123456789012'
  /?Action=ListDataCatalogs:
    post:
      operationId: listDataCatalogs
      summary: Amazon Athena List Data Catalogs
      description: Lists the data catalogs in the current AWS account.
      tags:
      - Data Catalogs
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 100
        dispatcher: QUERY_MATCH
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListDataCatalogsInput'
            examples:
              default:
                x-microcks-default: true
                value:
                  MaxResults: 10
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Data catalogs listed successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListDataCatalogsOutput'
              examples:
                default:
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    DataCatalogsSummary:
                    - CatalogName: AwsDataCatalog
                      Type: GLUE
                    NextToken: ''
components:
  schemas:
    CreateDataCatalogInput:
      type: object
      required:
      - Name
      - Type
      properties:
        Name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the data catalog to create
        Type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - LAMBDA
          - GLUE
          - HIVE
          description: The type of data catalog to create
        Description:
          type: string
        Parameters:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
        Tags:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Tag'
    CreateDataCatalogOutput:
      type: object
    Tag:
      type: object
      properties:
        Key:
          type: string
          description: A tag key
        Value:
          type: string
          description: A tag value
    DeleteDataCatalogOutput:
      type: object
    ListDataCatalogsOutput:
      type: object
      properties:
        DataCatalogsSummary:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataCatalogSummary'
        NextToken:
          type: string
    DataCatalog:
      type: object
      properties:
        Name:
          type: string
        Description:
          type: string
        Type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - LAMBDA
          - GLUE
          - HIVE
        Parameters:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
    GetDataCatalogInput:
      type: object
      required:
      - Name
      properties:
        Name:
          type: string
    ListDataCatalogsInput:
      type: object
      properties:
        NextToken:
          type: string
        MaxResults:
          type: integer
    DeleteDataCatalogInput:
      type: object
      required:
      - Name
      properties:
        Name:
          type: string
    GetDataCatalogOutput:
      type: object
      properties:
        DataCatalog:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataCatalog'
    DataCatalogSummary:
      type: object
      properties:
        CatalogName:
          type: string
        Type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - LAMBDA
          - GLUE
          - HIVE
  securitySchemes:
    sigv4:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      description: AWS Signature Version 4