BigID

BigID Catalog API

Browse catalog objects.

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Operations 2

GET /data-catalog Query The Data Catalog #
GET /data-catalog/column/cluster/similar List Similar Cluster Columns #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.bigid.com/api/bigid-api-metadata-export-tutorial/
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Documentation
https://developer.bigid.com/api/bigid-api-duplicate-data-tutorial/
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Documentation
https://developer.bigid.com/api/cluster-analysis-api-tutorial/
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Documentation
https://developer.bigid.com/api/data-posture-api-tutorial/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bigid/refs/heads/main/openapi/bigid-catalog-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bigid/refs/heads/main/json-schema/bigid-catalog-object-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bigid/refs/heads/main/json-schema/bigid-case-schema.json

Other Resources

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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bigid/refs/heads/main/examples/bigid-list-posture-cases-example.json

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OpenAPI Specification

bigid-catalog-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: BigID Authentication Actionable Insights Catalog API
  description: Authenticate against a BigID deployment using either user credentials (username/password) or a long-lived user token. Exchange a user token for a short-lived system token (session token) used to authorize subsequent calls against the BigID REST API.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: BigID Support
    url: https://developer.bigid.com/
    email: support@bigid.com
  license:
    name: BigID Terms of Service
    url: https://bigid.com/terms/
servers:
- url: https://sandbox.bigid.tools/api/v1
  description: BigID developer sandbox.
- url: https://{deployment}.bigid.com/api/v1
  description: Customer-hosted BigID deployment.
  variables:
    deployment:
      default: tenant
      description: Tenant subdomain assigned by BigID.
tags:
- name: Catalog
  description: Browse catalog objects.
paths:
  /data-catalog:
    get:
      tags:
      - Catalog
      operationId: queryDataCatalog
      summary: Query The Data Catalog
      description: Retrieve catalog entries. Filter results with BigID's filter query syntax (e.g. `has_duplicates="true"` or `duplicate_id="{duplicateId}"`).
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
      parameters:
      - name: filter
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: BigID filter expression.
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Catalog entries retrieved.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CatalogResponse'
  /data-catalog/column/cluster/similar:
    get:
      tags:
      - Catalog
      operationId: listSimilarClusterColumns
      summary: List Similar Cluster Columns
      description: Get all columns for the provided cluster identifier.
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
      parameters:
      - name: cluster_id
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Columns retrieved.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  schemas:
    CatalogResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        totalRowsCounter:
          type: integer
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CatalogObject'
    CatalogObject:
      type: object
      properties:
        objectName:
          type: string
        objectId:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        source:
          type: string
        fullObjectName:
          type: string
        attribute:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        has_duplicates:
          type: boolean
        duplicate_id:
          type: string
        scanner_type_group:
          type: string
        update_date:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT