BigID

BigID Metadata Export API

Export catalog metadata.

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Operations 2

GET /data-catalog/object-details/columns Get Catalog Object Columns #

GET /data-catalog/object-details/attributes Get Catalog Object Attributes #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: BigID Authentication Actionable Insights Metadata Export 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: Metadata Export
  description: Export catalog metadata.
paths:
  /data-catalog/object-details/columns:
    get:
      tags:
      - Metadata Export
      operationId: getCatalogObjectColumns
      summary: Get Catalog Object Columns
      description: Retrieve column-level metadata for catalog objects.
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Column metadata retrieved.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /data-catalog/object-details/attributes:
    get:
      tags:
      - Metadata Export
      operationId: getCatalogObjectAttributes
      summary: Get Catalog Object Attributes
      description: Retrieve attribute-level metadata (classifier hits) for unstructured catalog objects.
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Attributes retrieved.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT

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