Carto

Carto SQL API

The SQL API from Carto — 1 operation(s) for sql.

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Operations 2

GET /v3/sql/{connection}/query Run a synchronous SQL query against a connection #
POST /v3/sql/{connection}/query Run a synchronous SQL query (POST) #

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OpenAPI Specification

carto-sql-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: CARTO Platform Jobs SQL API
  description: CARTO is a cloud-native location intelligence platform. The v3 REST API exposes SQL execution against a connected data warehouse (synchronous query and asynchronous jobs) which also powers workflow execution. The base URL is per-region (for example, https://gcp-us-east1.api.carto.com) and authentication uses an API Access Token obtained from CARTO Workspace.
  version: '3'
  contact:
    name: CARTO Developers
    url: https://docs.carto.com/carto-for-developers/
servers:
- url: https://gcp-us-east1.api.carto.com
  description: CARTO Cloud US (GCP us-east1)
- url: https://{tenant}/api
  description: Self-hosted CARTO tenant
  variables:
    tenant:
      default: your-carto-tenant.example.com
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: SQL
paths:
  /v3/sql/{connection}/query:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Connection'
    get:
      tags:
      - SQL
      summary: Run a synchronous SQL query against a connection
      operationId: runQuery
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: q
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The SQL statement to execute
      - in: query
        name: format
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - json
          - geojson
          - csv
      - in: query
        name: filename
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Query result
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  rows:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                  totalRows:
                    type: integer
                  schema:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
    post:
      tags:
      - SQL
      summary: Run a synchronous SQL query (POST)
      operationId: runQueryPost
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - q
              properties:
                q:
                  type: string
                queryParameters:
                  type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Query result
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  parameters:
    Connection:
      in: path
      name: connection
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Name of the data warehouse connection configured in CARTO
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: CARTO API Access Token (or OAuth M2M token)