CData

CData Data Explorer API

The Data Explorer API from CData — 1 operation(s) for data explorer.

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Operations 1

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POST /poweredby/dataExplorer Get a link to the Data Explorer page · Generate Data Explorer URL #
Ask an LLM
“How do I send a user into the Connect AI Data Explorer to browse their data?”
“Can I embed a link that opens the Data Explorer for a sub-account?”
Tell an agent
Generate a Data Explorer link for this user.
Give me the URL that opens the Data Explorer page.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://cloud.cdata.com/docs/SQL-API.html
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Authentication
https://cloud.cdata.com/docs/Authentication.html
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APIReference
https://docs.cloud.cdata.com/en/API/REST-API
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Documentation
https://cloud.cdata.com/docs/Metadata-API.html
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Documentation
https://cloud.cdata.com/docs/Log-API.html
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Documentation
https://docs.cloud.cdata.com/en/API/Connection-API
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Documentation
https://docs.cloud.cdata.com/en/API/Job-API
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Documentation
https://docs.cloud.cdata.com/en/API/Account-API
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Documentation
https://cloud.cdata.com/docs/Audit-API.html
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Documentation
https://docs.cloud.cdata.com/en/API/Management-API
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Documentation
https://docs.cloud.cdata.com/en/API/MCP-Embedded

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cdata/refs/heads/main/openapi/cdata-data-explorer-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cdata/refs/heads/main/json-schema/cdata-redirect-urlresponse-schema.json

Other Resources

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Overview
https://cloud.cdata.com/docs/API.html
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ErrorCatalog
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cdata/refs/heads/main/errors/cdata-problem-types.yml
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Conventions
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cdata/refs/heads/main/conventions/cdata-conventions.yml
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DataModel
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cdata/refs/heads/main/data-model/cdata-data-model.yml
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OAuthScopes
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cdata/refs/heads/main/scopes/cdata-scopes.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

cdata-data-explorer-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: CData Connect AI REST API Embedded Data Explorer API
  version: v1
servers:
- url: https://cloud.cdata.com/api
  description: Production base URL
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Data Explorer
paths:
  /poweredby/dataExplorer:
    post:
      summary: Generate Data Explorer URL
      tags:
      - Data Explorer
      operationId: generateDataExplorerURL
      description: Generate Data Explorer URL redirects you to the Data Explorer page of Connect AI.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A string containing the URL to redirect the user to.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RedirectURLResponse'
              example:
                redirectURL: https://cloud.cdata.com/oem/user/dataexplorer?token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIs...truncated...
components:
  schemas:
    RedirectURLResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - redirectURL
      properties:
        redirectURL:
          type: string
          description: A string containing the CData-hosted connection URL to redirect the user to.
      additionalProperties: false
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: JWT token authentication. Include the token in the Authorization header as `Bearer {token}`. See [Authentication](/en/API/Authentication-Embedded) for more information on creating a token.