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ClickHouse Play API

The Play API from ClickHouse — 1 operation(s) for play.

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Operations 1

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

GET /play Open the built-in Play web UI · Web UI #
Ask an LLM
“Where is the browser-based SQL console that ships with ClickHouse?”
“Can I write and run queries from a web page served by the server itself?”
Tell an agent
Open the embedded Play web UI on my server.
Load the Play query console page in the browser.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/cloud/manage/api/api-overview

Specifications

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

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Swagger
https://clickhouse.com/docs/cloud/manage/api/swagger

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OpenAPI Specification

clickhouse-play-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ClickHouse HTTP Interface Play API
  description: 'ClickHouse HTTP interface for executing SQL queries, inserting data, and

    monitoring server health. Authentication is performed with HTTP Basic, URL

    parameters, or the X-ClickHouse-User / X-ClickHouse-Key headers.'
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: http://localhost:8123
  description: Default local ClickHouse HTTP listener
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Play
paths:
  /play:
    get:
      summary: Web UI
      description: Returns the embedded ClickHouse Play web UI.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: HTML page
          content:
            text/html:
              schema:
                type: string
      tags:
      - Play
      operationId: getPlay
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
    clickhouseHeaders:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-ClickHouse-User