# Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform Entity (v1) API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform-entity-v1-api/  
**Provider:** Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform — https://apis.io/providers/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/  
**Base URL:** https://api.confluent.cloud  
**Documentation:** https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html

Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform Entity (v1) API is one of 121 APIs that [Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform](https://apis.io/providers/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Entity (V1). The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

[![Generally Available](https://img.shields.io/badge/Lifecycle%20Stage-Generally%20Available-%2345c6e8)](#section/Versioning/API-Lifecycle-Policy) The API allows you to create, retrieve, update, and delete catalog entities. Related guide: [Catalog API Documentation](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/stream-governance/stream-catalog.html#catalog-api-documentation).

## Operations (10)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/catalog/v1/entity/businessmetadata` | Bulk Create Business Metadata |
| PUT | `/catalog/v1/entity/businessmetadata` | Bulk Update Business Metadata |
| GET | `/catalog/v1/entity/type/{typeName}/name/{qualifiedName}/businessmetadata` | Read Business Metadata for an Entity |
| DELETE | `/catalog/v1/entity/type/{typeName}/name/{qualifiedName}/businessmetadata/{bmName}` | Delete a Business Metadata for an Entity |
| PUT | `/catalog/v1/entity/tags` | Bulk Update Tags |
| POST | `/catalog/v1/entity/tags` | Bulk Create Tags |
| GET | `/catalog/v1/entity/type/{typeName}/name/{qualifiedName}` | Read an Entity |
| GET | `/catalog/v1/entity/type/{typeName}/name/{qualifiedName}/tags` | Read Tags for an Entity |
| PUT | `/catalog/v1/entity` | Update an Entity Attribute |
| DELETE | `/catalog/v1/entity/type/{typeName}/name/{qualifiedName}/tags/{tagName}` | Delete a Tag for an Entity |

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/refs/heads/main/openapi/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform-entity-v1-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html
- **APIReference** — https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html
- **ToolCrosswalk** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/refs/heads/main/mcp/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform-tool-crosswalk.yml
- **DataModel** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/refs/heads/main/data-model/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform-data-model.yml

## Other Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform APIs (12)

- [Confluent Kafka REST API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/kafka-rest-api/)
- [Confluent Schema Registry REST API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/schema-registry-api/)
- [Kafka Connect REST API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/connect-rest-api/)
- [ksqlDB REST API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/ksqldb-rest-api/)
- [Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink REST API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/flink-rest-api/)
- [Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform Access Points (networking/v1) API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform-access-points-networking-v1-api/)
- [Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform ACL (v3) API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform-acl-v3-api/)
- [Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform Agents (sql/v1) API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform-agents-sql-v1-api/)
- [Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform API Keys (iam/v2) API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform-api-keys-iam-v2-api/)
- [Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform Applied Quotas (service-quota/v1) API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform-applied-quotas-service-quota-v1-api/)
- [Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform Catalog Integrations (tableflow/v1) API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform-catalog-integrations-tableflow-v1-api/)
- [Confluent | the Data Streaming Platform Certificate Authorities (iam/v2) API](https://apis.io/apis/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform/confluent-the-data-streaming-platform-certificate-authorities-iam-v2-api/)

## Tags

Entity (V1)

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