Dagster Observations API

Report asset observation events.

OpenAPI Specification

dagster-observations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Dagster External Assets REST Checks Observations API
  description: The Dagster External Assets REST API provides endpoints to report asset materializations, asset check evaluations, and asset observations for external assets back to Dagster. This allows you to notify Dagster that an external asset has been updated and include metadata about the event.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Dagster
    url: https://dagster.io/
servers:
- url: http://localhost:3000
  description: Local Dagster webserver
- url: https://{org}.dagster.plus/{deployment}
  description: Dagster+ Cloud deployment
  variables:
    org:
      default: my-org
      description: Dagster+ organization slug
    deployment:
      default: prod
      description: Dagster+ deployment name
tags:
- name: Observations
  description: Report asset observation events.
paths:
  /report_asset_observation/:
    post:
      operationId: reportAssetObservation
      summary: Report asset observation
      description: Records an asset observation event with optional metadata, partition, data version, and description for an external asset.
      tags:
      - Observations
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AssetObservation'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Observation recorded
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error message describing the failure.
    AssetObservation:
      type: object
      required:
      - asset_key
      properties:
        asset_key:
          type: string
          description: The asset key being observed.
        metadata:
          type: object
          description: Free-form key/value metadata about the observation.
          additionalProperties: true
        data_version:
          type: string
          description: A user-supplied data version identifier.
        description:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable description of the observation.
        partition:
          type: string
          description: The asset partition associated with the observation.
  securitySchemes:
    DagsterCloudToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Dagster-Cloud-Api-Token
      description: User token used to authenticate against Dagster+ deployments.