DataHub Platform API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: DataHub Open Batch Platform API
  description: RESTful API endpoints for interacting with DataHub metadata using the OpenAPI standard. Provides endpoints for managing entities, querying relationships, retrieving timeline history, and emitting platform events. The OpenAPI endpoints offer the most powerful and flexible lower-level access to the DataHub metadata graph, supporting reads and writes of entity-aspect pairs, relationship traversal, versioned history queries, and batch operations. Recommended for advanced users who need programmatic control over the metadata graph beyond what the GraphQL API provides.
  version: 1.4.0
  contact:
    name: DataHub Project
    url: https://datahubproject.io
  termsOfService: https://datahub.com/privacy-policy/
servers:
- url: http://localhost:8080
  description: DataHub GMS Server (Local Quickstart)
- url: http://localhost:9002
  description: DataHub Frontend Proxy (Local Quickstart)
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Platform
  description: Write metadata events using the standard platform format. Provides an alternative ingestion path for emitting metadata change proposals to the DataHub metadata graph.
paths:
  /platform/entities/v1:
    post:
      operationId: emitPlatformEvents
      summary: DataHub Emit platform metadata events
      description: Write metadata events using the standard platform format. Provides an alternative ingestion path for emitting metadata change proposals (MCPs) to the DataHub metadata graph. Events are processed asynchronously and undergo basic schema validation upon receipt.
      tags:
      - Platform
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetadataChangeProposal'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Platform events accepted for processing
        '400':
          description: Invalid event format or schema validation failure
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Authentication required or token is invalid
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    MetadataChangeProposal:
      type: object
      description: A metadata change proposal (MCP) representing a proposed change to the metadata graph. MCPs are the standard format for ingesting metadata into DataHub and are processed asynchronously.
      required:
      - entityUrn
      - entityType
      - aspectName
      - changeType
      - aspect
      properties:
        entityUrn:
          type: string
          description: The unique URN identifier for the target entity.
          example: urn:li:dataset:(urn:li:dataPlatform:hive,SampleHiveDataset,PROD)
        entityType:
          type: string
          description: The type of the target entity.
          example: dataset
        aspectName:
          type: string
          description: The name of the aspect being changed.
          example: datasetProperties
        changeType:
          type: string
          description: The type of change being proposed.
          enum:
          - UPSERT
          - CREATE
          - DELETE
          - RESTATE
        aspect:
          type: object
          description: The new aspect value following its PDL schema definition.
        systemMetadata:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SystemMetadata'
    SystemMetadata:
      type: object
      description: System-level metadata associated with a metadata change, including ingestion run identifiers and provenance information.
      properties:
        runId:
          type: string
          description: The identifier of the ingestion run that produced this change.
        lastObserved:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: The timestamp when this metadata was last observed in epoch milliseconds.
        registryName:
          type: string
          description: The name of the model registry associated with this change.
        registryVersion:
          type: string
          description: The version of the model registry.
    Error:
      type: object
      description: An error response from the DataHub API.
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable description of the error.
        status:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP status code.
        exceptionClass:
          type: string
          description: The exception class name if applicable.
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: DataHub personal access token or session token. Generate tokens via the DataHub settings panel or programmatically using the token management API. Pass the token in the Authorization header as Bearer <token>.
externalDocs:
  description: DataHub OpenAPI Usage Guide
  url: https://docs.datahub.com/docs/api/openapi/openapi-usage-guide