DataHub Relationships API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: DataHub Open Batch Relationships 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: Relationships
  description: Query the relationship graph to navigate connections between entities. Supports filtering by relationship type and traversal direction (incoming or outgoing) from a given entity URN.
paths:
  /relationships/v1/:
    get:
      operationId: getRelationships
      summary: DataHub Query entity relationships
      description: Query the relationship graph to navigate connections between entities. Returns relationships for a given entity URN, with support for filtering by relationship type and traversal direction. Use this endpoint to discover lineage, ownership, containment, and other graph edges.
      tags:
      - Relationships
      parameters:
      - name: urn
        in: query
        required: true
        description: The URN of the target entity to query relationships for.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: urn:li:dataset:(urn:li:dataPlatform:hive,SampleHiveDataset,PROD)
      - name: relationshipTypes
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Filter results to specific relationship types such as OwnedBy, Contains, DownstreamOf, or Produces.
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: direction
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Direction of relationship traversal relative to the target entity.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - INCOMING
          - OUTGOING
      - name: start
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Pagination offset for the result set.
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      - name: count
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Maximum number of relationships to return.
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 10
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Relationships retrieved successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RelationshipsResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid URN format or query parameters
          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:
    Relationship:
      type: object
      description: A named edge connecting two entities in the metadata graph.
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: The relationship type name, such as OwnedBy, Contains, DownstreamOf, or Produces.
          example: DownstreamOf
        entity:
          type: string
          description: The URN of the related entity.
          example: urn:li:dataset:(urn:li:dataPlatform:hive,OtherDataset,PROD)
        direction:
          type: string
          description: The traversal direction of this relationship.
          enum:
          - INCOMING
          - OUTGOING
    RelationshipsResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response containing relationships for a queried entity.
      properties:
        start:
          type: integer
          description: The pagination offset of the result set.
        count:
          type: integer
          description: The number of relationships returned.
        total:
          type: integer
          description: The total number of matching relationships.
        relationships:
          type: array
          description: The list of relationships matching the query.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Relationship'
    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