dbt

dbt Metadata API

The Metadata API from dbt — 1 operation(s) for metadata.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 1

POST /graphql Execute a Discovery API GraphQL query #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/dbt-cloud-apis/admin-cloud-api
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Documentation
https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/dbt-cloud-apis/discovery-api
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Documentation
https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/dbt-cloud-apis/sl-api-overview

Specifications

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

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dbt/refs/heads/main/json-schema/dbt-job.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dbt/refs/heads/main/json-schema/dbt-run.json

Other Resources

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Rules
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dbt/refs/heads/main/rules/dbt-cloud-administrative-api-rules.yml
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GraphQL
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dbt/refs/heads/main/graphql/dbt-graphql.md

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OpenAPI Specification

dbt-metadata-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: dbt Cloud Discovery Metadata API
  description: The dbt Cloud Discovery API exposes metadata generated when dbt Cloud runs a project, including details about models, sources, exposures, seeds, snapshots, tests, and execution results. The API is GraphQL-based.
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://metadata.cloud.getdbt.com/graphql
  description: Discovery API GraphQL endpoint
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Metadata
paths:
  /graphql:
    post:
      summary: Execute a Discovery API GraphQL query
      operationId: executeDiscoveryQuery
      tags:
      - Metadata
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - query
              properties:
                query:
                  type: string
                variables:
                  type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: GraphQL response containing requested metadata.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: Token