Foundational

Foundational Lineage API

The Lineage API from Foundational — 14 operation(s) for lineage.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 16

GET /lineage/search Search for entities by various filters #
GET /lineage/dashboards/usage-ranking Rank all dashboards in the org by recorded usage #
GET /lineage/pr/issues/diff Get pull request lineage diff metadata #
GET /lineage/pr/issues Get pull request lineage issues #
GET /lineage/entity/{entity_id} Get an entity and its downstream/upstream dependencies #
GET /lineage/entity/{entity_id}/triggers What does an update of this entity trigger? #
GET /lineage/entity/{entity_id}/triggered-by What triggers this operation? What runs before it (derived)? #
GET /lineage/edge/{source_id}/{dest_id}/{edge_type}/provenance Explain this lineage edge: the application path that carried the data #
GET /lineage/entity/{entity_id}/neighbors Upstream/downstream neighbors of this entity (application graph) #
POST /lineage/entity/{entity_id}/tags Add or edit custom tags on an entity #
DELETE /lineage/entity/{entity_id}/tags/{tag_name} Remove a custom tag from an entity #
PUT /lineage/entity/{entity_id}/certification Set an entity's certification #
DELETE /lineage/entity/{entity_id}/certification Clear an entity's certification #
PUT /lineage/entity/{entity_id}/description Set an entity's description #
DELETE /lineage/entity/{entity_id}/description Clear an entity's manual description #
GET /lineage/entity/{entity_id}/{direction} Get an entity's downstream/upstream dependencies #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.foundational.io/en/articles/10067204-get-started-with-the-lineage-api.md
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APIReference
https://api.foundational.io/api/v1/docs

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/foundational/openapi/foundational-lineage-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/foundational/json-schema/foundational-lineage-entity-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/foundational/json-schema/foundational-dashboard-usage-ranking-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/foundational/json-schema/foundational-lineage-entities-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/foundational/json-schema/foundational-app-graph-neighbors-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/foundational/json-schema/foundational-edge-provenance-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/foundational/json-schema/foundational-public-policy-response-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

foundational-lineage-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Foundational Lineage API
  version: 0.1.0
servers:
- url: /api/v1
tags:


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# Full source: https://artifacts.apis.io/foundational/openapi/foundational-lineage-api-openapi.yml