Lightdash

Lightdash Catalog API

The Catalog API from Lightdash — 23 operation(s) for catalog.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Information & Data Management BC-610

Operations 28

GET /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog Get catalog #
GET /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/metrics/trees List metrics trees #
POST /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/metrics/trees Create metrics tree #
GET /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/metrics/trees/{metricsTreeUuidOrSlug} Get metrics tree details #
PATCH /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/metrics/trees/{metricsTreeUuid} Update metrics tree #
DELETE /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/metrics/trees/{metricsTreeUuid} Delete metrics tree #
POST /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/metrics/trees/{metricsTreeUuid}/lock Acquire tree lock #
DELETE /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/metrics/trees/{metricsTreeUuid}/lock Release tree lock #
PUT /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/metrics/trees/{metricsTreeUuid}/lock/heartbeat Refresh tree lock heartbeat #
GET /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/{table}/metadata Get table metadata #
GET /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/{table}/analytics Get table analytics #
GET /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/{table}/analytics/{field} Get field analytics #
GET /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/metrics List metrics in catalog #
GET /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/metrics/tree/edges Get all metrics tree edges #
POST /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/metrics/tree/edges Create metrics tree edge #
GET /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/metrics/{tableName}/{metricName} Get metric #
GET /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/metrics-with-time-dimensions Get metrics with time dimensions #
GET /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/{tableName}/filter-dimensions Get filter dimensions #
GET /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/{tableName}/segment-dimensions Get segment dimensions #
POST /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/{catalogSearchUuid}/categories Add category to catalog item #
DELETE /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/{catalogSearchUuid}/categories/{tagUuid} Remove category from catalog item #
PATCH /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/{catalogSearchUuid}/icon Update catalog item icon #
GET /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/metrics/tree Get metrics tree #
POST /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/metrics/tree Get metrics tree #
DELETE /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/metrics/tree/edges/{sourceCatalogSearchUuid}/{targetCatalogSearchUuid} Delete metrics tree edge #
GET /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/metrics/has Check if metrics exist in catalog #
GET /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/metrics/owners List metric owners #
GET /api/v2/projects/{projectUuid}/dataCatalog/metrics-with-time-dimensions List metrics with time dimensions #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.lightdash.com/api-reference/v1/introduction

Specifications

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

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lightdash/refs/heads/main/json-schema/lightdash-project.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lightdash/refs/heads/main/json-schema/lightdash-dashboard.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lightdash/refs/heads/main/json-schema/lightdash-chartsummary.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lightdash/refs/heads/main/json-schema/lightdash-space.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lightdash/refs/heads/main/json-schema/lightdash-scimuser.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lightdash/refs/heads/main/json-schema/lightdash-serviceaccount.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lightdash/refs/heads/main/json-schema/lightdash-schedulerandtargets.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lightdash/refs/heads/main/json-schema/lightdash-apierrorpayload.json

Other Resources

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Vocabulary
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lightdash/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/lightdash-vocabulary.yml
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JSONLDContext
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lightdash/refs/heads/main/json-ld/lightdash-context.jsonld

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OpenAPI Specification

lightdash-catalog-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Lightdash Catalog API
  version: 0.3156.1
  description: 'Open API documentation for all public Lightdash API endpoints. # Authentication Before you get started, you might need to create a Personal Access Token to authenticate via the API. You can create a token by following this guide: https://docs.lightdash.com/references/personal_tokens'
  license:
    name: MIT
  contact:
    name: Lightdash Support
    email: support@lightdash.com
    url: https://docs.lightdash.com/help-and-contact/contact/contact_info/
servers:
- url: /
tags:


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