Lightdash Project API

The Project API from Lightdash — 3 operation(s) for project.

Operations 3

POST /api/v2/projects/{projectUuid}/deploy Start deploy session #
POST /api/v2/projects/{projectUuid}/deploy/{sessionUuid}/batch Add deploy batch #
POST /api/v2/projects/{projectUuid}/deploy/{sessionUuid}/finalize Finalize deploy #

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OpenAPI Specification

lightdash-project-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Lightdash AiAgents Project 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:
- name: Project
paths:
  /api/v2/projects/{projectUuid}/deploy:
    post:
      operationId: startDeploySession
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiStartDeploySessionResponse'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorPayload'
      description: Start a new deploy session for batched explore uploads
      summary: Start deploy session
      tags:
      - Project
      security: []
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: projectUuid
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
  /api/v2/projects/{projectUuid}/deploy/{sessionUuid}/batch:
    post:
      operationId: addDeployBatch
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiAddDeployBatchResponse'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorPayload'
      description: Add a batch of explores to an existing deploy session
      summary: Add deploy batch
      tags:
      - Project
      security: []
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: projectUuid
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: path
        name: sessionUuid
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AnyType'
  /api/v2/projects/{projectUuid}/deploy/{sessionUuid}/finalize:
    post:
      operationId: finalizeDeploySession
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiFinalizeDeployResponse'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorPayload'
      description: Finalize a deploy session and commit all staged explores to the project
      summary: Finalize deploy
      tags:
      - Project
      security: []
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: projectUuid
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: path
        name: sessionUuid
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
components:
  schemas:
    Pick_Explore.name_:
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
      required:
      - name
      type: object
      description: From T, pick a set of properties whose keys are in the union K
    ApiErrorPayload:
      properties:
        error:
          properties:
            data:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AnyType'
              description: Optional data containing details of the error
            message:
              type: string
              description: A friendly message summarising the error
            name:
              type: string
              description: Unique name for the type of error
            statusCode:
              type: number
              format: integer
              description: HTTP status code
          required:
          - name
          - statusCode
          type: object
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - error
      required:
      - error
      - status
      type: object
      description: 'The Error object is returned from the api any time there is an error.

        The message contains'
    ApiStartDeploySessionResponse:
      properties:
        results:
          properties:
            deploySessionUuid:
              type: string
          required:
          - deploySessionUuid
          type: object
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ok
      required:
      - results
      - status
      type: object
    NonNullable_Explore-at-warnings_:
      allOf:
      - items:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/InlineError'
        type: array
      - properties: {}
        type: object
      description: Exclude null and undefined from T
    AnyType:
      description: 'This AnyType is an alias for any

        The goal is to make it easier to identify any type in the codebase

        without having to eslint-disable all the time

        These are only used on legacy `any` types, don''t use it for new types.

        This is added on a separate file to avoid circular dependencies.'
    ExploreWarningReport:
      properties:
        exploresWithWarnings:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExploreWarningSummary'
          type: array
        warningExploreCount:
          type: number
          format: double
        warningCount:
          type: number
          format: double
      required:
      - exploresWithWarnings
      - warningExploreCount
      - warningCount
      type: object
    InlineError:
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/InlineErrorType'
      required:
      - message
      - type
      type: object
    DeploySessionStatus:
      enum:
      - uploading
      - finalizing
      - completed
      - failed
      type: string
    ApiFinalizeDeployResponse:
      properties:
        results:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiDeployExploresResults'
          - properties:
              status:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeploySessionStatus'
            required:
            - status
            type: object
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ok
      required:
      - results
      - status
      type: object
    ApiAddDeployBatchResponse:
      properties:
        results:
          properties:
            exploreCount:
              type: number
              format: double
            batchNumber:
              type: number
              format: double
          required:
          - exploreCount
          - batchNumber
          type: object
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ok
      required:
      - results
      - status
      type: object
    ApiDeployExploresResults:
      properties:
        warnings:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExploreWarningReport'
        exploreCount:
          type: number
          format: double
      required:
      - warnings
      - exploreCount
      type: object
    ExploreWarningSummary:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pick_Explore.name_'
      - properties:
          warnings:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NonNullable_Explore-at-warnings_'
        required:
        - warnings
        type: object
    InlineErrorType:
      enum:
      - METADATA_PARSE_ERROR
      - NO_DIMENSIONS_FOUND
      - SKIPPED_JOIN
      - MISSING_TABLE
      - FIELD_ERROR
      - SET_VALIDATION_ERROR
      - INVALID_PARAMETER
      - DUPLICATE_FIELD_NAME
      type: string
  securitySchemes:
    session_cookie:
      type: apiKey
      in: cookie
      name: connect.sid
    api_key:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: Value should be 'ApiKey <your key>'