# OpenMetadata Columns API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-columns-api/  
**Provider:** OpenMetadata — https://apis.io/providers/openmetadata/  
**Base URL:** https://{your-host}/api/v1  
**Documentation:** https://docs.open-metadata.org/latest/main-concepts/metadata-standard/apis

OpenMetadata Columns API is one of 89 APIs that [OpenMetadata](https://apis.io/providers/openmetadata/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Columns. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

Columns represent individual data fields within tables and dashboard data models. This API provides operations to update column metadata such as tags, glossary terms, descriptions, and other properties using the column's fully qualified name.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openmetadata/refs/heads/main/openapi/openmetadata-columns-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.open-metadata.org/latest/main-concepts/metadata-standard/apis
- **Authentication** — https://docs.open-metadata.org/latest/main-concepts/metadata-standard/apis

## Other OpenMetadata APIs (12)

- [OpenMetadata Agent Executions API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-agent-executions-api/)
- [OpenMetadata AI Applications API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-ai-applications-api/)
- [OpenMetadata AI Governance Policies API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-ai-governance-policies-api/)
- [OpenMetadata API Collections API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-api-collections-api/)
- [OpenMetadata API Endpoint API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-api-endpoint-api/)
- [OpenMetadata API Services API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-api-services-api/)
- [OpenMetadata Apps API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-apps-api/)
- [OpenMetadata Audit Logs API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-audit-logs-api/)
- [OpenMetadata Bots API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-bots-api/)
- [OpenMetadata ChangeSummary API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-changesummary-api/)
- [OpenMetadata Charts API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-charts-api/)
- [OpenMetadata Classifications API](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-classifications-api/)

## Tags

Columns

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/openmetadata/openmetadata-columns-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/openmetadata/.