OpenMetadata

OpenMetadata Containers API

A Container is an abstraction for any path(including the top level eg. bucket in S3) storing data in an Object store such as S3, GCP, Azure. It maps a tree-like structure, where each Container can have a parent and a list of sub-folders, and it can be structured - where it contains structured data, or unstructured where no schema for its data is defined.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 23

PUT /v1/containers/{id}/followers Add a follower #

GET /v1/containers/{id}/sampleData Get sample data #

PUT /v1/containers/{id}/sampleData Add sample data #

DELETE /v1/containers/{id}/sampleData Delete sample data #

PUT /v1/containers/bulk Bulk create or update containers #

GET /v1/containers List Containers #

PUT /v1/containers Create or update a Container #

POST /v1/containers Create a Container #

GET /v1/containers/name/{fqn} Get an Container by name #

DELETE /v1/containers/name/{fqn} Delete a Container by fully qualified name #

PATCH /v1/containers/name/{fqn} Update a Container using name #

GET /v1/containers/{id} Get an Object Store Container #

DELETE /v1/containers/{id} Delete a Container #

PATCH /v1/containers/{id} Update a Container #

DELETE /v1/containers/async/{id} Asynchronously delete a Container #

DELETE /v1/containers/{id}/followers/{userId} Remove a follower #

GET /v1/containers/{id}/versions/{version} Get a version of the Container #

GET /v1/containers/name/{fqn}/ancestors List ancestor containers (parent chain) #

GET /v1/containers/name/{fqn}/children List children containers #

GET /v1/containers/history List all entity versions within a time range #

GET /v1/containers/{id}/versions List Container versions #

PUT /v1/containers/restore Restore a soft deleted Container #

PUT /v1/containers/{id}/vote Update Vote for a Entity #

Documentation

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Documentation

https://docs.open-metadata.org/latest/main-concepts/metadata-standard/apis

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Authentication

https://docs.open-metadata.org/latest/main-concepts/metadata-standard/apis

Specifications

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OpenAPI

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openmetadata/refs/heads/main/openapi/openmetadata-containers-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: OpenMetadata Containers API
  description: Common types and API definition for OpenMetadata
  contact:
    name: OpenMetadata
    url: https://open-metadata.org
    email: openmetadata-dev@googlegroups.com
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  version: '1.13'
servers:
- url: /api
  description: Current Host
- url: http://localhost:8585/api
  description: Endpoint URL
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:


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