OpenMetadata

OpenMetadata Lineage API

The `Lineage` for a given data asset, has information of the input datasets used and the ETL pipeline that created it.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Information & Data Management BC-610

Operations 17

PUT /v1/lineage Add a lineage edge #
DELETE /v1/lineage/{fromEntity}/{fromId}/{toEntity}/{toId} Delete a lineage edge #
PATCH /v1/lineage/{fromEntity}/{fromId}/{toEntity}/{toId} Patch a lineage edge #
DELETE /v1/lineage/{fromEntity}/name/{fromFQN}/{toEntity}/name/{toFQN} Delete a lineage edge by FQNs #
DELETE /v1/lineage/{entityType}/{entityId}/type/{lineageSource} Delete a lineage edge by Type #
GET /v1/lineage/export Export lineage #
GET /v1/lineage/exportAsync Export lineage #
GET /v1/lineage/exportByEntityCountAsync Export lineage by entity count #
GET /v1/lineage/{entity}/{id} Get lineage by Id #
GET /v1/lineage/{entity}/name/{fqn} Get lineage by fully qualified name #
GET /v1/lineage/getLineageByEntityCount Get lineage with entity count based pagination #
GET /v1/lineage/getLineageEdge/{fromId}/{toId} Get a lineage edge #
GET /v1/lineage/getPaginationInfo Get lineage pagination information #
GET /v1/lineage/getDataQualityLineage Search Data Quality lineage #
GET /v1/lineage/getPlatformLineage Get Platform Lineage #
GET /v1/lineage/getLineage Search lineage #
GET /v1/lineage/getLineage/{direction} Search lineage with Direction #

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-lineage-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

openmetadata-lineage-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: OpenMetadata Lineage 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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