Unity Catalog Catalogs API

A catalog is the first layer of Unity Catalog’s three-level namespace. It’s used to organize your data assets.

Operations 5

POST /catalogs Create a catalog #
GET /catalogs List catalogs #
GET /catalogs/{name} Get a catalog #
PATCH /catalogs/{name} Update a catalog #
DELETE /catalogs/{name} Delete a catalog #

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OpenAPI Specification

unity-catalog-catalogs-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Unity Catalog Catalogs API
  version: '0.1'
  description: A catalog is the first layer of Unity Catalog’s three-level namespace. It’s used to organize your data assets.
servers:
- url: http://localhost:8080/api/2.1/unity-catalog
  description: Localhost reference server
tags:
- name: Catalogs
  description: A catalog is the first layer of Unity Catalog’s three-level namespace. It’s used to organize your data assets.
paths:
  /catalogs:
    post:
      tags:
      - Catalogs
      operationId: createCatalog
      summary: Create a catalog
      description: Creates a new catalog instance.
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateCatalog'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The new catalog was successfully created.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CatalogInfo'
    get:
      tags:
      - Catalogs
      parameters:
      - name: page_token
        in: query
        description: 'Opaque pagination token to go to next page based on previous query.

          '
        schema:
          type: string
        required: false
      - name: max_results
        in: query
        description: 'Maximum number of catalogs to return.

          - when set to a value greater than 0, the page length is the minimum of this value and a server configured value;

          - when set to 0, the page length is set to a server configured value;

          - when set to a value less than 0, an invalid parameter error is returned;

          '
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          maximum: 1000
        required: false
      operationId: listCatalogs
      summary: List catalogs
      description: Lists the available catalogs. There is no guarantee of a specific ordering of the elements in the list.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The catalog list was successfully retrieved.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListCatalogsResponse'
  /catalogs/{name}:
    parameters:
    - name: name
      in: path
      description: The name of the catalog.
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      tags:
      - Catalogs
      operationId: getCatalog
      summary: Get a catalog
      description: Gets the specified catalog.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The catalog was successfully retrieved.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CatalogInfo'
    patch:
      tags:
      - Catalogs
      operationId: updateCatalog
      summary: Update a catalog
      description: Updates the catalog that matches the supplied name.
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateCatalog'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The catalog was successfully updated.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CatalogInfo'
    delete:
      tags:
      - Catalogs
      operationId: deleteCatalog
      summary: Delete a catalog
      description: Deletes the catalog that matches the supplied name.
      parameters:
      - name: force
        in: query
        description: Force deletion even if the catalog is not empty.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The catalog was successfully deleted.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
components:
  schemas:
    CatalogInfo:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          description: Name of catalog.
          type: string
        comment:
          description: User-provided free-form text description.
          type: string
        properties:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SecurablePropertiesMap'
        owner:
          description: Username of current owner of catalog.
          type: string
        created_at:
          description: Time at which this catalog was created, in epoch milliseconds.
          type: integer
          format: int64
        created_by:
          description: Username of catalog creator.
          type: string
        updated_at:
          description: Time at which this catalog was last modified, in epoch milliseconds.
          type: integer
          format: int64
        updated_by:
          description: Username of user who last modified catalog.
          type: string
        id:
          description: Unique identifier for the catalog.
          type: string
        storage_root:
          description: 'Storage root URL for managed storage location of catalog. This can be set when creating

            a catalog. Example: s3://bucket/ucroot

            '
          type: string
        storage_location:
          description: 'Storage Location URL (full path) for managed storage location of catalog. This is an

            automatically generated unique path under storage_root.

            Example: s3://bucket/ucroot/__unitystorage/catalogs/{catalog_id}

            '
          type: string
    UpdateCatalog:
      type: object
      properties:
        comment:
          description: User-provided free-form text description.
          type: string
        properties:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SecurablePropertiesMap'
        new_name:
          description: New name for the catalog.
          type: string
    ListCatalogsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        catalogs:
          description: An array of catalog information objects.
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CatalogInfo'
        next_page_token:
          type: string
          description: 'Opaque token to retrieve the next page of results. Absent if there are no more pages.

            __page_token__ should be set to this value for the next request (for the next page of results).

            '
    CreateCatalog:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          description: Name of catalog.
          type: string
        comment:
          description: User-provided free-form text description.
          type: string
        properties:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SecurablePropertiesMap'
        storage_root:
          description: 'Storage root URL for managed storage location of catalog. Example: s3://bucket/ucroot

            '
          type: string
      required:
      - name
    SecurablePropertiesMap:
      description: A map of key-value properties attached to the securable.
      type: object
      additionalProperties:
        type: string