Unity Catalog Metastores API

A metastore is the top-level container of objects in Unity Catalog that stores all UC assets.

Operations 1

GET /metastore_summary Get metastore summary #

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OpenAPI Specification

unity-catalog-metastores-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Unity Catalog Metastores API
  version: '0.1'
  description: A metastore is the top-level container of objects in Unity Catalog that stores all UC assets.
servers:
- url: http://localhost:8080/api/2.1/unity-catalog
  description: Localhost reference server
tags:
- name: Metastores
  description: A metastore is the top-level container of objects in Unity Catalog that stores all UC assets.
paths:
  /metastore_summary:
    get:
      tags:
      - Metastores
      operationId: summary
      summary: Get metastore summary
      description: Gets information about the metastore hosted by this Unity Catalog service (currently the service hosts only one metastore)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The metastore summary was successfully retrieved.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetMetastoreSummaryResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    GetMetastoreSummaryResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        metastore_id:
          description: Unique identifier of the metastore.
          type: string