VAST Data topics API

Topics store categories of events collected by VAST Event Broker.

Operations 5

GET /topics/ List Kafka Topics #
PATCH /topics/ Modify a Kafka Topic #
POST /topics/ Create a Kafka Topic #
DELETE /topics/delete/ Delete a Kafka Topic #
GET /topics/show/ Show a Kafka Topic #

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OpenAPI Specification

vastdata-topics-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: VAST Management API definition
  title: VAST API Swagger Schema activedirectory Topics API
  version: '1.0'
security:
- ApiToken: []
tags:
- description: Topics store categories of events collected by VAST Event Broker.
  name: topics
paths:
  /topics/:
    get:
      description: This endpoint lists Kafka Topics.
      operationId: topics_list
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Page'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/TabularPageSize'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/TenantIdQP'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/TabularDatabaseNameQP'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/TabularNameQP'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/TabularCountOnlyQP'
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/TabularTopicHierarchy'
                title: Topics
                type: array
          description: Kafka Topics
      summary: List Kafka Topics
      tags:
      - topics
    patch:
      description: This endpoint modifies a Kafka Topic
      operationId: topics_modify
      requestBody:
        $ref: '#/components/requestBodies/TopicModifyParamsBody'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: OK
      summary: Modify a Kafka Topic
      tags:
      - topics
    post:
      description: This endpoint creates a Kafka Topic
      operationId: topics_create
      requestBody:
        $ref: '#/components/requestBodies/TopicCreateParamsBody'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: OK
      summary: Create a Kafka Topic
      tags:
      - topics
  /topics/delete/:
    delete:
      description: This endpoint deletes a Kafka Topic.
      operationId: topics_delete
      requestBody:
        $ref: '#/components/requestBodies/TableDeleteParamsBody'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: OK
      summary: Delete a Kafka Topic
      tags:
      - topics
  /topics/show/:
    get:
      description: This endpoint shows a Kafka Topic.
      operationId: topics_show
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/TabularDatabaseNameQP'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/TabularNameRequiredQP'
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Topic'
          description: Kafka Topic
      summary: Show a Kafka Topic
      tags:
      - topics
components:
  schemas:
    TabularSchemaHierarchy:
      properties:
        database_name:
          description: Name of the Database
          type: string
        name:
          description: Name of the object
          type: string
        schema_name:
          description: Name of the Schema
          type: string
      required:
      - database_name
      - schema_name
      - name
      type: object
    Topic:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TabularTopicHierarchy'
      - properties:
          capacity:
            description: Capacity of the Topic
            type: integer
          message_timestamp_after_max_ms:
            description: If the message timestamp type is set to ?CreateTime??, this option determines how much later the message timestamp can be than the broker timestamp. If this value is exceeded, the message is rejected.
            format: int64
            type: integer
          message_timestamp_before_max_ms:
            description: If the message timestamp type is set to ?CreateTime??, this option determines how much earlier the message timestamp can be than the broker timestamp. If this value is exceeded, the message is rejected.
            format: int64
            type: integer
          message_timestamp_type:
            description: Determines how the event timestamp is set. CreateTime (default)=The timestamp is based on the time when the event was encountered at the event producer. LogAppendTime=The timestamp is based on the time when the event record was added to the log at the event broker.
            enum:
            - LogAppendTime
            - CreateTime
            type: string
          num_events:
            description: Total number of events
            type: integer
          retention_ms:
            description: The amount of time, in milliseconds, to keep an event record in the topic. When the retention period for a record expires, the records is deleted from the topic.
            format: int64
            type: integer
          topic_partitions:
            description: The number of partitions in the Kafka topic to be created.Each partition can hold up to 1000 topics. The number of partitions in a topic cannot be changed after the topic has been created.
            type: integer
        required:
        - num_events
        - capacity
        type: object
    TopicCreateParams:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TabularTopicHierarchy'
      - properties:
          message_timestamp_after_max_ms:
            description: Message timestamp 'after' threshold in milli-seconds
            format: int64
            type: integer
          message_timestamp_before_max_ms:
            description: Message timestamp 'before' threshold in milli-seconds
            format: int64
            type: integer
          message_timestamp_type:
            description: Message timestamp type
            enum:
            - LogAppendTime
            - CreateTime
            type: string
          retention_ms:
            description: Retention period in milli-seconds
            format: int64
            type: integer
          topic_partitions:
            description: Amount of Kafka Topic partitions
            type: integer
        required:
        - topic_partitions
        type: object
    TableDeleteParams:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TabularSchemaHierarchy'
      - properties:
          is_imports_table:
            description: Is table actually a sub-table to track imported .parquet files.
            type: boolean
          tenant_id:
            description: Tenant ID
            type: integer
        type: object
    TopicModifyParams:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TabularTopicHierarchy'
      - properties:
          message_timestamp_after_max_ms:
            description: Message timestamp 'after' threshold in milli-seconds
            format: int64
            type: integer
          message_timestamp_before_max_ms:
            description: Message timestamp 'before' threshold in milli-seconds
            format: int64
            type: integer
          message_timestamp_type:
            description: Message timestamp type
            enum:
            - LogAppendTime
            - CreateTime
            type: string
          new_name:
            description: New name of the topic
            type: string
          retention_ms:
            description: Retention period in milli-seconds
            format: int64
            type: integer
        type: object
    TabularTopicHierarchy:
      properties:
        database_name:
          description: Name of the Database
          type: string
        name:
          description: Name of the Topic
          type: string
      required:
      - database_name
      - name
      type: object
  requestBodies:
    TopicCreateParamsBody:
      content:
        '*/*':
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TopicCreateParams'
      x-originalParamName: TopicCreateParamsBody
    TopicModifyParamsBody:
      content:
        '*/*':
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TopicModifyParams'
      x-originalParamName: TopicModifyParamsBody
    TableDeleteParamsBody:
      content:
        '*/*':
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TableDeleteParams'
      x-originalParamName: TableDeleteParamsBody
  parameters:
    TabularNameRequiredQP:
      description: Getting object by exact match
      in: query
      name: name
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    TabularCountOnlyQP:
      description: Whether to only return count of objects
      in: query
      name: count_only
      schema:
        default: false
        type: boolean
    TabularDatabaseNameQP:
      description: Getting list of objects by database_name
      in: query
      name: database_name
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    Page:
      in: query
      name: page
      schema:
        minimum: 1
        type: integer
    TabularNameQP:
      description: Getting list of objects by exact match
      in: query
      name: name
      schema:
        type: string
    TabularPageSize:
      in: query
      name: page_size
      schema:
        default: 999
        maximum: 999
        minimum: 1
        type: integer
    TenantIdQP:
      description: Filter by tenant. Specify tenant ID.
      in: query
      name: tenant_id
      schema:
        minimum: 1
        type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    ApiToken:
      description: Send current valid API token in an Authorization header with format Api-Token <token>.
      in: header
      name: ApiToken
      type: apiKey
    basicAuth:
      description: Basic authentication using VMS user name and password
      scheme: basic
      type: http