Alation
Alation is a data intelligence platform that helps organizations harness the power of their data by providing a centralized platform for data cataloging, governance, and collaboration. By enabling users to easily search, understand, and trust their data, Alation empowers organizations to make data-driven decisions with confidence. Through advanced analytics and AI capabilities, Alation helps organizations uncover insights, improve data quality, and drive innovation.
Alation publishes 12 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Aggregated Context API, Columns API, Custom Fields API, and 9 more. Tagged areas include Data Catalog, Data Governance, Data Intelligence, Data Lineage, and Data Quality.
The Alation catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
Alation’s developer surface includes authentication, engineering blog, documentation, getting-started guide, and 10 more developer resources.
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APIs 12
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Alation Aggregated Context API
Retrieve aggregated context for AI applications
Alation Columns API
Retrieve column metadata
Alation Custom Fields API
Manage custom field values
Alation Data Quality API
Manage data quality rules and scores
Alation Data Sources API
Manage data source connections
Alation Dataflows API
Manage dataflow lineage objects
Alation Glossary Terms API
Manage business glossary terms
Alation Lineage API
Retrieve lineage paths between catalog objects
Alation Policies API
Manage data governance policies
Alation Schemas API
Retrieve schema metadata
Alation Search API
Search catalog assets
Alation Tables API
Retrieve table metadata
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Open Collections 1
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
API Collection
OPEN COLLECTIONGraphQL 1
GraphQL schemas published by this provider.
Alation GraphQL API
Alation is a data intelligence platform for data search and discovery. The API covers data source management, data objects (tables, columns, queries), catalog articles, lineage,...
GRAPHQLPricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Alation Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Alation Finops
FINOPSFeatures 8
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
Data Catalog
Centralized catalog for data sources, schemas, tables, and columns with rich metadata, descriptions, and custom fields for discoverability.
Data Lineage
End-to-end data lineage tracking via dataflow objects showing how data moves between sources, transformations, and targets.
Business Glossary
Collaborative business glossary for defining standardized terms, abbreviations, and synonyms with stewardship assignments.
Data Quality
Comprehensive data quality rules covering accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, uniqueness, validity, and custom dimensions.
Governance Policies
Governance policy management for data protection, retention, access control, and quality enforcement across the enterprise.
AI-Powered Search
Full-text and semantic search powered by AI for discovering trusted data assets, with aggregated context for LLM consumption.
Aggregated Context API
Specialized API for AI applications to retrieve structured catalog context for natural language queries, enabling RAG and AI agent workflows.
Custom Fields
Extensible metadata framework with custom fields for any catalog object type, supporting batch updates via the REST API.
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Semantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Alation Alation Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 2
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Alation API Rules
SPECTRALAlation API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 15
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
Column
JSON SCHEMACustomFieldValue
JSON SCHEMADataSource
JSON SCHEMASchema
JSON SCHEMATable
JSON SCHEMADataQualityRule
JSON SCHEMADataQualityScore
JSON SCHEMAGlossaryTerm
JSON SCHEMAPolicy
JSON SCHEMADataflow
JSON SCHEMALineageGraph
JSON SCHEMAArticle
JSON SCHEMAContextRequest
JSON SCHEMASearchResult
JSON SCHEMASearchResults
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JSON Structure 15
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Alation Alation Data Catalog Column Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAlation Alation Data Catalog Data Source Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAlation Alation Data Catalog Schema Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAlation Alation Data Catalog Table Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAlation Alation Governance Data Quality Rule Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAlation Alation Governance Data Quality Score Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAlation Alation Governance Glossary Term Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAlation Alation Governance Policy Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAlation Alation Lineage Dataflow Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAlation Alation Lineage Lineage Graph Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAlation Alation Search Article Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAlation Alation Search Context Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAlation Alation Search Search Result Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAlation Alation Search Search Results Structure
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Examples 15
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
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Security Posture 4
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Use Cases 5
What developers build with this provider.
Enterprise Data Discovery
Enable data teams to search and find trusted data assets across all data sources using metadata-enriched catalog browsing and search.
Data Governance Compliance
Enforce data governance policies, maintain business glossaries, and track stewardship for regulatory compliance and data accountability.
AI Data Context
Power AI applications with structured catalog context from the aggregated context API, enabling accurate data-aware LLM responses.
Data Lineage Auditing
Track data flows between systems for compliance auditing, impact analysis, and root cause investigation of data quality issues.
Data Quality Management
Define and score data quality rules across catalog objects for continuous quality monitoring and improvement workflows.
Resources
Get Started 1
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 3
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 1
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 4
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Company 3
The organization behind the API