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Amazon Athena Table Metadata API

Operations for listing and getting table metadata

Amazon Athena Table Metadata API is one of 8 APIs that Amazon Athena publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 5 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Table Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, a JSON-LD context, and 5 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2017-05-18.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com.

2 operations 2 paths 6 schemas 2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2017-05-18
Base URL
https://athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon Athena Table Metadata API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (sigv4). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • sigv4 — AWS Signature Version 4

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Table Metadata 2

Operations for listing and getting table metadata

POST
/?Action=ListTableMetadata
Amazon Athena List Table Metadata
listTableMetadata body → 200
POST
/?Action=GetTableMetadata
Amazon Athena Get Table Metadata
getTableMetadata body → 200

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TableMetadata (7 properties), ListTableMetadataInput (5 properties), GetTableMetadataInput (3 properties), Column (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ListTableMetadataInput
object
5 properties 2 required
Column
object
3 properties
GetTableMetadataInput
object
3 properties 3 required
ListTableMetadataOutput
object
2 properties
TableMetadata
object
7 properties
GetTableMetadataOutput
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-athena-table-metadata-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon Athena publishes across the network.

Amazon Athena Data Catalogs API
Amazon Athena Databases API
Amazon Athena Named Queries API
Amazon Athena Prepared Statements API
Amazon Athena Query Executions API
Amazon Athena Tags API
Amazon Athena Work Groups API
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