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BigID Data Sources API

Programmatically manage data source connections in BigID. List, create, test, and export data sources, and inspect the catalog of available connector templates (e.g. rdb-mysql, s3-v2, snowflake, sharepoint-online).

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BigID Data Sources API is one of 10 APIs that BigID publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Data Sources and Connectors. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://sandbox.bigid.tools/api/v1, https://{deployment}.bigid.com/api/v1.

4 operations 4 paths 2 schemas 2 GET2 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Servers
https://sandbox.bigid.tools/api/v1
https://{deployment}.bigid.com/api/v1
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
BigID Support
License
BigID Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

BigID Data Sources API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (BearerAuth).

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 2 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Data Sources 4

Manage data source connections.

GET
/ds-connections
List Data Sources
listDataSources → 200
POST
/ds_connections
Create A Data Source
createDataSource body → 201
POST
/ds-connection-test
Test A Data Source Connection
testDataSourceConnection body → 200
GET
/ds-connections/file-download/export
Export Data Sources
exportDataSources → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DataSource (8 properties), DataSourceList (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DataSource
object
8 properties
DataSourceList
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

bigid-data-sources-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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BigID Actionable Insights API
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BigID Catalog API
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BigID Clusters API
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BigID Connector Templates API
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BigID Metadata Export API
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BigID Scan Profiles API
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API Details
ID
bigid:bigid-data-sources-api
Server
https://sandbox.bigid.tools/api/v1
Docs
https://developer.bigid.com/api/data-source-connections-api-tutorial/
Provider
BigID
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