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Cognite Raw API

Manage data in the raw NoSQL database.Each project will have a variable number of raw databases, each of which will have a variable number of tables, each of which will have a variable number of key-value objects.Only queries on key are supported through this API.\### Request and concurrency limitsBoth the rate of requests and the number of concurrent (parallel) requests are governed by limits,for all CDF API endpoints. If a request exceeds one of the limits,it will be throttled with a `429: Too Many Requests` response. More on limit typesand how to avoid being throttled is described[here](https://docs.cognite.com/dev/concepts/resource_throttling).The limits for the Raw service are described in the table below. Note that under high load,some deviation from the limits might occur for short periods of time as the service is scaling up.The `/rows` endpoints for inserting and retrieving data are governed by specific data rate limits.| Limit | Per project | Per user (identity) ||-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|| Concurrency | 64 parallel requests | 48 parallel requests|| Data rate (retrieve) | 8.3 GB / 10 minutes | 6.6 GB / 10 minutes || Data rate (insert) | 1.6 GB / 10 minutes | 1.3 GB / 10 minutes |

Cognite Raw API is one of 90 APIs that Cognite publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Raw. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 11 operations across 8 paths, and defines 16 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}.

11 operations 8 paths 16 schemas 5 GET6 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
v1
Base URL
https://api.cognitedata.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, OAuth 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 5

Cognite Raw API declares 5 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (OpenID Connect or OAuth2 token) (oidc-token). It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2-client-credentials) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 1 scope. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2-auth-code) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 1 scope. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2-open-industrial-data) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 1 scope. It supports OpenID Connect (org-oidc-token) discovered at https://auth.cognite.com/.well-known/openid-configuration. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oidc-token — Access token issued by the CDF project's configured identity provider. Access token must be an OpenID Connect token, and the project must be configured to acce…
  • oauth2-client-credentials — Access token issued by the CDF project's configured identity provider. Access token must be an OpenID Connect token, and the project must be configured to acce…
  • oauth2-auth-code — Access token issued by the CDF project's configured identity provider. Access token must be an OpenID Connect token, and the project must be configured to acce…
  • oauth2-open-industrial-data — Auth flow for Open Industrial Data. Get your client secret from https://hub.cognite.com/open-industrial-data-211.
  • org-oidc-token — Access token issued by the Cognite authorization server, and valid for the target organization. The token must be an OpenID Connect token, and it can be obtain…

Paths & Operations 11

Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 5 GET, 6 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Raw 11

Manage data in the raw NoSQL database. Each project will have a variable number of raw databases, each of which will have a variable number of tables, each of which will have a va…

GET
/raw/dbs
List databases
getDBs 2 params → 200
POST
/raw/dbs
Create databases
createDBs body → 201
POST
/raw/dbs/delete
Delete databases
deleteDBs body → 200
GET
/raw/dbs/{dbName}/tables
List tables in a database
getTables 3 params → 200
POST
/raw/dbs/{dbName}/tables
Create tables in a database
createTables 2 params body → 201400
POST
/raw/dbs/{dbName}/tables/delete
Delete tables in a database
deleteTables 1 param body → 200400
GET
/raw/dbs/{dbName}/tables/{tableName}/cursors
Retrieve cursors for parallel reads
getCursors 5 params → 200
GET
/raw/dbs/{dbName}/tables/{tableName}/rows
Retrieve rows from a table
getRows 7 params → 200
POST
/raw/dbs/{dbName}/tables/{tableName}/rows
Insert rows into a table
postRows 3 params body → 200400
GET
/raw/dbs/{dbName}/tables/{tableName}/rows/{rowKey}
Retrieve row by key
getRow 3 params → 200
POST
/raw/dbs/{dbName}/tables/{tableName}/rows/delete
Delete rows in a table
deleteRows 2 params body → 200

Schemas 16

The contract defines 16 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are RawDBRow (3 properties), DeleteRawDB (2 properties), DataWithCursorRawDBRow (2 properties), DataWithCursorRawDBTable (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DataWithCursorRawDBTable
object
A list of objects along with possible cursors to get the next, or previous, page of results
2 properties
RawDBRowInsert
object
2 properties 2 required
EpochTimestamp
integer
The number of milliseconds since 00:00:00 Thursday, 1 January 1970, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), minus leap seconds.
DataRawDBRowKey
object
1 property
DataRawDBRow
object
1 property
RawRowCSV
object
Raw row result written in CSV format, with column columnHeaders.
2 properties
DataRawDB
object
1 property
RawDBTable
object
A NoSQL database table to store customer data
1 property 1 required
DataWithCursorRawDB
object
A list of objects along with possible cursors to get the next, or previous, page of results
2 properties
DataWithCursorRawDBRow
object
A list of objects along with possible cursors to get the next, or previous, page of results
2 properties
RawDB
object
A NoSQL database to store customer data.
1 property 1 required
DeleteRawDB
object
2 properties
DataRawDBTableCursors
object
A list of cursors
1 property
RawDBRowKey
object
A row key
1 property 1 required
RawDBRow
object
3 properties 3 required
DataRawDBTable
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cognite-raw-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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