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Cognite Views API

The Views API from Cognite — 3 operation(s) for views.

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

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

This API exposes 4 operations across 3 paths, and defines 65 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}.

4 operations 3 paths 65 schemas 1 GET3 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
Contact
Cognite Support
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 5

Cognite Views 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 4

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Views 4
POST
/models/views
Create or update views
ApplyViews body → 200400409
GET
/models/views
List views defined in the project
listViews 6 params → 200400
POST
/models/views/byids
Retrieve views by their external ids
byExternalIdsViews 1 param body → 200400
POST
/models/views/delete
Delete views
deleteViews body → 200400

Schemas 65

The contract defines 65 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are EdgeConnection (7 properties), CorePropertyCreateDefinition (6 properties), ViewCommon (6 properties), TextProperty (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ContainerReference
object
Reference to an existing container
3 properties 3 required
CorePropertyCreateDefinition
object
6 properties
InstanceReferenceFilterV3
object
1 property 1 required
EdgeConnection
object
Describes the edge(s) that are likely to exist to aid in discovery and documentation of the view. A listed edge is not required. i.e. It does not have to exist…
7 properties 2 required
OverlapsFilterV3
object
1 property 1 required
EqualsFilterV3
object
1 property 1 required
SourceReference
Reference to a view, or a container
ReverseDirectRelationConnection
object
Describes the direct relation(s) pointing to instances read through this view. This connection type is used to aid in discovery and documentation of the view.
5 properties 3 required
SpaceSpecification
string
PropertyIdentifierV3
string
RawPropertyValueV3
A value matching the data type of the defined property
DataModelsNestedFilter
object
1 property 1 required
DMSExternalId
string
EpochTimestamp
integer
The number of milliseconds since 00:00:00 Thursday, 1 January 1970, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), minus leap seconds.
CDFExternalIdReference
object
An external-id reference to an existing CDF resource type item, such as a time series. An example could be that for an existing time series stored in the CDF t…
3 properties 1 required
UpsertConflict
object
1 property 1 required
EnumProperty
object
An enum type property. An enum property can only consist of predefined values.
3 properties 2 required
UsedFor
string
Should this operation apply to nodes, edges, records, or both nodes and edges. NB! Currently all applies to nodes and edges, but not records.
ViewCorePropertyDefinition
RangeValue
Value you wish to find in the provided property using a range clause.
ParameterizedPropertyValueV3
object
A parameterized value
1 property 1 required
DirectRelationReference
object
Reference to the node pointed to by the direct relation. The reference consists of a space and an external-id.
2 properties 2 required
DMSFilterProperty
array
A reference to either a DMS base property or a container property. For nodes the DMS base properties are instanceType, version, space, externalId, type, create…
ViewCommon
object
6 properties 2 required
ViewCreateCollection
object
1 property 1 required
NodeOrEdgeExternalId
string
HasExistingDataFilterV3
object
1 property 1 required
MatchAllFilter
object
1 property 1 required
ContainsAnyFilterV3
object
1 property 1 required
NextCursorV3
string
The cursor value used to return (paginate to) the next page of results, when more data is available.
ConnectionDefinitionRead
ViewCreateDefinitionProperty
A reference to a container property or a connection describing edges that are expected to exist (ConnectionDefinition). If the referenced container property is…
DMSVersion
string
ThroughReference
object
Traverse from another table expression using a direct relation. Only applicable when from is specified. The view or container property to use when we traverse…
2 properties 2 required
DirectNodeRelation
object
Direct node relation
4 properties 1 required
ContainsAllFilterV3
object
1 property 1 required
ConnectionDefinition
RawPropertyValueListV3
array
A list of values
DataModelsBoolFilter
object
Build a new query by combining other queries, using boolean operators. We support the and, or, and not boolean operators.
InFilterV3
object
1 property 1 required
CorePropertyDefinition
FilterValueList
ConstraintOrIndexState
string
ListOfVersionReferences
object
1 property 1 required
ViewPropertyDefinition
Property definition
ViewReference
object
Reference to a view
4 properties 4 required
ReverseDirectRelationConnectionRead
PrimitiveProperty
object
Primitive types for the property. We expect dates to be in the ISO-8601 format, while timestamps are expected to be an epoch value with millisecond precision.…
4 properties 1 required
FilterDefinition
object
A filter Domain Specific Language (DSL) used to create advanced filter queries.
ReferencedPropertyValueV3
object
A property reference value
1 property 1 required
DMSExistsFilter
object
1 property 1 required
ViewCreateDefinition
PrefixFilterV3
object
1 property 1 required
Error
object
Cognite API error.
4 properties 2 required
ListOfAllVersionsReferences
object
1 property 1 required
CreateViewProperty
object
5 properties 2 required
ViewDirectNodeRelation
Direct node relation. Can include a hint to specify the view that this direct relation points to. This hint is optional.
FilterValue
ViewDefinition
DataModelsLeafFilter
object
Leaf filter
FilterValueRange
EnumValueProperties
object
Metadata of the enum value.
2 properties
RangeFilterV3
object
1 property 1 required
ViewDefinitionProperty
TextProperty
object
Text type
5 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cognite-views-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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ID
cognite:cognite-views-api
Base URL
https://api.cognitedata.com
Docs
https://api-docs.cognite.com/
Provider
Cognite
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