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Confluent Entity (v1) API

[![Generally Available](https://img.shields.io/badge/Lifecycle%20Stage-Generally%20Available-%2345c6e8)](#section/Versioning/API-Lifecycle-Policy)The API allows you to create, retrieve, update, and delete catalog entities.Related guide: [Catalog API Documentation](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/stream-governance/stream-catalog.html#catalog-api-documentation).

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Confluent Entity (v1) API is one of 127 APIs that Confluent publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Entity (V1). The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and an API reference.

This API exposes 10 operations across 8 paths, and defines 14 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.confluent.cloud.

10 operations 8 paths 14 schemas 2 DELETE3 GET2 POST3 PUT

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
Base URL
https://api.confluent.cloud
Authentication
HTTP Basic, OAuth 2.0, HTTP Basic, HTTP Basic, OAuth 2.0, OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 6

Confluent Entity (v1) API declares 6 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (cloud-api-key). It supports OAuth 2.0 (confluent-sts-access-token) using the clientCredentials flow. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (global-api-key). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (resource-api-key). It supports OAuth 2.0 (external-access-token) using the clientCredentials flow. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 4 scopes.

  • cloud-api-key — Authenticate with Cloud API Keys using HTTP Basic Auth. Treat the Cloud API Key ID as the username and Cloud API Key Secret as the password.
  • confluent-sts-access-token — Authenticate with Confluent API using this credentials (JSON Web Tokens) following OAuth 2.0.
  • global-api-key — Authenticate with Global API Keys using HTTP Basic Auth. Treat the Global API Key ID as the username and Global API Key Secret as the password.
  • resource-api-key — Authenticate with resource-specific API Keys using HTTP Basic Auth. Treat the resource-specific API Key ID as the username and resource-specific API Key Secret…
  • external-access-token — Authenticate with Confluent API using this credentials (JSON Web Tokens) following OAuth 2.0.
  • oauth — Authenticate with OAuth 2.0. Currently this is only supported for partner APIs.

Paths & Operations 10

Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 2 DELETE, 3 GET, 2 POST, 3 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Entity (v1) 10

[![Generally Available](https://img.shields.io/badge/Lifecycle%20Stage-Generally%20Available-%2345c6e8)](section/Versioning/API-Lifecycle-Policy) The API allows you to create, ret…

POST
/catalog/v1/entity/businessmetadata
Bulk Create Business Metadata
createBusinessMetadata body → 200400429500
PUT
/catalog/v1/entity/businessmetadata
Bulk Update Business Metadata
updateBusinessMetadata body → 200400429500
GET
/catalog/v1/entity/type/{typeName}/name/{qualifiedName}/businessmetadata
Read Business Metadata for an Entity
getBusinessMetadata 2 params → 200400404429500
DELETE
/catalog/v1/entity/type/{typeName}/name/{qualifiedName}/businessmetadata/{bmName}
Delete a Business Metadata for an Entity
deleteBusinessMetadata 3 params → 204400429500
PUT
/catalog/v1/entity/tags
Bulk Update Tags
updateTags body → 200400429500
POST
/catalog/v1/entity/tags
Bulk Create Tags
createTags body → 200400429500
GET
/catalog/v1/entity/type/{typeName}/name/{qualifiedName}
Read an Entity
getByUniqueAttributes 4 params → 200400404429500
GET
/catalog/v1/entity/type/{typeName}/name/{qualifiedName}/tags
Read Tags for an Entity
getTags 2 params → 200400404429500
PUT
/catalog/v1/entity
Update an Entity Attribute
partialEntityUpdate body → 200400404429500
DELETE
/catalog/v1/entity/type/{typeName}/name/{qualifiedName}/tags/{tagName}
Delete a Tag for an Entity
deleteTag 3 params → 204400429500

Schemas 14

The contract defines 14 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Entity (20 properties), TagResponse (10 properties), TermAssignmentHeader (10 properties), Tag (9 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Tag
object
9 properties
TermAssignmentHeader
object
10 properties
PartialUpdateParams
object
7 properties
EntityPartialUpdate
object
The updated entities.
1 property
EntityPartialUpdateResponse
object
The type name
1 property
TimeBoundary
object
3 properties
ClassificationHeader
object
5 properties
BusinessMetadata
object
4 properties
EntityWithExtInfo
object
2 properties
Entity
object
The entity
20 properties
Classification
object
7 properties
BusinessMetadataResponse
object
5 properties
ErrorMessage
object
Error message of this operation
2 properties
TagResponse
object
10 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

confluent-entity-v1-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Base URL
https://api.confluent.cloud
Docs
https://www.confluent.io/
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