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Datafold data_source_added API

The data_source_added API from Datafold — 1 operation(s) for data_source_added.

Datafold data_source_added API is one of 13 APIs that Datafold publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 62 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version latest.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://app.datafold.com.

1 operations 1 paths 62 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
latest
Base URL
https://app.datafold.com/api/v1/
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Datafold data_source_added API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (ApiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ApiKeyAuth — Use the 'Authorization' header with the format 'Key '

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

data_source_added 1
POST
/api/v1/data_sources
Create a data source
create_new_datasource_api_v1_data_sources_post body → 200422

Schemas 62

The contract defines 62 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ApiDataSourceBigQuery (31 properties), ApiDataSourceOracle (31 properties), ApiDataSourceVertica (31 properties), ApiDataSourceDremio (31 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DB2Config
object
Configuration for IBM DB2 database connection.
10 properties 4 required
PostgreSQLConfig
object
8 properties 3 required
ApiDataSourcePostgresAurora
object
31 properties 2 required
SSLVerification
string
ApiDataSourceTeradata
object
31 properties 2 required
ValidationError
object
3 properties 3 required
TestResultStep
object
3 properties 2 required
VerticaConfig
object
7 properties 3 required
ApiDataSourcePostgres
object
31 properties 2 required
MicrosoftFabricConfig
object
6 properties 5 required
CertCheck
string
HTTPValidationError
object
1 property
ApiDataSourceMariaDB
object
31 properties 2 required
AzureDataLakeConfig
object
6 properties 3 required
StarburstConfig
object
6 properties 1 required
ApiDataSourceDB2
object
31 properties 2 required
DremioConfig
object
11 properties 1 required
TrinoConfig
object
8 properties 3 required
MongoDBConfig
object
9 properties 4 required
ApiDataSourceBigQuery
object
31 properties 2 required
SapHanaConfig
object
4 properties 2 required
ApiDataSourceVertica
object
31 properties 2 required
DuckDBConfig
object
ApiDataSourceSapHana
object
31 properties 2 required
AwsAthenaConfig
object
6 properties 4 required
GCSConfig
object
5 properties 3 required
MySQLConfig
object
5 properties 4 required
ApiDataSourceStarburst
object
31 properties 2 required
AWSS3Config
object
6 properties 3 required
OracleConfig
object
13 properties 1 required
MariaDBConfig
object
Configuration for MariaDB connections. MariaDB is MySQL-compatible, so we reuse the MySQL configuration. Default port is 3306, same as MySQL.
5 properties 4 required
ApiDataSourcePostgresRds
object
31 properties 2 required
ApiDataSourceDremio
object
31 properties 2 required
ConfigurationCheckStep
string
ApiDataSourceOracle
object
31 properties 2 required
TeradataConfig
object
5 properties 3 required
ApiDataSourceTrino
object
31 properties 2 required
ApiDataSourceNetezza
object
31 properties 2 required
MSSQLConfig
object
9 properties 1 required
ApiDataSourceMySQL
object
31 properties 2 required
ApiDataSourceS3
object
31 properties 2 required
ApiDataSourceAzureSynapse
object
31 properties 2 required
ApiDataSourceMongoDB
object
31 properties 2 required
NetezzaConfig
object
6 properties 2 required
ApiDataSourceRedshift
object
31 properties 2 required
JobStatus
string
ApiDataSourceAzureDataLake
object
31 properties 2 required
ApiDataSourceDuckDB
object
31 properties 2 required
ApiDataSourceGCS
object
31 properties 2 required
ApiDataSourceSnowflake
object
31 properties 2 required
PostgreSQLAuroraConfig
object
13 properties 3 required
ApiDataSourceMicrosoftFabric
object
31 properties 2 required
BigQueryConfig
object
8 properties 2 required
RedshiftConfig
object
10 properties 3 required
ApiDataSourceDatabricks
object
31 properties 2 required
ApiDataSourceTestStatus
object
2 properties 2 required
ApiDataSourceAwsAthena
object
31 properties 2 required
ApiDataSourceForm
DatabricksConfig
object
13 properties 1 required
SslMode
string
SSL mode for database connections (used by PostgreSQL, Vertica, Redshift, etc.)
SnowflakeConfig
object
22 properties 1 required
ApiDataSourceMSSQL
object
31 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

datafold-data-source-added-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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