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Datafold Explore API

The Explore API from Datafold — 4 operation(s) for explore.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

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

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

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version latest.

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

4 operations 4 paths 6 schemas 4 GET

Metadata

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

Authentication & Security 1

Datafold Explore 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 4

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

Explore 4
GET
/api/v1/explore/db/{data_connection_id}/columns/{column_path}/downstreams
Get column downstreams
db_column_downstreams_api_v1_explore_db__data_connection_id__columns__column_path__downstreams_get 4 params → 200422
GET
/api/v1/explore/db/{data_connection_id}/columns/{column_path}/upstreams
Get column upstreams
db_column_upstreams_api_v1_explore_db__data_connection_id__columns__column_path__upstreams_get 4 params → 200422
GET
/api/v1/explore/db/{data_connection_id}/tables/{table_path}/downstreams
Get table downstreams
db_table_downstreams_api_v1_explore_db__data_connection_id__tables__table_path__downstreams_get 3 params → 200422
GET
/api/v1/explore/db/{data_connection_id}/tables/{table_path}/upstreams
Get table upstreams
db_table_upstreams_api_v1_explore_db__data_connection_id__tables__table_path__upstreams_get 3 params → 200422

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Table (4 properties), ValidationError (3 properties), Column (3 properties), TableReference (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TableReference
object
Database table reference.
2 properties 2 required
ColumnReference
object
Database table column reference.
1 property 1 required
Column
object
Database table column.
3 properties 2 required
ValidationError
object
3 properties 3 required
Table
object
Database table.
4 properties 3 required
HTTPValidationError
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

datafold-explore-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
datafold:datafold-explore-api
Base URL
https://app.datafold.com/api/v1/
Docs
https://docs.datafold.com/developer/datafold-api
Provider
Datafold
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