Lightdash Catalog API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the cookie as connect.sid (session_cookie).
An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (api_key).
api_key — Value should be 'ApiKey '
Paths & Operations 28
Across 23 paths, the API surfaces 28 operations — 4 DELETE, 16 GET, 2 PATCH, 5 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
The contract defines 92 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Dimension (37 properties), Metric (33 properties), MetricsTree (11 properties), CustomFormat (9 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
FieldType.DIMENSION
string
ApiCreateMetricsTreeResponse
object
2 properties2 required
MetricsTreeLockInfo
object
3 properties3 required
MetricsTreeWithDetails
FieldUrl
object
2 properties2 required
MetricsTreeNodePosition
object
3 properties3 required
ApiMetricsWithAssociatedTimeDimensionResponse
object
2 properties2 required
CustomIcon
object
1 property1 required
ApiSegmentDimensionsResponse
object
2 properties2 required
ApiMetricsTreeEdgePayload
object
2 properties2 required
Metric
object
33 properties8 required
FieldType.METRIC
string
ApiErrorPayload
object
The Error object is returned from the api any time there is an error. The message contains
2 properties2 required
CatalogFilter
string
ApiGetMetricPeek
object
2 properties2 required
KnexPaginatedData_MetricsTreeSummary-Array_
object
2 properties1 required
ApiMetricsCatalogResults
array
CompiledDimension
MetricWithAssociatedTimeDimension
CatalogMetadata
object
9 properties5 required
DefaultTimeDimension
object
2 properties2 required
ApiGetMetricsTree
object
2 properties2 required
ApiUpdateMetricsTreePayload
object
5 properties3 required
KnexPaginatedData_ApiMetricsCatalogResults_
object
2 properties1 required
Record_string.string-or-string-Array_
object
Construct a type with a set of properties K of type T
From T, pick a set of properties whose keys are in the union K
3 properties3 required
Source
object
4 properties3 required
CatalogCategoryFilterMode
string
DimensionType
string
ChartKind
string
MetricType
string
NumberSeparator
string
CatalogField
CatalogType.Table
string
AnyType
This AnyType is an alias for any The goal is to make it easier to identify any type in the codebase without having to eslint-disable all the time These are onl…
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