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OpenMetadata Columns API

Columns represent individual data fields within tables and dashboard data models. This API provides operations to update column metadata such as tags, glossary terms, descriptions, and other properties using the column's fully qualified name.

OpenMetadata Columns API is one of 89 APIs that OpenMetadata publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 9 operations across 8 paths, and defines 28 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 1.13.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: /api, http://localhost:8585/api.

9 operations 8 paths 28 schemas 4 GET4 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
1.13
Base URL
https://{your-host}/api/v1
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

OpenMetadata Columns API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (BearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 9

Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 4 GET, 4 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Columns 9

Columns represent individual data fields within tables and dashboard data models. This API provides operations to update column metadata such as tags, glossary terms, descriptions…

POST
/v1/columns/bulk-update-async
Bulk update columns asynchronously
bulkUpdateColumnsAsync body → 200400
POST
/v1/columns/bulk-update-preview
Preview bulk column updates (dry-run)
bulkUpdateColumnsPreview body → 200400
GET
/v1/columns/export
Export unique column names to CSV
exportUniqueColumns 6 params → 200400
GET
/v1/columns/name/{fqn}
Get a column by fully qualified name
getColumnByFQN 4 params → 200400404
PUT
/v1/columns/name/{fqn}
Update a column by fully qualified name
updateColumnByFQN 2 params body → 200400404
GET
/v1/columns/grid
Get column grid with metadata grouping
getColumnGrid 14 params → 200400
POST
/v1/columns/import
Import column metadata from CSV (with dry-run)
importUniqueColumns 6 params body → 200400
POST
/v1/columns/import-async
Import column metadata from CSV asynchronously
importUniqueColumnsAsync 5 params body → 200400
GET
/v1/columns/search
Search and group columns by name
searchColumns 6 params → 200400

Schemas 28

The contract defines 28 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ColumnProfile (30 properties), Column (18 properties), TagLabel (13 properties), BulkColumnUpdateRequest (11 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TagLabelRecognizerMetadata
object
5 properties 3 required
ColumnChild
object
7 properties 1 required
BulkColumnUpdateRequest
object
11 properties
ColumnProfile
object
30 properties 2 required
BulkColumnUpdatePreview
object
2 properties 2 required
ColumnMetadataGroup
object
9 properties 3 required
CoverImage
object
2 properties
ColumnOccurrenceRef
object
7 properties 3 required
ColumnGridResponse
object
4 properties 3 required
ColumnUpdate
object
5 properties 2 required
CustomMetricProfile
object
2 properties
CardinalityDistribution
object
4 properties
CustomMetric
object
8 properties 2 required
ColumnGridItem
object
5 properties 4 required
ColumnUpdatePreview
object
10 properties 6 required
CSVImportResponse
object
2 properties
Column
object
18 properties 2 required
Style
object
3 properties
CsvImportResult
object
7 properties
GroupedColumnsResponse
object
3 properties 3 required
Histogram
object
2 properties
TagLabel
object
13 properties 4 required
PatternMatch
object
3 properties 2 required
UpdateColumn
object
6 properties
TagLabelMetadata
object
2 properties
ColumnOccurrence
object
11 properties 3 required
ColumnMetadata
object
3 properties
EntityReference
object
9 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

openmetadata-columns-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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