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Snowflake database API

The database API from Snowflake — 12 operation(s) for database.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Snowflake database API is one of 49 APIs that Snowflake publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Database. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 18 operations across 15 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 0.0.1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://org-account.snowflakecomputing.com.

18 operations 15 paths 6 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET13 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
0.0.1
Base URL
https://org-account.snowflakecomputing.com
Authentication
custom, custom, custom, custom
Contact
Snowflake, Inc.
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 4

Snowflake database API declares 4 security schemes for authenticating requests. It defines a custom scheme (KeyPair). It defines a custom scheme (ExternalOAuth). It defines a custom scheme (SnowflakeOAuth). It defines a custom scheme (ProgrammaticAccessToken).

Paths & Operations 18

Across 15 paths, the API surfaces 18 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 13 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

database 18
GET
/api/v2/databases
List Databases.
listDatabases 5 params → 200202400401403404405408
POST
/api/v2/databases
Create a Database.
createDatabase 2 params body → 200202400401403404405408
POST
/api/v2/databases:from-share
Create a Database From a Share.
createDatabaseFromShare 2 params body → 200202400401403404405408
POST
/api/v2/databases/{name}:from_sharedeprecated
Create a Database From a Share.
createDatabaseFromShareDeprecated 3 params → 200202400401403404405408
POST
/api/v2/databases/{name}:clone
Clone a Database.
cloneDatabase 3 params body → 200202400401403404405408
GET
/api/v2/databases/{name}
Fetches a database.
fetchDatabase 1 param → 200202400401403404405408
PUT
/api/v2/databases/{name}
Create a New, or Alters an Existing, Database.
createOrAlterDatabase 1 param body → 200202400401403404405408
DELETE
/api/v2/databases/{name}
Delete a Database.
deleteDatabase 3 params → 200202400401403404405408
POST
/api/v2/databases/{name}:undrop
Undrop a Database.
undropDatabase 1 param → 200202400401403404405408
POST
/api/v2/databases/{name}/replication:enable
Enable Database Replication.
enableDatabaseReplication 2 params body → 200202400401403404405408
POST
/api/v2/databases/{name}/replication:disable
Disable Database Replication.
disableDatabaseReplication 1 param body → 200202400401403404405408
POST
/api/v2/databases/{name}/replication:refresh
Refresh Database Replications.
refreshDatabaseReplication 1 param → 200202400401403404405408
POST
/api/v2/databases/{name}/failover:enable
Enable Database Failover.
enableDatabaseFailover 1 param body → 200202400401403404405408
POST
/api/v2/databases/{name}/failover:disable
Disable Database Failover.
disableDatabaseFailover 1 param body → 200202400401403404405408
POST
/api/v2/databases/{name}/failover:primary
Set a Primary Database.
primaryDatabaseFailover 1 param → 200202400401403404405408
POST
/api/v2/databases/{name}:set-tags
Set tags on a database.
setTags 2 params body → 200202400401403404405408
POST
/api/v2/databases/{name}:unset-tags
Unset tags from a database.
unsetTags 2 params body → 200202400401403404405408
GET
/api/v2/databases/{name}:get-tags
Get the tag assignments for a database.
getTags 2 params → 200202400401403404405408

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Database_2 (23 properties), Database (23 properties), AccountIdentifiers_2 (1 property), AccountIdentifiers (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DatabaseFromShare
object
Database from share.
1 property
Database
object
Snowflake database object.
23 properties 1 required
DatabaseClone
object
Clone database.
1 property
AccountIdentifiers
object
Array of unique account identifiers.
1 property 1 required
Database_2
object
Snowflake database object.
23 properties 1 required
AccountIdentifiers_2
object
Array of unique account identifiers.
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

snowflake-database-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
snowflake:snowflake-database-api
Base URL
https://org-account.snowflakecomputing.com
Docs
https://docs.snowflake.com/en/developer-guide/snowflake-rest-api/reference/account
Provider
Snowflake
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