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Google Cloud Data Catalog API API

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Overview

A fully managed and highly scalable data discovery and metadata management service.

Google Cloud Data Catalog API is an analytics API from googleapis.com. Requests are authenticated with OAuth. It is served over HTTPS. Its OpenAPI description documents 23 endpoints.

At a glance

Authentication
OAuth
HTTPS
Yes
CORS
Unknown
Category
Analytics
Base URL
https://datacatalog.googleapis.com/
Version
v1beta1
Endpoints
23
OpenAPI
Specification ↗
Spec updated
2023-04-21

Make a first request

Replace the placeholders; the documentation says exactly where credentials go.

cURL
curl -X GET "https://datacatalog.googleapis.com/v1beta1/entries:lookup" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
JavaScript
const response = await fetch("https://datacatalog.googleapis.com/v1beta1/entries:lookup", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Python
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://datacatalog.googleapis.com/v1beta1/entries:lookup",
    headers={
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

Endpoints

MethodPathWhat it does
POST/v1beta1/catalog:searchSearches Data Catalog for multiple resources like entries, tags that match a query. This is a custom method (https://cloud.google.com/apis/design/custom_methods
GET/v1beta1/entries:lookupGet an entry by target resource name. This method allows clients to use the resource name from the source Google Cloud Platform service to get the Data Catalog
GET/v1beta1/{name}Gets a policy tag.
PATCH/v1beta1/{name}Updates a policy tag.
DELETE/v1beta1/{name}Deletes a policy tag. Also deletes all of its descendant policy tags.
POST/v1beta1/{name}:renameRenames an enum value in a tag template. The enum values have to be unique within one enum field. Thus, an enum value cannot be renamed with a name used in any
GET/v1beta1/{parent}/entriesLists entries.
POST/v1beta1/{parent}/entriesCreates an entry. Only entries of 'FILESET' type or user-specified type can be created. Users should enable the Data Catalog API in the project identified by th
GET/v1beta1/{parent}/entryGroupsLists entry groups.
POST/v1beta1/{parent}/entryGroupsA maximum of 10,000 entry groups may be created per organization across all locations. Users should enable the Data Catalog API in the project identified by the
POST/v1beta1/{parent}/fieldsCreates a field in a tag template. The user should enable the Data Catalog API in the project identified by the `parent` parameter (see [Data Catalog Resource P
GET/v1beta1/{parent}/policyTagsLists all policy tags in a taxonomy.
POST/v1beta1/{parent}/policyTagsCreates a policy tag in the specified taxonomy.
POST/v1beta1/{parent}/tagTemplatesCreates a tag template. The user should enable the Data Catalog API in the project identified by the `parent` parameter (see [Data Catalog Resource Project](htt
GET/v1beta1/{parent}/tagsLists tags assigned to an Entry. The columns in the response are lowercased.
POST/v1beta1/{parent}/tagsCreates a tag on an Entry. Note: The project identified by the `parent` parameter for the [tag](https://cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/reference/rest/v1beta
GET/v1beta1/{parent}/taxonomiesLists all taxonomies in a project in a particular location that the caller has permission to view.
POST/v1beta1/{parent}/taxonomiesCreates a taxonomy in the specified project.
GET/v1beta1/{parent}/taxonomies:exportExports all taxonomies and their policy tags in a project. This method generates SerializedTaxonomy protos with nested policy tags that can be used as an input
POST/v1beta1/{parent}/taxonomies:importImports all taxonomies and their policy tags to a project as new taxonomies. This method provides a bulk taxonomy / policy tag creation using nested proto struc
POST/v1beta1/{resource}:getIamPolicyGets the IAM policy for a taxonomy or a policy tag.
POST/v1beta1/{resource}:setIamPolicySets the IAM policy for a taxonomy or a policy tag.
POST/v1beta1/{resource}:testIamPermissionsReturns the permissions that a caller has on the specified taxonomy or policy tag.

Questions

Does the Google Cloud Data Catalog API API need an API key?

Yes. The Google Cloud Data Catalog API API uses OAuth authentication; the documentation explains how to get credentials.

Does the Google Cloud Data Catalog API API support HTTPS?

Yes, the Google Cloud Data Catalog API API is served over HTTPS.

How many endpoints does the Google Cloud Data Catalog API API have?

Its OpenAPI description lists 23 endpoints in version v1beta1. All of them are shown on this page.

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