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[ aws . glue ]

describe-entity

Description

Provides details regarding the entity used with the connection type, with a description of the data model for each field in the selected entity.

The response includes all the fields which make up the entity.

See also: AWS API Documentation

describe-entity is a paginated operation. Multiple API calls may be issued in order to retrieve the entire data set of results. You can disable pagination by providing the --no-paginate argument. When using --output text and the --query argument on a paginated response, the --query argument must extract data from the results of the following query expressions: Fields

Synopsis

  describe-entity
--connection-name <value>
[--catalog-id <value>]
--entity-name <value>
[--data-store-api-version <value>]
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--starting-token <value>]
[--max-items <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]

Options

--connection-name (string)

The name of the connection that contains the connection type credentials.

--catalog-id (string)

The catalog ID of the catalog that contains the connection. This can be null, By default, the Amazon Web Services Account ID is the catalog ID.

--entity-name (string)

The name of the entity that you want to describe from the connection type.

--data-store-api-version (string)

The version of the API used for the data store.

--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.

--starting-token (string)

A token to specify where to start paginating. This is the NextToken from a previously truncated response.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--max-items (integer)

The total number of items to return in the command's output. If the total number of items available is more than the value specified, a NextToken is provided in the command's output. To resume pagination, provide the NextToken value in the starting-token argument of a subsequent command. Do not use the NextToken response element directly outside of the AWS CLI.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command's default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

Output

Fields -> (list)

Describes the fields for that connector entity. This is the list of Field objects. Field is very similar to column in a database. The Field object has information about different properties associated with fields in the connector.

(structure)

The Field object has information about the different properties associated with a field in the connector.

FieldName -> (string)

A unique identifier for the field.

Label -> (string)

A readable label used for the field.

Description -> (string)

A description of the field.

FieldType -> (string)

The type of data in the field.

IsPrimaryKey -> (boolean)

Indicates whether this field can used as a primary key for the given entity.

IsNullable -> (boolean)

Indicates whether this field can be nullable or not.

IsRetrievable -> (boolean)

Indicates whether this field can be added in Select clause of SQL query or whether it is retrievable or not.

IsFilterable -> (boolean)

Indicates whether this field can used in a filter clause (WHERE clause) of a SQL statement when querying data.

IsPartitionable -> (boolean)

Indicates whether a given field can be used in partitioning the query made to SaaS.

IsCreateable -> (boolean)

Indicates whether this field can be created as part of a destination write.

IsUpdateable -> (boolean)

Indicates whether this field can be updated as part of a destination write.

IsUpsertable -> (boolean)

Indicates whether this field can be upserted as part of a destination write.

IsDefaultOnCreate -> (boolean)

Indicates whether this field is populated automatically when the object is created, such as a created at timestamp.

SupportedValues -> (list)

A list of supported values for the field.

(string)

SupportedFilterOperators -> (list)

Indicates the support filter operators for this field.

(string)

ParentField -> (string)

A parent field name for a nested field.

NativeDataType -> (string)

The data type returned by the SaaS API, such as “picklist” or “textarea” from Salesforce.

CustomProperties -> (map)

Optional map of keys which may be returned.

key -> (string)

value -> (string)

NextToken -> (string)

A continuation token, present if the current segment is not the last.