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.
Request Syntax
{
"CatalogId": "string",
"ConnectionName": "string",
"DataStoreApiVersion": "string",
"EntityName": "string",
"NextToken": "string"
}Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
The request accepts the following data in JSON format.
- CatalogId
-
The catalog ID of the catalog that contains the connection. This can be null, By default, the AWS Account ID is the catalog ID.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.
Pattern:
[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*Required: No
- ConnectionName
-
The name of the connection that contains the connection type credentials.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.
Pattern:
[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\t]*Required: Yes
- DataStoreApiVersion
-
The version of the API used for the data store.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.
Pattern:
[a-zA-Z0-9.-]*Required: No
- EntityName
-
The name of the entity that you want to describe from the connection type.
Type: String
Required: Yes
- NextToken
-
A continuation token, included if this is a continuation call.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 2048.
Pattern:
[-a-zA-Z0-9+=/:_]*Required: No
Response Syntax
{
"Fields": [
{
"CustomProperties": {
"string" : "string"
},
"Description": "string",
"FieldName": "string",
"FieldType": "string",
"IsCreateable": boolean,
"IsDefaultOnCreate": boolean,
"IsFilterable": boolean,
"IsNullable": boolean,
"IsPartitionable": boolean,
"IsPrimaryKey": boolean,
"IsRetrievable": boolean,
"IsUpdateable": boolean,
"IsUpsertable": boolean,
"Label": "string",
"NativeDataType": "string",
"ParentField": "string",
"SupportedFilterOperators": [ "string" ],
"SupportedValues": [ "string" ]
}
],
"NextToken": "string"
}Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.
The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.
- Fields
-
Describes the fields for that connector entity. This is the list of
Fieldobjects.Fieldis very similar to column in a database. TheFieldobject has information about different properties associated with fields in the connector.Type: Array of Field objects
- NextToken
-
A continuation token, present if the current segment is not the last.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 2048.
Pattern:
[-a-zA-Z0-9+=/:_]*
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- AccessDeniedException
-
Access to a resource was denied.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- EntityNotFoundException
-
A specified entity does not exist
HTTP Status Code: 400
- FederationSourceException
-
A federation source failed.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- GlueEncryptionException
-
An encryption operation failed.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- InvalidInputException
-
The input provided was not valid.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- OperationTimeoutException
-
The operation timed out.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ValidationException
-
A value could not be validated.
HTTP Status Code: 400
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
