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Namespace

Metadata

Describe a namespace

Describe the detailed information for namespace id.

post/v1/namespace/{id}/describe

Path parameters

idstring required

string identifier of an object in a namespace, following the Lance Namespace spec. When the value is equal to the delimiter, it represents the root namespace. For example, v1/namespace/$/list performs a ListNamespace on the root namespace.

Query parameters

delimiterstring

An optional delimiter of the string identifier, following the Lance Namespace spec. When not specified, the $ delimiter must be used.

Request body

{"stackTrail":"components:schemas:DescribeNamespaceRequest:properties:context","oasType":"schema","type":"unknown","description":"Arbitrary context as key-value pairs.\nHow to use the context is custom to the specific implementation.\n\nOn a request, it carries caller-provided context to the implementation.\nOn a response, it carries implementation-provided context back to the caller.\n\nREST NAMESPACE ONLY\nContext entries are mapped to and from HTTP headers using the `header.` prefix:\n- On a request, any entry whose key starts with `header.` is sent as an HTTP\n request header with the prefix stripped. For example, the entry\n `{\"header.Authorization\": \"Bearer abc\"}` is sent as the request header\n `Authorization: Bearer abc`.\n- On a response, every HTTP response header is returned as an entry whose key is the\n header name prefixed with `header.`. For example, the response header\n `x-request-id: abc123` is returned as the entry `{\"header.x-request-id\": \"abc123\"}`.\n"}

idstring[]

Example request

{
  "identity": {
    "api_key": "api_key",
    "auth_token": "auth_token"
  },
  "context": {
    "key": "context"
  },
  "id": [
    "id",
    "id"
  ]
}

Response

Returns a namespace, as well as any properties stored on the namespace if namespace properties are supported by the server.

{"stackTrail":"components:schemas:DescribeNamespaceResponse:properties:context","oasType":"schema","type":"unknown","description":"Arbitrary context as key-value pairs.\nHow to use the context is custom to the specific implementation.\n\nOn a request, it carries caller-provided context to the implementation.\nOn a response, it carries implementation-provided context back to the caller.\n\nREST NAMESPACE ONLY\nContext entries are mapped to and from HTTP headers using the `header.` prefix:\n- On a request, any entry whose key starts with `header.` is sent as an HTTP\n request header with the prefix stripped. For example, the entry\n `{\"header.Authorization\": \"Bearer abc\"}` is sent as the request header\n `Authorization: Bearer abc`.\n- On a response, every HTTP response header is returned as an entry whose key is the\n header name prefixed with `header.`. For example, the response header\n `x-request-id: abc123` is returned as the entry `{\"header.x-request-id\": \"abc123\"}`.\n"}

{"stackTrail":"components:schemas:DescribeNamespaceResponse:properties:properties","oasType":"schema","type":"unknown","description":"Properties stored on the namespace, if supported by the server. If the server does not support namespace properties, it should return null for this field. If namespace properties are supported, but none are set, it should return an empty object.","example":{"owner":"Ralph","created_at":"1452120468"},"nullable":true}

Example response

{
  "context": {
    "key": "context"
  },
  "properties": {
    "owner": "Ralph",
    "created_at": "1452120468"
  }
}