APIs by Roles
Refer to this table for information which Alation roles can use Alation API. See Roles Overview in the Alation documentation for definitions of the user roles.
Explorer Role
The Explorer role is available starting in 2023.1, only for Alation Cloud Service customers on the cloud-native architecture.
Explorers can use the Query API (except the CREATE endpoint); otherwise Explorers have the same API permissions as the Viewer role.
API Endpoint |
Method |
Viewer |
Explorer (see note above) |
Composer |
Steward |
Source Admin |
Catalog Admin |
Server Admin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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API Tokens Authentication & Management (Available from version 2020.3) |
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Create a Refresh Token /integration/v1/createRefreshToken/ |
POST |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Regenerate a Refresh Token /integration/v1/regenRefreshToken/ |
POST |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Create an API Access Token /integration/v1/createAPIAccessToken/ |
POST |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Revoke an API Access Token /integration/v1/revokeAPIAccessTokens/ |
POST |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Validate an API Access Token /integration/v1/validateAPIAccessToken/ |
POST |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Validate a RefreshToken /integration/v1/validateRefreshToken/ |
POST |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Retrieve an API Resource /integration/v1/api_resource/<HTTP_method>:<url>/ |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Create, update, or delete an API Resource /integration/v1/api_resource/<HTTP_method>:<url>/ |
POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Create a new Article /integration/v1/article/ |
POST |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Article Detail /integration/v1/article/<article_id>/ |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Get all Articles /integration/v1/article/?<params> |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Update an Article /integration/v1/article/<article_id>/ |
PUT |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Delete an Article API /integration/v1/article/<article_id>/ |
DELETE |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Restore an Article API /integration/v1/article/<article_id>/resurrect/ |
POST |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Connectors (OCF) API (Available from version 2022.4) |
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|
Get a List of Connectors /integration/v2/connectors/ |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Conversations API (Available from version 2023.1) |
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Get, create, update, and delete conversations and posts /integration/v1/conversations/ /integration/v1/conversations/<conversation_id>/posts/ |
GET, POST, PATCH, DELETE |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Custom Field API (Available from version 2020.3) |
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Get all the active Custom Fields /integration/v2/custom_field/ |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Get Built-in Custom Fields /integration/v2/custom_field/builtin/{builtin_name}/ |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Get Custom Field by ID /integration/v2/custom_field/{id}/ |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Custom Field Values API (Available from version 2020.3) |
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|
Get Custom Field values for DataFlow objects and BI objects (GBM V2) /integration/v2/custom_field_value/ |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Update Custom Field values for DataFlow objects and BI objects (GBM V2) /integration/v2/custom_field_value/ |
PUT |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Update Custom Field values for many objects types(GBM V2) /integration/v2/custom_field_value/async/ |
PUT |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
/api/v1/bulk_metadata/data_dictionary/<otype>?custom_fields=<fields_json> |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Custom Template details /integration/v1/custom_template/<custom_template_id> |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Get all Custom Templates /integration/v1/custom_template/?<params> |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Dataflow API (Available from version 2020.3) |
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Upload Dataflow /integration/v2/dataflow/ |
POST, PATCH |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Delete Dataflow /integration/v2/dataflow/?<params> |
DELETE |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Get a Dataflow /integration/v2/dataflow/?<params> |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Data Health API (Available from version 2022.3) |
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|
Get data health fields or values /integration/v1/data_quality/fields/ /integration/v1/data_quality/values/ |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Create or delete data health rules /integration/v1/data_quality/ |
POST, DELETE |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Data Sources API (Native) - Data Source (Available from version 2020.4) |
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Create a data source /integration/v1/datasource/ |
POST |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes** |
Yes** |
Yes |
|
Delete or update a data source /integration/v1/datasource/<ds_id>/ |
PUT, DELETE |
No |
No |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes |
|
Retrieve single or multiple data sources /integration/v1/datasource/ /integration/v1/datasource/<ds_id>/ |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Data Sources API (Native) - Metadata Extraction (Available from version 2020.4) |
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Get a list of available schemas /integration/v1/datasource/<ds_id>/available_schemas/ |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Kick off metadata extraction job /integration/v1/datasource/<ds_id>/metadata_extraction_job/ |
POST |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Get or update metadata extraction configurations /integration/v1/datasource/<ds_id>/sync_configuration/metadata_extraction/ |
GET, PUT, PATCH |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Data Sources API (Native) - Config Checks (Available from version 2020.4) |
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Verify data source configuration /integration/v1/datasource/<ds_id>/configuration_check/ |
GET |
No |
No |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes |
|
Verify network connection status /integration/v1/datasource/<ds_id>/configuration_check/network_connection/ |
GET |
No |
No |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes |
|
Verify service account authentication status and privileges /integration/v1/datasource/<ds_id>/configuration_check/service_account_authentication/ /integration/v1/datasource/<ds_id>/configuration_check/service_account_privileges/ |
GET |
No |
No |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes |
|
Data Sources API (OCF) (Available from version 2022.4) |
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|
Create a data source /integration/v2/datasource/ |
POST |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes** |
Yes** |
Yes |
|
Retrieve data sources /integration/v2/datasource/ /integration/v2/datasource/<ds_id>/ |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Data Sources API (OCF) - Metadata Extraction (Available from version 2022.4) |
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Get a list of available schemas /integration/v2/datasource/{datasource_id}/available_schemas/ |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Kick off metadata extraction job /integration/v2/datasource/{datasource_id}/metadata_extraction_job/ |
POST |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Get or update metadata extraction configurations /integration/v2/datasource/{datasource_id}/sync_configuration/metadata_extraction/ |
GET, PATCH |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Data Sources API (OCF) - Config Checks (Available from version 2023.1) |
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Verify data source configuration /integration/v2/datasource/<ds_id>/configuration_check/ |
GET |
No |
No |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes |
|
Verify network connection status /integration/v2/datasource/<ds_id>/configuration_check/network_connection/ |
GET |
No |
No |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes |
|
Verify service account authentication status and privileges /integration/v2/datasource/<ds_id>/configuration_check/service_account_authentication/ /integration/v2/datasource/<ds_id>/configuration_check/service_account_privileges/ |
GET |
No |
No |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes |
|
Get Metadata for an object /catalog/<otype>/?<params> |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Get Schemas in a Data Source /catalog/datasource/<datasource_id>/schema/?<params> |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
API operations to create and GET objects in a domain https://alation_domain/integration/v2/domain/ |
GET POST |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Flags API | ||||||||
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Create a new Flag /integration/flag/ |
POST |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Get Flag details /integration/flag/<flag_id> |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Get All Flags /integration/flag/?<params> |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Update a Flag /integration/flag/<flag_id>/ |
PUT |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Delete a Flag /integration/flag/<flag_id>/ |
DELETE |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Groups API (Available from version 2020.3) |
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Get all Groups /integration/v1/group/ |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Get a Group /integration/v1/group/{id}/ |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
/api/v1/bulk_metadata/job/?<params> |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Lineage V2 API (Available from version 2020.3 (POST, DELETE) and 2020.4 (GET)) |
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Get Lineage API /integration/v2/lineage/ |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Upload Lineage API /integration/v2/lineage/ |
POST |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Delete Lineage Info API /integration/v2/lineage/?<params> |
DELETE |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Upload your Metadata into the NoSQL catalog /integration/v1/data/<datasource_id>/parse_docstore/ |
POST |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Delete sub-objects in a NoSQL catalog /integration/v1/data/<datasource_id>/parse_docstore/?remove_not_seen=true |
POST |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
OTypes API (Available from version 2021.1) |
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/integration/v1/otypes/ |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Policy Groups API (Available from version 2022.4) |
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/integration/v1/policy_group/ |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
/integration/v1/<otype>/<id>/db_account/?<params> |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Create a new query /integration/v1/query/ |
POST |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Get query details /integration/v1/query/?<params> /integration/v1/query/<query_id>/ /integration/v1/query/<query_id>/sql/ |
GET |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Get latest query result details /integration/v1/query/<query_id>/result/latest/ |
GET |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Get query results in CSV /integration/v1/result/<execution_result_id>/csv/ |
GET |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Get execution session details /integration/v1/query/execution_session/?<params> /integration/v1/query/execution_session/<session_id>/ /integration/v1/query/<query_id>/execution_session/?<params> |
GET |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Get execution batch details /integration/v1/query/execution_batch/?<params> /integration/v1/query/execution_batch/<batch_id>/ /integration/v1/query/<query_id>/execution_batch/?<params> |
GET |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Get execution event details /integration/v1/query/execution_event/?<params> /integration/v1/query/execution_event/<batch_id>/ /integration/v1/query/<query_id>/execution_event/?<params> |
GET |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Get scheduled runs /integration/v1/query/scheduled_run/?<params> /integration/v1/query/<query_id>/scheduled_run/?<params> |
GET |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
/api/v1/bulk_metadata/query_log_ingestion/<ds_id>/ |
POST |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Relational Integration API (Available from version 2021.2) |
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Retrieve an object /integration/v2/schema/ /integration/v2/table/ /integration/v2/column/ |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Create or update an object /integration/v2/schema/ /integration/v2/table/ /integration/v2/column/ |
POST |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes |
|
Get any data object details or delete a data object /integration/v1/<otype>/<id>/ |
GET DELETE |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Get all data objects of a type /integration/v1/<otype>/?<params> |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Search API (Available from version 2021.1) |
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/integration/v1/search/ |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
/api/v1/table/sync/ |
POST |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Create a new Tag /integration/tag/<tag_name>/subject/ |
POST |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Get all Tags /integration/tag/?<params> |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Get Tag details /integration/tag/<id>/ |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Get all objects with a certain Tag /integration/tag/<tag_name>/subject/?<params> |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Delete a Tag /integration/tag/<tag_name>/subject/<otype>/<oid>/ |
DELETE |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Terms API (Available from version 2022.3) |
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Get terms /integration/v2/term/ |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Create or delete terms /integration/v2/term/ |
POST, DELETE |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
/api/v1/bulk_metadata/custom_fields/<template_name>/<object_type>?<params> |
POST |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Add Technical Metadata /api/v1/bulk_metadata/extraction/<ds_id>?<params> |
POST |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Update Technical Metadata Object /api/v1/bulk_metadata/extraction/<ds_id>?<params> |
POST |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Delete Technical Metadata /api/v1/bulk_metadata/extraction/<ds_id>?remove_not_seen=true |
POST |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
/api/v1/bulk_metadata/file_upload/<filesystem_id>/ |
POST |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
User API v1 (Available from version 2020.3) |
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Get multiple Users /integration/v1/user/ |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Get a User /integration/v1/user/{id}/ |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Get authenticated User (Available from version 2022.4) /integration/v1/userinfo/ |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Get duplicate user accounts (Available from version 2022.4.3) /integration/v1/generate_dup_users_accts_csv_file/ |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Suspend duplicate user accounts (Available from version 2022.4.3) /integration/v1/remove_dup_users_accts/ |
POST |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
User API v2 (Available from version 2022.4.3) |
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|
Get multiple Users /integration/v2/user/ |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Get a User /integration/v2/user/{id}/ |
GET |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Workflows API (Available from version 2023.1.4) |
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Get workflows /integration/v2/workflows |
GET |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
API operations with BI server objects /integration/v2/bi/server/ |
GET POST PATCH |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
API operations with BI folder objects /integration/v2/bi/server/{server_id}/folder/ |
GET POST PATCH DELETE |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
API operations with BI report and column objects /integration/v2/bi/server/{server_id}/report/ /integration/v2/bi/server/{server_id}/report/column |
GET POST PATCH DELETE |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
API operations with BI datasource objects /integration/v2/bi/server/{server_id}/datasource/ /integration/v2/bi/server/{server_id}/datasource/column |
GET POST PATCH DELETE |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
API operations with BI object permissions /integration/v2/bi/server/{server_id}/permission |
GET POST DELETE |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Fetch, create, or delete Images /integration/v2/bi/server/{server_id}/report/{id}/image |
GET PUT PATCH DELETE |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
API operations with BI user object /integration/v2/bi/server/{server_id}/user |
GET PUT PATCH DELETE |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
* API user must be given Data Source Admin access to the data source in the Alation catalog.
** When Catalog Admin and Source Admin roles are permitted to add data sources (with the alation_conf flag alation.roles.allow_source_and_catalog_admins_to_create_ds set to True).
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