Manta Flow Alation: API Interaction
The following diagrams show Alation API operation calls during export and upload phases.
The following table maps the operation names mentioned above to Alation API URLs.
Operation name | API endpoint | Docs |
---|---|---|
GET BI Server | GET /integration/v2/bi/server/ |
https://developer.alation.com/dev/reference/getservers |
GET job status for specified job_id |
GET /api/v1/bulk_metadata/job/?id={job_id} |
https://developer.alation.com/dev/reference/jobs-apis |
GET job status for specified job_name |
GET /api/v1/bulk_metadata/job/?name={job_name} |
https://developer.alation.com/dev/reference/jobs-apis |
GET VDS Server | GET /integration/v1/datasource/ |
https://developer.alation.com/dev/reference/getdatasources-1 |
POST BI Datasource | POST /integration/v2/bi/server/{server_id}/datasource/ |
https://developer.alation.com/dev/reference/postdatasources |
POST BI Datasource Columns | POST /integration/v2/bi/server/{server_id}/datasource/column/ |
https://developer.alation.com/dev/reference/postdatasourcescolumns |
POST BI Folder | POST /integration/v2/bi/server/{server_id}/folder/ |
https://developer.alation.com/dev/reference/postfolders |
POST BI Report | POST /integration/v2/bi/server/{server_id}/report/ |
https://developer.alation.com/dev/reference/postreports |
POST BI Report Columns | POST /integration/v2/bi/server/{server_id}/report/column/ |
https://developer.alation.com/dev/reference/postreportscolumns |
POST BI Server | POST /integration/v2/bi/server/ |
https://developer.alation.com/dev/reference/postservers |
POST Dataflow | POST /integration/v2/dataflow/ |
https://developer.alation.com/dev/reference/postdataflow |
POST Lineage | POST /integration/v2/lineage/ |
https://developer.alation.com/dev/reference/postlineage |
POST VDS | POST /api/v1/bulk_metadata/extraction/{server_id} |
https://developer.alation.com/dev/reference/virtual-data-source |