Glue / Client / get_table_versions

get_table_versions

Glue.Client.get_table_versions(**kwargs)

Retrieves a list of strings that identify available versions of a specified table.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.get_table_versions(
    CatalogId='string',
    DatabaseName='string',
    TableName='string',
    NextToken='string',
    MaxResults=123
)

Parameters:

• CatalogId (string) – The ID of the Data Catalog where the tables reside. If none is provided, the Amazon Web Services account ID is used by default.

• DatabaseName (string) –

  [REQUIRED]

  The database in the catalog in which the table resides. For Hive compatibility, this name is entirely lowercase.

• TableName (string) –

  [REQUIRED]

  The name of the table. For Hive compatibility, this name is entirely lowercase.

• NextToken (string) – A continuation token, if this is not the first call.

• MaxResults (integer) – The maximum number of table versions to return in one response.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'TableVersions': [
        {
            'Table': {
                'Name': 'string',
                'DatabaseName': 'string',
                'Description': 'string',
                'Owner': 'string',
                'CreateTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
                'UpdateTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
                'LastAccessTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
                'LastAnalyzedTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
                'Retention': 123,
                'StorageDescriptor': {
                    'Columns': [
                        {
                            'Name': 'string',
                            'Type': 'string',
                            'Comment': 'string',
                            'Parameters': {
                                'string': 'string'
                            }
                        },
                    ],
                    'Location': 'string',
                    'AdditionalLocations': [
                        'string',
                    ],
                    'InputFormat': 'string',
                    'OutputFormat': 'string',
                    'Compressed': True|False,
                    'NumberOfBuckets': 123,
                    'SerdeInfo': {
                        'Name': 'string',
                        'SerializationLibrary': 'string',
                        'Parameters': {
                            'string': 'string'
                        }
                    },
                    'BucketColumns': [
                        'string',
                    ],
                    'SortColumns': [
                        {
                            'Column': 'string',
                            'SortOrder': 123
                        },
                    ],
                    'Parameters': {
                        'string': 'string'
                    },
                    'SkewedInfo': {
                        'SkewedColumnNames': [
                            'string',
                        ],
                        'SkewedColumnValues': [
                            'string',
                        ],
                        'SkewedColumnValueLocationMaps': {
                            'string': 'string'
                        }
                    },
                    'StoredAsSubDirectories': True|False,
                    'SchemaReference': {
                        'SchemaId': {
                            'SchemaArn': 'string',
                            'SchemaName': 'string',
                            'RegistryName': 'string'
                        },
                        'SchemaVersionId': 'string',
                        'SchemaVersionNumber': 123
                    }
                },
                'PartitionKeys': [
                    {
                        'Name': 'string',
                        'Type': 'string',
                        'Comment': 'string',
                        'Parameters': {
                            'string': 'string'
                        }
                    },
                ],
                'ViewOriginalText': 'string',
                'ViewExpandedText': 'string',
                'TableType': 'string',
                'Parameters': {
                    'string': 'string'
                },
                'CreatedBy': 'string',
                'IsRegisteredWithLakeFormation': True|False,
                'TargetTable': {
                    'CatalogId': 'string',
                    'DatabaseName': 'string',
                    'Name': 'string'
                },
                'CatalogId': 'string',
                'VersionId': 'string',
                'FederatedTable': {
                    'Identifier': 'string',
                    'DatabaseIdentifier': 'string',
                    'ConnectionName': 'string'
                }
            },
            'VersionId': 'string'
        },
    ],
    'NextToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

• (dict) –

  • TableVersions (list) –

    A list of strings identifying available versions of the specified table.

    • (dict) –

      Specifies a version of a table.

      • Table (dict) –

        The table in question.

        • Name (string) –

          The table name. For Hive compatibility, this must be entirely lowercase.

        • DatabaseName (string) –

          The name of the database where the table metadata resides. For Hive compatibility, this must be all lowercase.

        • Description (string) –

          A description of the table.

        • Owner (string) –

          The owner of the table.

        • CreateTime (datetime) –

          The time when the table definition was created in the Data Catalog.

        • UpdateTime (datetime) –

          The last time that the table was updated.

        • LastAccessTime (datetime) –

          The last time that the table was accessed. This is usually taken from HDFS, and might not be reliable.

        • LastAnalyzedTime (datetime) –

          The last time that column statistics were computed for this table.

        • Retention (integer) –

          The retention time for this table.

        • StorageDescriptor (dict) –

          A storage descriptor containing information about the physical storage of this table.

          • Columns (list) –

            A list of the Columns in the table.

            • (dict) –

              A column in a Table.

              • Name (string) –

                The name of the Column.

              • Type (string) –

                The data type of the Column.

              • Comment (string) –

                A free-form text comment.

              • Parameters (dict) –

                These key-value pairs define properties associated with the column.

                • (string) –

                  • (string) –

          • Location (string) –

            The physical location of the table. By default, this takes the form of the warehouse location, followed by the database location in the warehouse, followed by the table name.

          • AdditionalLocations (list) –

            A list of locations that point to the path where a Delta table is located.

            • (string) –

          • InputFormat (string) –

            The input format: SequenceFileInputFormat (binary), or TextInputFormat, or a custom format.

          • OutputFormat (string) –

            The output format: SequenceFileOutputFormat (binary), or IgnoreKeyTextOutputFormat, or a custom format.

          • Compressed (boolean) –

            True if the data in the table is compressed, or False if not.

          • NumberOfBuckets (integer) –

            Must be specified if the table contains any dimension columns.

          • SerdeInfo (dict) –

            The serialization/deserialization (SerDe) information.

            • Name (string) –

              Name of the SerDe.

            • SerializationLibrary (string) –

              Usually the class that implements the SerDe. An example is org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.columnar.ColumnarSerDe.

            • Parameters (dict) –

              These key-value pairs define initialization parameters for the SerDe.

              • (string) –

                • (string) –

          • BucketColumns (list) –

            A list of reducer grouping columns, clustering columns, and bucketing columns in the table.

            • (string) –

          • SortColumns (list) –

            A list specifying the sort order of each bucket in the table.

            • (dict) –

              Specifies the sort order of a sorted column.

              • Column (string) –

                The name of the column.

              • SortOrder (integer) –

                Indicates that the column is sorted in ascending order ( == 1), or in descending order ( ==0).

          • Parameters (dict) –

            The user-supplied properties in key-value form.

            • (string) –

              • (string) –

          • SkewedInfo (dict) –

            The information about values that appear frequently in a column (skewed values).

            • SkewedColumnNames (list) –

              A list of names of columns that contain skewed values.

              • (string) –

            • SkewedColumnValues (list) –

              A list of values that appear so frequently as to be considered skewed.

              • (string) –

            • SkewedColumnValueLocationMaps (dict) –

              A mapping of skewed values to the columns that contain them.

              • (string) –

                • (string) –

          • StoredAsSubDirectories (boolean) –

            True if the table data is stored in subdirectories, or False if not.

          • SchemaReference (dict) –

            An object that references a schema stored in the Glue Schema Registry.

            When creating a table, you can pass an empty list of columns for the schema, and instead use a schema reference.

            • SchemaId (dict) –

              A structure that contains schema identity fields. Either this or the SchemaVersionId has to be provided.

              • SchemaArn (string) –

                The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the schema. One of SchemaArn or SchemaName has to be provided.

              • SchemaName (string) –

                The name of the schema. One of SchemaArn or SchemaName has to be provided.

              • RegistryName (string) –

                The name of the schema registry that contains the schema.

            • SchemaVersionId (string) –

              The unique ID assigned to a version of the schema. Either this or the SchemaId has to be provided.

            • SchemaVersionNumber (integer) –

              The version number of the schema.

        • PartitionKeys (list) –

          A list of columns by which the table is partitioned. Only primitive types are supported as partition keys.

          When you create a table used by Amazon Athena, and you do not specify any partitionKeys, you must at least set the value of partitionKeys to an empty list. For example:

          "PartitionKeys": []

          • (dict) –

            A column in a Table.

            • Name (string) –

              The name of the Column.

            • Type (string) –

              The data type of the Column.

            • Comment (string) –

              A free-form text comment.

            • Parameters (dict) –

              These key-value pairs define properties associated with the column.

              • (string) –

                • (string) –

        • ViewOriginalText (string) –

          Included for Apache Hive compatibility. Not used in the normal course of Glue operations. If the table is a VIRTUAL_VIEW, certain Athena configuration encoded in base64.

        • ViewExpandedText (string) –

          Included for Apache Hive compatibility. Not used in the normal course of Glue operations.

        • TableType (string) –

          The type of this table. Glue will create tables with the EXTERNAL_TABLE type. Other services, such as Athena, may create tables with additional table types.

          Glue related table types:

          EXTERNAL_TABLE

          Hive compatible attribute - indicates a non-Hive managed table.

          GOVERNED

          Used by Lake Formation. The Glue Data Catalog understands GOVERNED.

        • Parameters (dict) –

          These key-value pairs define properties associated with the table.

          • (string) –

            • (string) –

        • CreatedBy (string) –

          The person or entity who created the table.

        • IsRegisteredWithLakeFormation (boolean) –

          Indicates whether the table has been registered with Lake Formation.

        • TargetTable (dict) –

          A TableIdentifier structure that describes a target table for resource linking.

          • CatalogId (string) –

            The ID of the Data Catalog in which the table resides.

          • DatabaseName (string) –

            The name of the catalog database that contains the target table.

          • Name (string) –

            The name of the target table.

        • CatalogId (string) –

          The ID of the Data Catalog in which the table resides.

        • VersionId (string) –

          The ID of the table version.

        • FederatedTable (dict) –

          A FederatedTable structure that references an entity outside the Glue Data Catalog.

          • Identifier (string) –

            A unique identifier for the federated table.

          • DatabaseIdentifier (string) –

            A unique identifier for the federated database.

          • ConnectionName (string) –

            The name of the connection to the external metastore.

      • VersionId (string) –

        The ID value that identifies this table version. A VersionId is a string representation of an integer. Each version is incremented by 1.

  • NextToken (string) –

    A continuation token, if the list of available versions does not include the last one.

Exceptions

• Glue.Client.exceptions.EntityNotFoundException

• Glue.Client.exceptions.InvalidInputException

• Glue.Client.exceptions.InternalServiceException

• Glue.Client.exceptions.OperationTimeoutException

• Glue.Client.exceptions.GlueEncryptionException