get_table

get_table(**kwargs)

Retrieves the Table definition in a Data Catalog for a specified table.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.get_table(
    CatalogId='string',
    DatabaseName='string',
    Name='string',
    TransactionId='string',
    QueryAsOfTime=datetime(2015, 1, 1)
)
Parameters
  • CatalogId (string) -- The ID of the Data Catalog where the table resides. If none is provided, the Amazon Web Services account ID is used by default.
  • DatabaseName (string) --

    [REQUIRED]

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

  • Name (string) --

    [REQUIRED]

    The name of the table for which to retrieve the definition. For Hive compatibility, this name is entirely lowercase.

  • TransactionId (string) -- The transaction ID at which to read the table contents.
  • QueryAsOfTime (datetime) -- The time as of when to read the table contents. If not set, the most recent transaction commit time will be used. Cannot be specified along with TransactionId .
Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    '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'
    }
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • Table (dict) --

      The Table object that defines the specified table.

      • 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.

Exceptions

  • Glue.Client.exceptions.EntityNotFoundException
  • Glue.Client.exceptions.InvalidInputException
  • Glue.Client.exceptions.InternalServiceException
  • Glue.Client.exceptions.OperationTimeoutException
  • Glue.Client.exceptions.GlueEncryptionException
  • Glue.Client.exceptions.ResourceNotReadyException