get_database

Glue.Client.get_database(**kwargs)

Retrieves the definition of a specified database.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.get_database(
    CatalogId='string',
    Name='string'
)

Parameters

• CatalogId (string) -- The ID of the Data Catalog in which the database resides. If none is provided, the Amazon Web Services account ID is used by default.
• Name (string) --

  [REQUIRED]

  The name of the database to retrieve. For Hive compatibility, this should be all lowercase.

Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'Database': {
        'Name': 'string',
        'Description': 'string',
        'LocationUri': 'string',
        'Parameters': {
            'string': 'string'
        },
        'CreateTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
        'CreateTableDefaultPermissions': [
            {
                'Principal': {
                    'DataLakePrincipalIdentifier': 'string'
                },
                'Permissions': [
                    'ALL'|'SELECT'|'ALTER'|'DROP'|'DELETE'|'INSERT'|'CREATE_DATABASE'|'CREATE_TABLE'|'DATA_LOCATION_ACCESS',
                ]
            },
        ],
        'TargetDatabase': {
            'CatalogId': 'string',
            'DatabaseName': 'string'
        },
        'CatalogId': 'string'
    }
}

Response Structure

• (dict) --

  • Database (dict) --

    The definition of the specified database in the Data Catalog.

    • Name (string) --

      The name of the database. For Hive compatibility, this is folded to lowercase when it is stored.

    • Description (string) --

      A description of the database.

    • LocationUri (string) --

      The location of the database (for example, an HDFS path).

    • Parameters (dict) --

      These key-value pairs define parameters and properties of the database.

      • (string) --
        • (string) --

    • CreateTime (datetime) --

      The time at which the metadata database was created in the catalog.

    • CreateTableDefaultPermissions (list) --

      Creates a set of default permissions on the table for principals. Used by Lake Formation. Not used in the normal course of Glue operations.

      • (dict) --

        Permissions granted to a principal.

        • Principal (dict) --

          The principal who is granted permissions.

          • DataLakePrincipalIdentifier (string) --

            An identifier for the Lake Formation principal.

        • Permissions (list) --

          The permissions that are granted to the principal.

          • (string) --

    • TargetDatabase (dict) --

      A DatabaseIdentifier structure that describes a target database for resource linking.

      • CatalogId (string) --

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

      • DatabaseName (string) --

        The name of the catalog database.

    • CatalogId (string) --

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

Exceptions

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