get_tables

Glue.Client.get_tables(**kwargs)

Retrieves the definitions of some or all of the tables in a given Database .

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.get_tables(
    CatalogId='string',
    DatabaseName='string',
    Expression='string',
    NextToken='string',
    MaxResults=123,
    TransactionId='string',
    QueryAsOfTime=datetime(2015, 1, 1)
)
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 whose tables to list. For Hive compatibility, this name is entirely lowercase.

  • Expression (string) -- A regular expression pattern. If present, only those tables whose names match the pattern are returned.
  • NextToken (string) -- A continuation token, included if this is a continuation call.
  • MaxResults (integer) -- The maximum number of tables to return in a single response.
  • 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

{
    'TableList': [
        {
            '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'
        },
    ],
    'NextToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • TableList (list) --

      A list of the requested Table objects.

      • (dict) --

        Represents a collection of related data organized in columns and rows.

        • 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.

    • NextToken (string) --

      A continuation token, present if the current list segment is not the last.

Exceptions

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