Glue / Client / search_tables

search_tables

Glue.Client.search_tables(**kwargs)

Searches a set of tables based on properties in the table metadata as well as on the parent database. You can search against text or filter conditions.

You can only get tables that you have access to based on the security policies defined in Lake Formation. You need at least a read-only access to the table for it to be returned. If you do not have access to all the columns in the table, these columns will not be searched against when returning the list of tables back to you. If you have access to the columns but not the data in the columns, those columns and the associated metadata for those columns will be included in the search.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.search_tables(
    CatalogId='string',
    NextToken='string',
    Filters=[
        {
            'Key': 'string',
            'Value': 'string',
            'Comparator': 'EQUALS'|'GREATER_THAN'|'LESS_THAN'|'GREATER_THAN_EQUALS'|'LESS_THAN_EQUALS'
        },
    ],
    SearchText='string',
    SortCriteria=[
        {
            'FieldName': 'string',
            'Sort': 'ASC'|'DESC'
        },
    ],
    MaxResults=123,
    ResourceShareType='FOREIGN'|'ALL'
)

Parameters:

• CatalogId (string) – A unique identifier, consisting of ``account_id ``.

• NextToken (string) – A continuation token, included if this is a continuation call.

• Filters (list) –

  A list of key-value pairs, and a comparator used to filter the search results. Returns all entities matching the predicate.

  The Comparator member of the PropertyPredicate struct is used only for time fields, and can be omitted for other field types. Also, when comparing string values, such as when Key=Name, a fuzzy match algorithm is used. The Key field (for example, the value of the Name field) is split on certain punctuation characters, for example, -, :, #, etc. into tokens. Then each token is exact-match compared with the Value member of PropertyPredicate. For example, if Key=Name and Value=link, tables named customer-link and xx-link-yy are returned, but xxlinkyy is not returned.

  • (dict) –

    Defines a property predicate.

    • Key (string) –

      The key of the property.

    • Value (string) –

      The value of the property.

    • Comparator (string) –

      The comparator used to compare this property to others.

• SearchText (string) –

  A string used for a text search.

  Specifying a value in quotes filters based on an exact match to the value.

• SortCriteria (list) –

  A list of criteria for sorting the results by a field name, in an ascending or descending order.

  • (dict) –

    Specifies a field to sort by and a sort order.

    • FieldName (string) –

      The name of the field on which to sort.

    • Sort (string) –

      An ascending or descending sort.

• MaxResults (integer) – The maximum number of tables to return in a single response.

• ResourceShareType (string) –

  Allows you to specify that you want to search the tables shared with your account. The allowable values are FOREIGN or ALL.

  • If set to FOREIGN, will search the tables shared with your account.

  • If set to ALL, will search the tables shared with your account, as well as the tables in yor local account.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

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

Response Structure

• (dict) –

  • NextToken (string) –

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

  • TableList (list) –

    A list of the requested Table objects. The SearchTables response returns only the tables that you have access to.

    • (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.

Exceptions

• Glue.Client.exceptions.InternalServiceException

• Glue.Client.exceptions.InvalidInputException

• Glue.Client.exceptions.OperationTimeoutException