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Persisted Data Source API

Audience: Data Owners

Content Summary: The persisted endpoint allows you to create a Persisted data source in Immuta. After you have created a Persisted data source, you will need to use the persistBlob endpoint to upload files to the data source.

Note

Additional fields may be included in some responses you receive; however, these attributes are for internal purposes and are therefore undocumented.

Persisted Workflow

  1. Create a data source.

Create a Data Source

Endpoint

Method Path Purpose
POST /persisted/handler Save the provided connection information as a data source.

Query Parameters

None.

Payload Parameters

Attribute Description Required
BlobHandler array[object] A list of full URLs providing the locations of all blob store handlers to use with this data source. Yes
BlobHandlerType string Describes the type of underlying blob handler that will be used with this data source (e.g., MS SQL). Yes
Type string The type of data source: ingested (metadata will exist in Immuta) or queryable (metadata is dynamically queried). Yes
Name string The name of the data source. It must be unique within the Immuta instance. Yes
SqlTableName string A string that represents this data source's table in the Query Engine. Yes
Private boolean When false, the data source will be publicly available in the Immuta UI. No
Organization string The organization that owns the data source. No
RecordFormat string The data format of blobs in the data source, such as json, xml, html, or jpeg. No
Category string The category of the data source. No
Description string The description of the data source. No
Owner array[object] Users and groups that should be added as owners to this data source. Profiles must be a list of profile IDs and groups must be a list of group IDs: { "profiles": [3, 5], "groups": [4, 1999] }. No
Expert array[object] Users and groups that should be added as expert users to this data source. Profiles must be a list of profile IDs and groups must be a list of group IDs: { "profiles": [87, 199], "groups": [324] }. No
Ingest array[object] Users and groups that should be added as ingest users to this data source. Profiles must be a list of profile IDs and groups must be a list of group IDs: { "profiles": [34, 23], "groups": [32] }. No
HasExamples boolean When true, the data source contains examples. No

Response Parameters

Attribute Description
Id integer The handler ID.
DataSourceId integer The ID of the data source.
Warnings string This message describes issues with the created data source, such as the data source being unhealthy.
ConnectionString string The connection string used to connect the data source to Immuta.

Request Example

This request creates a Persisted data source, which is specified in example-payload.json.

curl \
    --request POST \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer dea464c07bd07300095caa8" \
    --data @example-payload.json \
    https://demo.immuta.com/persisted/handler

Payload Example

{
  "handler": null,
  "dataSource": {
    "blobHandler": {
      "scheme": "https",
      "url": ""
    },
    "expiration": "2021-11-01T03:59:59.999Z",
    "blobHandlerType": "Persisted",
    "recordFormat": "",
    "type": "ingested",
    "name": "Sample Data Source",
    "sqlTableName": "sample_data_source"
  }
}

Response Example

{
  "dataSourceId": 46
}