The redshift endpoint allows you to connect and manage Redshift data sources in Immuta.
Redshift workflow
Create a data source
POST /redshift/handler
Save the provided connection information as a data source.
Payload parameters
Attribute
Description
Required
boolean When false, the data source will be publicly available in the Immuta UI.
array[object] A list of full URLs providing the locations of all blob store handlers to use with this data source.
string Describes the type of underlying blob handler that will be used with this data source (e.g., MS SQL).
string The data format of blobs in the data source, such as json, xml, html, or jpeg.
string The type of data source: ingested (metadata will exist in Immuta) or queryable (metadata is dynamically queried).
string The name of the data source. It must be unique within the Immuta tenant.
string A string that represents this data source's table in Immuta.
string The organization that owns the data source.
string The category of the data source.
string The description of the data source.
boolean When true, the data source contains examples.
Response parameters
integer The ID of the data source.
string This message describes issues with the created data source, such as the data source being unhealthy.
string The connection string used to connect the data source to Immuta.
Request example
This request creates two Redshift data sources, which are specified in example-payload.json.
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--request POST \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer dea464c07bd07300095caa8" \
--data @example-payload.json \
https://demo.immuta.com/redshift/handler Payload example
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"handler": [{
"metadata": {
"ssl": true,
"userFiles": [],
"port": 5439,
"hostname": "redshift.database.example.io",
"database": "test",
"username": "user",
"password": "yourpassword",
"schemaProjectName": "Army",
"staleDataTolerance": 86400,
"bodataSchemaName": "army",
"bodataTableName": "army_records",
"dataSourceName": "Army Army Records",
"table": "army_records",
"schema": "army",
"nativeViewName": "army_records_immuta",
"nativeSchemaName": "army_immuta",
"nativeWorkspaceName": "immuta_test"
}
}, {
"metadata": {
"ssl": true,
"userFiles": [],
"port": 5439,
"hostname": "redshift.database.example.io",
"database": "test",
"username": "user",
"password": "your-password",
"schemaProjectName": "Army",
"staleDataTolerance": 86400,
"bodataSchemaName": "army",
"bodataTableName": "data",
"dataSourceName": "Army Data",
"table": "data",
"schema": "army",
"nativeViewName": "data_immuta",
"nativeSchemaName": "army_immuta",
"nativeWorkspaceName": "immuta_test"
}
}],
"dataSource": {
"blobHandler": {
"scheme": "https",
"url": ""
},
"blobHandlerType": "Redshift",
"recordFormat": "",
"type": "queryable",
"schemaEvolutionId": null,
"columnEvolutionEnabled": true
},
"schemaEvolution": {
"ownerProfileId": 2,
"config": {
"nameTemplate": {
"nameFormat": "<Schema> <Tablename>",
"tableFormat": "<tablename>",
"sqlSchemaNameFormat": "<schema>",
"schemaProjectNameFormat": "<Schema>"
}
},
"schemas": []
}
} Response example
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"connectionString":"user@redshift.database.example.io:5439/test"
} GET /redshift/handler/{handlerId}
Get the handler metadata associated with the provided handler ID.
Query parameters
Attribute
Description
Required
integer The ID of the handler.
boolean When true, will skip the handler cache when retrieving metadata.
Response parameters
array[object] Metadata about the data source, including the data source ID, schema, database, and connection string.
Request example
This request returns metadata for the handler with the ID 41.
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--request GET \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer dea464c07bd07300095caa8" \
https://demo.immuta.com/redshift/handler/41 Response Example
Copy {
"dataSourceId": 41,
"metadata": {
"ssl": true,
"port": 5439,
"query": null,
"table": "data",
"schema": "army",
"database": "test",
"hostname": "redshift.database.example.io",
"username": "user",
"eventTime": "fileinfo.creationtime",
"userFiles": [],
"dataSourceName": "Army Data",
"bodataTableName": "data",
"bodataSchemaName": "army",
"columnsNormalized": false,
"schemaProjectName": "Army",
"staleDataTolerance": 86400
},
"type": "odbcHandler",
"connectionString": "user@redshift.database.example.io:5439/test",
"id": 41,
"createdAt": "2021-10-01T18:15:09.139Z",
"updatedAt": "2021-10-01T18:15:09.274Z",
"dbms": {
"name": "redshift"
}
} Manage data sources
/redshift/handler/{handlerId}
/redshift/handler/{handlerId}/triggerHighCardinalityJob
/redshift/handler/{handlerId}/refreshNativeViewJob
Update a specific data source
PUT /redshift/handler/{handlerId}
Update the data source metadata associated with the provided handler ID. This endpoint does not perform partial updates, but will allow the dictionary to be omitted. In this case, it uses the current dictionary.
Query parameters
Attribute
Description
Required
integer The ID of the handler.
boolean When true, will skip the handler cache when retrieving metadata.
Payload parameters
Attribute
Description
Required
metadata Includes metadata about the handler, such as ssl, port, database, hostname, username, and password.
string The connection string used to connect to the data source.
Response parameters
integer The ID of the handler.
string The certificate authority.
array[object] This is a Data Dictionary object, which provides metadata about the columns in the data source, including the name and data type of the column.
Request example
This request updates the metadata for the data source with the handler ID 41.
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--request PUT \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer dea464c07bd07300095caa8" \
--data @example-payload.json \
https://demo.immuta.com/redshift/handler/41 Payload example
The payload below removes the paragraph_count column from the data source.
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"handler": {
"policyHandler": null,
"dataSourceId": 41,
"metadata": {
"ssl": true,
"port": 5439,
"table": "data",
"schema": "army",
"database": "test",
"hostname": "redshift.database.example.io",
"username": "user",
"eventTime": "fileinfo.creationtime",
"userFiles": [],
"dataSourceName": "Army Data",
"bodataTableName": "data",
"bodataSchemaName": "army",
"columnsNormalized": false,
"schemaProjectName": "Army",
"staleDataTolerance": 86400,
"columns": [{
"name": "text",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "date",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "hashed_id",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "filename",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "storage_location",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "size",
"dataType": "integer",
"remoteType": "integer",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "owner",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "dc:publisher",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:page-count",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "publisher",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "author",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "extended-properties:template",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "application-version",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "revision-number",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "page-count",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "last-author",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "character-count-with-spaces",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "xmptpg:npages",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "creation-date",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:last-author",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "extended-properties:application",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:creation-date",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:author",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "custom:contenttypeid",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "creator",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "x-parsed-by",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "content-type",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "modified",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "extended-properties:totaltime",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "application-name",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:character-count-with-spaces",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:save-date",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "line-count",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "template",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:character-count",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "last-save-date",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "last-modified",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "dcterms:modified",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:line-count",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "dcterms:created",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "word-count",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "extended-properties:company",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "dc:creator",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:word-count",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:paragraph-count",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "extended-properties:appversion",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "total-time",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "cp:revision",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.group",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.isdirectory",
"dataType": "boolean",
"remoteType": "boolean",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.isother",
"dataType": "boolean",
"remoteType": "boolean",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.permissions",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.issymboliclink",
"dataType": "boolean",
"remoteType": "boolean",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.size",
"dataType": "integer",
"remoteType": "integer",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.file",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.filename",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.filekey",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.isregularfile",
"dataType": "boolean",
"remoteType": "boolean",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.creationtime",
"dataType": "timestamp",
"remoteType": "timestamp",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.lastmodifiedtime",
"dataType": "timestamp",
"remoteType": "timestamp",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.lastaccesstime",
"dataType": "timestamp",
"remoteType": "timestamp",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.owner",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "topsecretboolean",
"dataType": "double precision",
"remoteType": "double precision",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "secretboolean",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "confidentialsecretboolean",
"dataType": "double precision",
"remoteType": "double precision",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "classificationlevel",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "releasability",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "compartment",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}],
"password": "yourpassword"
},
"type": "odbcHandler",
"connectionString": "user@redshift.database.example.io:5439/test",
"id": 41,
"createdAt": "2021-10-01T18:15:09.139Z",
"updatedAt": "2021-10-01T18:15:09.274Z",
"dbms": {
"name": "redshift"
}
}
} Response example
Copy {
"id": 41,
"ca": ["-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\ncertificatedata\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----"],
"metadata": {
"columns": [{
"name": "text",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "date",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "hashed_id",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "filename",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "storage_location",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "size",
"dataType": "integer",
"remoteType": "integer",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "owner",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "dc:publisher",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:page-count",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "publisher",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "author",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "extended-properties:template",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "application-version",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "revision-number",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "page-count",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "last-author",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "character-count-with-spaces",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "xmptpg:npages",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "creation-date",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:last-author",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "extended-properties:application",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:creation-date",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:author",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "custom:contenttypeid",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "creator",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "x-parsed-by",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "content-type",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "modified",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "extended-properties:totaltime",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "application-name",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:character-count-with-spaces",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:save-date",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "line-count",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "template",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:character-count",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "last-save-date",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "last-modified",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "dcterms:modified",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:line-count",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "dcterms:created",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "word-count",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "extended-properties:company",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "dc:creator",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:word-count",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "meta:paragraph-count",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "extended-properties:appversion",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "total-time",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "cp:revision",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.group",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.isdirectory",
"dataType": "boolean",
"remoteType": "boolean",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.isother",
"dataType": "boolean",
"remoteType": "boolean",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.permissions",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.issymboliclink",
"dataType": "boolean",
"remoteType": "boolean",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.size",
"dataType": "integer",
"remoteType": "integer",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.file",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.filename",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.filekey",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.isregularfile",
"dataType": "boolean",
"remoteType": "boolean",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.creationtime",
"dataType": "timestamp",
"remoteType": "timestamp",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.lastmodifiedtime",
"dataType": "timestamp",
"remoteType": "timestamp",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.lastaccesstime",
"dataType": "timestamp",
"remoteType": "timestamp",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "fileinfo.owner",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "topsecretboolean",
"dataType": "double precision",
"remoteType": "double precision",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "secretboolean",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "confidentialsecretboolean",
"dataType": "double precision",
"remoteType": "double precision",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "classificationlevel",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "releasability",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}, {
"name": "compartment",
"dataType": "text",
"remoteType": "string",
"nullable": true
}]
}
} Update multiple data sources
PUT /redshift/bulk
Update the data source metadata associated with the provided connection string.
Payload parameters
Attribute
Description
Required
metadata Includes metadata about the handler, such as ssl, port, database, hostname, username, and password.
string The connection string used to connect to the data sources.
Response parameters
string The ID of the bulk data source update.
string The connection string shared by the data sources bulk updated.
integer The number of jobs that ran to update the data sources; this number corresponds to the number of data sources updated.
Request example
This request updates the metadata for all data sources with the connection string specified in example-payload.json.
Copy curl \
--request PUT \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer dea464c07bd07300095caa8" \
--data @example-payload.json \
https://demo.immuta.com/redshift/bulk Payload example
The payload below adds a certificate (certificate.json) to connect to the data sources with the provided connection string.
Copy {
"handler": {
"metadata": {
"ssl": true,
"port": 5439,
"database": "test",
"hostname": "redshift.database.example.io",
"username": "user",
"userFiles": [{
"keyName": "testcert",
"filename": "bf349cbbfd3bc4eaf4ace7824a599fbc7cb5f7d5.json",
"userFilename": "certificate.json"
}],
"password": "yourpassword"
}
},
"connectionString": "user@sredshift.database.example.io:5000/test"
} Response example
Copy {
"bulkId": "bulk_ds_update_f50a8010dca03c07bcd0dc55eaf13c07",
"connectionString": "yourusername@redshift.database.example.io:5000/tpc",
"jobsCreated": 2
} Recalculate the high cardinality column for a data source
PUT /redshift/handler/{handlerId}/triggerHighCardinalityJob
Recalculate the high cardinality column for the specified data source.
Query parameters
Attribute
Description
Required
integer The ID of the handler.
Response parameters
The response returns a string of characters that identify the high cardinality job run.
Request example
This request re-runs the job that calculates the high cardinality column for the data source with the handler ID 41.
Copy curl \
--request PUT \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer dea464c07bd07300095caa8" \
https://demo.immuta.com/redshift/handler/41/triggerHighCardinalityJob Response example
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PUT /redshift/handler/{handlerId}/refreshNativeViewJob
Refresh the view of a data source.
Query parameters
Attribute
Description
Required
integer The ID of the handler.
Response parameters
The response returns a string of characters that identifies the refresh view job run.
Request example
This request refreshes the view for the data source with the handler ID 7.
Copy curl \
--request PUT \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer dea464c07bd07300095caa8" \
https://demo.immuta.com/redshift/handler/7/refreshNativeViewJob Response example
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