HCatalog
 

GET ddl/database/:db

Description

Describe a database. (Note: this resource has a "format=extended" parameter however the output structure does not change if it is used.)

URL

http://www.myserver.com/templeton/v1/ddl/database/:db

Parameters

NameDescriptionRequired?Default
:db The database name Required None

The standard parameters are also supported.

Results

NameDescription
location The database location
params The database parameters
comment The database comment
database The database name

Example

Curl Command

% curl -s 'http://localhost:50111/templeton/v1/ddl/database/newdb?user.name=ctdean'

JSON Output

{
 "location":"hdfs://localhost:9000/warehouse/newdb.db",
 "params":"{a=b}",
 "comment":"Hello there",
 "database":"newdb"
}

JSON Output (error)

{
  "error": "No such database: newdb",
  "errorCode": 404
}