AWS Glue

{'AttributesToGet': ['NAME']}

Retrieves all databases defined in a given Data Catalog.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.get_databases(
    CatalogId='string',
    NextToken='string',
    MaxResults=123,
    ResourceShareType='FOREIGN'|'ALL'|'FEDERATED',
    AttributesToGet=[
        'NAME',
    ]
)

type CatalogId:

string

param CatalogId:

The ID of the Data Catalog from which to retrieve Databases. If none is provided, the Amazon Web Services account ID is used by default.

type NextToken:

string

param NextToken:

A continuation token, if this is a continuation call.

type MaxResults:

integer

param MaxResults:

The maximum number of databases to return in one response.

type ResourceShareType:

string

param ResourceShareType:

Allows you to specify that you want to list the databases shared with your account. The allowable values are FEDERATED, FOREIGN or ALL.

• If set to FEDERATED, will list the federated databases (referencing an external entity) shared with your account.

• If set to FOREIGN, will list the databases shared with your account.

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

type AttributesToGet:

list

param AttributesToGet:

Specifies the database fields returned by the GetDatabases call. This parameter doesn’t accept an empty list. The request must include the NAME.

• (string) --

rtype:

dict

returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'DatabaseList': [
        {
            'Name': 'string',
            'Description': 'string',
            'LocationUri': 'string',
            'Parameters': {
                'string': 'string'
            },
            'CreateTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
            'CreateTableDefaultPermissions': [
                {
                    'Principal': {
                        'DataLakePrincipalIdentifier': 'string'
                    },
                    'Permissions': [
                        'ALL'|'SELECT'|'ALTER'|'DROP'|'DELETE'|'INSERT'|'CREATE_DATABASE'|'CREATE_TABLE'|'DATA_LOCATION_ACCESS',
                    ]
                },
            ],
            'TargetDatabase': {
                'CatalogId': 'string',
                'DatabaseName': 'string',
                'Region': 'string'
            },
            'CatalogId': 'string',
            'FederatedDatabase': {
                'Identifier': 'string',
                'ConnectionName': 'string'
            }
        },
    ],
    'NextToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

• (dict) --

  • DatabaseList (list) --

    A list of Database objects from the specified catalog.

    • (dict) --

      The Database object represents a logical grouping of tables that might reside in a Hive metastore or an RDBMS.

      • Name (string) --

        The name of the database. For Hive compatibility, this is folded to lowercase when it is stored.

      • Description (string) --

        A description of the database.

      • LocationUri (string) --

        The location of the database (for example, an HDFS path).

      • Parameters (dict) --

        These key-value pairs define parameters and properties of the database.

        • (string) --

          • (string) --

      • CreateTime (datetime) --

        The time at which the metadata database was created in the catalog.

      • CreateTableDefaultPermissions (list) --

        Creates a set of default permissions on the table for principals. Used by Lake Formation. Not used in the normal course of Glue operations.

        • (dict) --

          Permissions granted to a principal.

          • Principal (dict) --

            The principal who is granted permissions.

            • DataLakePrincipalIdentifier (string) --

              An identifier for the Lake Formation principal.

          • Permissions (list) --

            The permissions that are granted to the principal.

            • (string) --

      • TargetDatabase (dict) --

        A DatabaseIdentifier structure that describes a target database for resource linking.

        • CatalogId (string) --

          The ID of the Data Catalog in which the database resides.

        • DatabaseName (string) --

          The name of the catalog database.

        • Region (string) --

          Region of the target database.

      • CatalogId (string) --

        The ID of the Data Catalog in which the database resides.

      • FederatedDatabase (dict) --

        A FederatedDatabase structure that references an entity outside the Glue Data Catalog.

        • Identifier (string) --

          A unique identifier for the federated database.

        • ConnectionName (string) --

          The name of the connection to the external metastore.

  • NextToken (string) --

    A continuation token for paginating the returned list of tokens, returned if the current segment of the list is not the last.