2026/03/13 - AWS Glue - 1 updated api methods
Changes Add QuerySessionContext to BatchGetPartitionRequest
{'AuditContext': {'AdditionalAuditContext': 'string',
'AllColumnsRequested': 'boolean',
'RequestedColumns': ['string']},
'QuerySessionContext': {'AdditionalContext': {'string': 'string'},
'ClusterId': 'string',
'QueryAuthorizationId': 'string',
'QueryId': 'string',
'QueryStartTime': 'timestamp'}}
Retrieves partitions in a batch request.
See also: AWS API Documentation
Request Syntax
client.batch_get_partition(
CatalogId='string',
DatabaseName='string',
TableName='string',
PartitionsToGet=[
{
'Values': [
'string',
]
},
],
AuditContext={
'AdditionalAuditContext': 'string',
'RequestedColumns': [
'string',
],
'AllColumnsRequested': True|False
},
QuerySessionContext={
'QueryId': 'string',
'QueryStartTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
'ClusterId': 'string',
'QueryAuthorizationId': 'string',
'AdditionalContext': {
'string': 'string'
}
}
)
string
The ID of the Data Catalog where the partitions in question reside. If none is supplied, the Amazon Web Services account ID is used by default.
string
[REQUIRED]
The name of the catalog database where the partitions reside.
string
[REQUIRED]
The name of the partitions' table.
list
[REQUIRED]
A list of partition values identifying the partitions to retrieve.
(dict) --
Contains a list of values defining partitions.
Values (list) -- [REQUIRED]
The list of values.
(string) --
dict
A structure containing the Lake Formation audit context.
AdditionalAuditContext (string) --
A string containing the additional audit context information.
RequestedColumns (list) --
The requested columns for audit.
(string) --
AllColumnsRequested (boolean) --
All columns request for audit.
dict
A structure used as a protocol between query engines and Lake Formation or Glue. Contains both a Lake Formation generated authorization identifier and information from the request's authorization context.
QueryId (string) --
A unique identifier generated by the query engine for the query.
QueryStartTime (datetime) --
A timestamp provided by the query engine for when the query started.
ClusterId (string) --
An identifier string for the consumer cluster.
QueryAuthorizationId (string) --
A cryptographically generated query identifier generated by Glue or Lake Formation.
AdditionalContext (dict) --
An opaque string-string map passed by the query engine.
(string) --
(string) --
dict
Response Syntax
{
'Partitions': [
{
'Values': [
'string',
],
'DatabaseName': 'string',
'TableName': 'string',
'CreationTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
'LastAccessTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
'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
}
},
'Parameters': {
'string': 'string'
},
'LastAnalyzedTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
'CatalogId': 'string'
},
],
'UnprocessedKeys': [
{
'Values': [
'string',
]
},
]
}
Response Structure
(dict) --
Partitions (list) --
A list of the requested partitions.
(dict) --
Represents a slice of table data.
Values (list) --
The values of the partition.
(string) --
DatabaseName (string) --
The name of the catalog database in which to create the partition.
TableName (string) --
The name of the database table in which to create the partition.
CreationTime (datetime) --
The time at which the partition was created.
LastAccessTime (datetime) --
The last time at which the partition was accessed.
StorageDescriptor (dict) --
Provides information about the physical location where the partition is stored.
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.
Parameters (dict) --
These key-value pairs define partition parameters.
(string) --
(string) --
LastAnalyzedTime (datetime) --
The last time at which column statistics were computed for this partition.
CatalogId (string) --
The ID of the Data Catalog in which the partition resides.
UnprocessedKeys (list) --
A list of the partition values in the request for which partitions were not returned.
(dict) --
Contains a list of values defining partitions.
Values (list) --
The list of values.
(string) --