Creating a Data Source

Function

This API is used to create a data source. This API is compatible with Sahara.

URI

Format
POST /v1.1/{project_id}/data-sources

Parameter description

**Table 1** URI parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Description
project_id	Yes	Project ID. For details on how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request

**Table 2** Request parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
name	Yes	String	Data source name Contains 1 to 80 characters and consists of letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_) only.
url	Yes	String	Data source URL Contains 1 to 255 characters. If the data source type is HDFS, the value is /Save path of the data source. If the data source type is OBS, the value is s3a://Save path of the data source.
credentials	No	Object	Authentication information. The current version does not support this function.
is_protected	No	Bool	Whether the data source is protected true false The current version does not support this function.
is_public	No	Bool	Whether the data source is public true false The current version does not support this function.
type	Yes	String	Data source type hdfs obs swift (not supported by the current version)
description	No	String	Data source description Contains a maximum of 65535 characters.

Response

**Table 3** Response parameter description
Parameter	Type	Description
description	String	Data source description
url	String	Data source URL
tenant_id	String	Project ID. For details on how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.
created_at	String	Data source creation time
updated_at	String	Data source update time If the data source has not been updated, the value of this parameter is null.
is_protected	Bool	Whether the data source is protected
is_public	Bool	Whether the data source is public
type	String	Data source type
id	String	ID returned by the system after the data source is created
name	String	Data source name

Example

Example request

{ 
    "name": "my-data-source",  
    "url": "/simple/mapreduce/input",  
    "is_protected": false,  
    "is_public": false,  
    "type": "hdfs",  
    "description": "this is the data source template" 
}

Example response

{
    "data_source": {
        "name": "my-data-source",
        "type": "hdfs",
        "url": "/simple/mapreduce/input",
        "description": "this is the data source template",
        "created_at": "2017-06-22T08:28:57",
        "updated_at": null,
        "id": "e275a927-fe72-4b8b-a634-e47a11dca181",
        "tenant_id": "5a3314075bfa49b9ae360f4ecd333695",
        "is_public": false,
        "is_protected": false
    }
}