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Updated on 2026-01-05 GMT+08:00

Querying Tables of a Primary HTAP Instance

Function

This API is used to query data tables of a primary HTAP instance. Before calling this API:

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

Authorization Information

Each account has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the required permissions.

  • If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see Permissions and Supported Actions for details on the required permissions.
  • If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the following identity policy-based permissions are required.

    Action

    Access Level

    Resource Type (*: required)

    Condition Key

    Alias

    Dependency

    gaussdbformysql:htapInstance:listDatabases

    List

    instance *

    • g:EnterpriseProjectId

    • g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>

    gaussdb:htapInstance:list

    -

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/htap/tables

Table 1 URI parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition

Project ID of a tenant in a region.

To obtain this value, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value contains 32 characters. Only letters and digits are allowed.

Default Value

N/A

instance_id

Yes

String

Definition

Standard HTAP instance ID, which is compliant with the UUID format.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value contains 36 characters with a suffix of in17. Only letters and digits are allowed.

Default Value

N/A

Table 2 Query parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

limit

No

String

Definition

Number of records to be queried.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

100

offset

No

String

Definition

Index offset. If offset is set to N, the resource query starts from the N+1 piece of data. If the value is set to 0, indicating that the query starts from the first piece of data. The value must be a number but cannot be a negative number.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

0

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition

User token.

To obtain this value, call the IAM API for obtaining a user token.

The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the token value.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Content-Type

Yes

String

Definition

Content type.

Constraints

N/A

Range

application/json

Default Value

N/A

X-Language

No

String

Definition

Request language type.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • en-us
  • zh-cn

Default Value

en-us

Table 4 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

database_tables

No

Array of DatabaseTablesInfo objects

Definition

List of database and table names of the primary instance to be retrieved.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

source_instance_id

No

String

Definition

ID of the primary instance whose database is to be retrieved. The value is compliant with the UUID format.

Constraints

The value contains 36 characters. Only letters and digits are allowed.

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

selected_tables

No

Array of DatabaseTablesInfo objects

Definition

Names of selected databases and tables.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

filter_type

No

String

Definition

Table blacklist or whitelist.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • include_tables: whitelist
  • exclude_tables: blacklist

Default Value

N/A

Table 5 DatabaseTablesInfo

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

database

No

String

Definition

Name of a database to be queried.

Constraints

Only uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and underscores (_) are allowed.

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

tables

No

Array of strings

Definition

Names of the data tables to be queried.

Constraints

Only uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and underscores (_) are allowed.

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

tables

Array of strings

Definition

Table names.

Default Value

N/A

total_count

Integer

Definition

Number of databases.

Default Value

N/A

Status code: 400

Table 7 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition

Error code.

Range

N/A

error_msg

String

Definition

Error message.

Range

N/A

Status code: 500

Table 8 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition

Error code.

Range

N/A

error_msg

String

Definition

Error message.

Range

N/A

Example Request

Querying the first 10 data tables of the instance whose ID is 1f6305e9ac4443b8a79f1bfd3a523002in07

GET https://{endpoint}/v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/htap/databases?limit=10&offset=1

{
  "database_tables" : [ {
    "database" : "sdk_test_db",
    "tables" : [ "sdk_table_01" ]
  } ],
  "selected_tables" : [ {
    "database" : "sdk_test_db",
    "tables" : [ "sdk_table_01" ]
  } ],
  "source_instance_id" : "95fcf0a93a954354acb16a27de121155in07",
  "filter_type" : "include_tables"
}

Example Response

Status code: 200

Success.

{
  "tables" : [ "test_table1", "test_table2", "test_table3", "test_table4", "test_table5", "test_table6" ],
  "total_count" : 6
}

Status code: 400

Client error.

{
  "error_code" : "DBS.200022",
  "error_msg" : "Instance not found."
}

SDK Sample Code

The SDK sample code is as follows.

Querying the first 10 data tables of the instance whose ID is 1f6305e9ac4443b8a79f1bfd3a523002in07

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package com.huaweicloud.sdk.test;

import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.ICredential;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.BasicCredentials;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ConnectionException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.RequestTimeoutException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ServiceResponseException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.gaussdb.v3.region.GaussDBRegion;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.gaussdb.v3.*;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.gaussdb.v3.model.*;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;

public class ShowInstanceTablesForHtapSolution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
        // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
        String ak = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK");
        String sk = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK");
        String projectId = "{project_id}";

        ICredential auth = new BasicCredentials()
                .withProjectId(projectId)
                .withAk(ak)
                .withSk(sk);

        GaussDBClient client = GaussDBClient.newBuilder()
                .withCredential(auth)
                .withRegion(GaussDBRegion.valueOf("<YOUR REGION>"))
                .build();
        ShowInstanceTablesForHtapRequest request = new ShowInstanceTablesForHtapRequest();
        request.withInstanceId("{instance_id}");
        QueryTableRequestV3 body = new QueryTableRequestV3();
        List<String> listSelectedTablesTables = new ArrayList<>();
        listSelectedTablesTables.add("sdk_table_01");
        List<DatabaseTablesInfo> listbodySelectedTables = new ArrayList<>();
        listbodySelectedTables.add(
            new DatabaseTablesInfo()
                .withDatabase("sdk_test_db")
                .withTables(listSelectedTablesTables)
        );
        List<String> listDatabaseTablesTables = new ArrayList<>();
        listDatabaseTablesTables.add("sdk_table_01");
        List<DatabaseTablesInfo> listbodyDatabaseTables = new ArrayList<>();
        listbodyDatabaseTables.add(
            new DatabaseTablesInfo()
                .withDatabase("sdk_test_db")
                .withTables(listDatabaseTablesTables)
        );
        body.withFilterType("include_tables");
        body.withSelectedTables(listbodySelectedTables);
        body.withSourceInstanceId("95fcf0a93a954354acb16a27de121155in07");
        body.withDatabaseTables(listbodyDatabaseTables);
        request.withBody(body);
        try {
            ShowInstanceTablesForHtapResponse response = client.showInstanceTablesForHtap(request);
            System.out.println(response.toString());
        } catch (ConnectionException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (RequestTimeoutException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ServiceResponseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println(e.getHttpStatusCode());
            System.out.println(e.getRequestId());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorMsg());
        }
    }
}

Querying the first 10 data tables of the instance whose ID is 1f6305e9ac4443b8a79f1bfd3a523002in07

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# coding: utf-8

import os
from huaweicloudsdkcore.auth.credentials import BasicCredentials
from huaweicloudsdkgaussdb.v3.region.gaussdb_region import GaussDBRegion
from huaweicloudsdkcore.exceptions import exceptions
from huaweicloudsdkgaussdb.v3 import *

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    # In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_AK"]
    sk = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_SK"]
    projectId = "{project_id}"

    credentials = BasicCredentials(ak, sk, projectId)

    client = GaussDBClient.new_builder() \
        .with_credentials(credentials) \
        .with_region(GaussDBRegion.value_of("<YOUR REGION>")) \
        .build()

    try:
        request = ShowInstanceTablesForHtapRequest()
        request.instance_id = "{instance_id}"
        listTablesSelectedTables = [
            "sdk_table_01"
        ]
        listSelectedTablesbody = [
            DatabaseTablesInfo(
                database="sdk_test_db",
                tables=listTablesSelectedTables
            )
        ]
        listTablesDatabaseTables = [
            "sdk_table_01"
        ]
        listDatabaseTablesbody = [
            DatabaseTablesInfo(
                database="sdk_test_db",
                tables=listTablesDatabaseTables
            )
        ]
        request.body = QueryTableRequestV3(
            filter_type="include_tables",
            selected_tables=listSelectedTablesbody,
            source_instance_id="95fcf0a93a954354acb16a27de121155in07",
            database_tables=listDatabaseTablesbody
        )
        response = client.show_instance_tables_for_htap(request)
        print(response)
    except exceptions.ClientRequestException as e:
        print(e.status_code)
        print(e.request_id)
        print(e.error_code)
        print(e.error_msg)

Querying the first 10 data tables of the instance whose ID is 1f6305e9ac4443b8a79f1bfd3a523002in07

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/core/auth/basic"
    gaussdb "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/gaussdb/v3"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/gaussdb/v3/model"
    region "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/gaussdb/v3/region"
)

func main() {
    // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK")
    sk := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK")
    projectId := "{project_id}"

    auth := basic.NewCredentialsBuilder().
        WithAk(ak).
        WithSk(sk).
        WithProjectId(projectId).
        Build()

    client := gaussdb.NewGaussDBClient(
        gaussdb.GaussDBClientBuilder().
            WithRegion(region.ValueOf("<YOUR REGION>")).
            WithCredential(auth).
            Build())

    request := &model.ShowInstanceTablesForHtapRequest{}
	request.InstanceId = "{instance_id}"
	var listTablesSelectedTables = []string{
        "sdk_table_01",
    }
	databaseSelectedTables:= "sdk_test_db"
	var listSelectedTablesbody = []model.DatabaseTablesInfo{
        {
            Database: &databaseSelectedTables,
            Tables: &listTablesSelectedTables,
        },
    }
	var listTablesDatabaseTables = []string{
        "sdk_table_01",
    }
	databaseDatabaseTables:= "sdk_test_db"
	var listDatabaseTablesbody = []model.DatabaseTablesInfo{
        {
            Database: &databaseDatabaseTables,
            Tables: &listTablesDatabaseTables,
        },
    }
	request.Body = &model.QueryTableRequestV3{
		FilterType: "include_tables",
		SelectedTables: listSelectedTablesbody,
		SourceInstanceId: "95fcf0a93a954354acb16a27de121155in07",
		DatabaseTables: listDatabaseTablesbody,
	}
	response, err := client.ShowInstanceTablesForHtap(request)
	if err == nil {
        fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response)
    } else {
        fmt.Println(err)
    }
}

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Error Code

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