Method: entries.lookup

Gets an entry by its target resource name.

The resource name comes from the source Google Cloud Platform service.

HTTP request

GET https://datacatalog.googleapis.com/v1/entries:lookup

Query parameters

Parameters
project

string

Project where the lookup should be performed. Required to lookup entry that is not a part of DPMS or DATAPLEX integratedSystem using its fullyQualifiedName. Ignored in other cases.
location

string

Location where the lookup should be performed. Required to lookup entry that is not a part of DPMS or DATAPLEX integratedSystem using its fullyQualifiedName. Ignored in other cases.
Union parameter target_name. Required. A full name, SQL name, or a fully qualified name of a Google Cloud Platform resource. target_name can be only one of the following:
linkedResource

string

The full name of the Google Cloud Platform resource the Data Catalog entry represents. For more information, see Full Resource Name.

Full names are case-sensitive. For example:

  • //bigquery.googleapis.com/projects/{PROJECT_ID}/datasets/{DATASET_ID}/tables/{TABLE_ID}
  • //pubsub.googleapis.com/projects/{PROJECT_ID}/topics/{TOPIC_ID}
sqlResource

string

The SQL name of the entry. SQL names are case-sensitive.

Examples:

  • pubsub.topic.{PROJECT_ID}.{TOPIC_ID}
  • pubsub.topic.{PROJECT_ID}.`{TOPIC.ID.SEPARATED.WITH.DOTS}`
  • bigquery.table.{PROJECT_ID}.{DATASET_ID}.{TABLE_ID}
  • bigquery.dataset.{PROJECT_ID}.{DATASET_ID}
  • datacatalog.entry.{PROJECT_ID}.{LOCATION_ID}.{ENTRY_GROUP_ID}.{ENTRY_ID}

Identifiers (*_ID) should comply with the Lexical structure in Standard SQL.
fullyQualifiedName

string

Fully Qualified Name (FQN) of the resource.

FQNs take two forms:

  • For non-regionalized resources:

{SYSTEM}:{PROJECT}.{PATH_TO_RESOURCE_SEPARATED_WITH_DOTS}

  • For regionalized resources:

{SYSTEM}:{PROJECT}.{LOCATION_ID}.{PATH_TO_RESOURCE_SEPARATED_WITH_DOTS}

Example for a DPMS table:

dataproc_metastore:{PROJECT_ID}.{LOCATION_ID}.{INSTANCE_ID}.{DATABASE_ID}.{TABLE_ID}

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance of Entry.

Authorization scopes

Requires the following OAuth scope:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.