Data Catalog API methods that are related to Data Catalog search and metadata are deprecated and will be discontinued on January 30, 2026. See Transition from Data Catalog to Dataplex Catalog. Methods that are related to policy tags and policy tag taxonomies are not deprecated.
You can create entries only with 'FILESET', 'CLUSTER', 'DATA_STREAM', or custom types. Data Catalog automatically creates entries with other types during metadata ingestion from integrated systems.
You must enable the Data Catalog API in the project identified by the parent parameter. For more information, see Data Catalog resource project.
An entry group can have a maximum of 100,000 entries.
HTTP request
POST https://datacatalog.googleapis.com/v1/{parent}/entries
Path parameters
Parameters
parent
string
Required. The name of the entry group this entry belongs to.
Note: The entry itself and its child resources might not be stored in the location specified in its name. It takes the form projects/{project}/locations/{location}/entryGroups/{entrygroup}.
Query parameters
Parameters
entryId
string
Required. The ID of the entry to create.
The ID must contain only letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), and underscores (_). The maximum size is 64 bytes when encoded in UTF-8.
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