List Partitions — GET ddl/database/:db/table/:table/partition
Description
List all the partitions in an HCatalog table.
URL
http://
www.myserver.com/templeton/v1/ddl/database/
:db/table/
:table/partition
Parameters
Name |
Description |
Required? |
Default |
---|---|---|---|
:db |
The database name |
Required |
None |
:table |
The table name |
Required |
None |
The standard parameters are also supported.
Results
Name |
Description |
---|---|
partitions |
A list of partition values and of partition names |
database |
The database name |
table |
The table name |
Example
Curl Command
% curl -s 'http://localhost:50111/templeton/v1/ddl/database/default/table/my_table/partition?user.name=ctdean'
JSON Output
{ "partitions": [ { "values": [ { "columnName": "dt", "columnValue": "20120101" }, { "columnName": "country", "columnValue": "US" } ], "name": "dt='20120101',country='US'" } ], "database": "default", "table": "my_table" }
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Old version of this document (HCatalog 0.5.0): GET ddl/database/:db/table/:table/partition