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Describe Partition — GET ddl/database/:db/table/:table/partition/:partition
Description
Describe a single partition in an HCatalog table.
URL
http://www.myserver.com/templeton/v1/ddl/database/:db/table/:table/partition/:partition
Parameters
Name |
Description |
Required? |
Default |
|---|---|---|---|
:db |
The database name |
Required |
None |
:table |
The table name |
Required |
None |
:partition |
The partition name, col_name='value' list. Be careful to properly encode the quote for http, for example, country=%27algeria%27. |
Required |
None |
The standard parameters are also supported.
Results
Name |
Description |
|---|---|
database |
The database name |
table |
The table name |
partition |
The partition name |
partitioned |
True if the table is partitioned |
location |
Location of table |
outputFormat |
Output format |
columns |
List of column names, types, and comments |
owner |
The owner's user name |
partitionColumns |
List of the partition columns |
inputFormat |
Input format |
Example
Curl Command
% curl -s \ 'http://localhost:50111/templeton/v1/ddl/database/default/table/mytest/partition/country=%27US%27?user.name=ctdean'
JSON Output
{
"partitioned": true,
"location": "hdfs://ip-10-77-6-151.ec2.internal:8020/apps/hive/warehouse/mytest/loc1",
"outputFormat": "org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.RCFileOutputFormat",
"columns": [
{
"name": "i",
"type": "int"
},
{
"name": "j",
"type": "bigint"
},
{
"name": "ip",
"comment": "IP Address of the User",
"type": "string"
}
],
"owner": "rachel",
"partitionColumns": [
{
"name": "country",
"type": "string"
}
],
"inputFormat": "org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.RCFileInputFormat",
"database": "default",
"table": "mytest",
"partition": "country='US'"
}
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Old version of this document (HCatalog 0.5.0): GET ddl/database/:db/table/:table/partition/:partition