Look up a Tulip Table
  • 17 Jan 2024
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Look up a Tulip Table


Article summary

Get
/tables/{tableId}

Gets details about a Tulip Table's metadata and schema.

Requires the tables:read API key scope.

Security
Http
Type basic
A Tulip API key is required to use the Tulip API. API key authentication uses HTTP Basic Authentication as defined by [RFC 7617](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7617). HTTP Basic Authentication uses a generic username/password scheme to authenticate. For Tulip API requests, the password should be the API key's associated secret. The username should have the format `{type}.{version}_{id}`, where `{type}` is the API key type, `{version}` is the type's version number, and `{id}` is the id of the key. Tulip API keys currently are one of two types: * `apikey.2` - user API keys provisioned by creating a Tulip API Bot. The key id is the bot id. * `onetime.1` - temporary API keys provisioned using the `/auth/temporary` endpoint or using the [One-Time API Key page](https://templates.tulip.co/apiKey). These keys are only valid for 30 seconds after provisioning. Once you have determined the username and password you need to use, the `Authorization` header should be set to the value `Basic {credentials}`, where `{credentials}` is the base64-encoded value of the string `{username}:{password}`. See [RFC 7617](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7617) for more details of this encoding.
Path parameters
tableId
stringRequired

The id of a Tulip Table.

Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$
Responses
200

The Tulip Table was retrieved successfully.

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object
id
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$
Exampleg56RCoZCtzv7borvp
createdAt
string (date-time)
createdBy
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$
Exampleg56RCoZCtzv7borvp
updatedAt
string (date-time)
updatedBy
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$
Exampleg56RCoZCtzv7borvp
deletedAt
string (date-time)
deletedBy
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$
Exampleg56RCoZCtzv7borvp
label
string

The display label for this Table.

description
string

A long-form description for this Table.

columns
Array of object (TulipTableColumn)
object
name
string

The internal id of this column.

Pattern^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$
label
string

The display label for this column.

description
string

A long-form description for this column.

dataType
object (TypedObjectType)

The type of a value in Tulip.

type
string
Valid values[ "boolean", "string", "float", "integer", "interval", "timestamp", "imageUrl", "user", "color" ]
ExampleimageUrl
hidden
boolean

Whether this column is hidden from the UI or not.

unique
boolean

Whether values in this column are required to be unique or not.

400

The request was malformed. This could mean that headers, query parameters, or the request body was unable to be parsed or had unexpected values.

object
errorCode
string
errorUniqueID
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9+/]+$
Exampleaq21mSKC1rbO87TjC/4Hz2EJHd/v+jxf7MtC315vo0Y
details
string
401

The request was made unauthorized. HTTP Basic Authorization using a Tulip API Key is required for use of the API.

object
errorCode
string
errorUniqueID
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9+/]+$
Exampleaq21mSKC1rbO87TjC/4Hz2EJHd/v+jxf7MtC315vo0Y
details
string
errorCode
Valid values[ "AuthenticationRequired" ]
403

The provided authentication info was rejected. The response will provide additional details.

object
errorCode
string
errorUniqueID
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9+/]+$
Exampleaq21mSKC1rbO87TjC/4Hz2EJHd/v+jxf7MtC315vo0Y
details
string
errorCode
Valid values[ "AuthenticationFailed" ]
404

The requested database entry was not found.

object
errorCode
string
errorUniqueID
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9+/]+$
Exampleaq21mSKC1rbO87TjC/4Hz2EJHd/v+jxf7MtC315vo0Y
details
string
errorCode
Valid values[ "NoSuchDatabaseEntry" ]
500

The server encountered an unexpected error.

object
errorCode
string
errorUniqueID
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9+/]+$
Exampleaq21mSKC1rbO87TjC/4Hz2EJHd/v+jxf7MtC315vo0Y
details
string

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