openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Alation Data Catalog Aggregated Context Search API
  description: REST API for managing data sources, schemas, tables, and catalog objects in the Alation data intelligence platform. Supports metadata retrieval, custom field updates, and catalog object management.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Alation Developer Support
    url: https://developer.alation.com
servers:
- url: https://{instance}/integration/v2
  description: Alation instance
  variables:
    instance:
      default: your-alation-instance.com
      description: Your Alation instance hostname
security:
- BearerToken: []
tags:
- name: Search
  description: Search catalog assets
paths:
  /search/:
    get:
      operationId: searchCatalog
      summary: Search the catalog
      description: Full-text search across all catalog objects including tables, columns, data sources, glossary terms, and queries.
      tags:
      - Search
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Search query string
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: type
        in: query
        description: Filter by object type
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - table
          - attribute
          - datasource
          - schema
          - glossary_term
          - query
          - article
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 20
          maximum: 100
      - name: skip
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResults'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
  /article/:
    get:
      operationId: listArticles
      summary: List articles
      description: Returns catalog articles (wiki pages and documentation).
      tags:
      - Search
      parameters:
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 100
      - name: skip
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      - name: search
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of articles
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArticleList'
  /article/{id}/:
    get:
      operationId: getArticle
      summary: Get an article
      description: Returns a specific catalog article.
      tags:
      - Search
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Article details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Article'
components:
  schemas:
    SearchResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        object_type:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        score:
          type: number
          format: float
          description: Relevance score
        breadcrumb:
          type: string
          description: Path to the object in the catalog hierarchy
    SearchResults:
      type: object
      properties:
        total:
          type: integer
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
    Article:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        body:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        author:
          type: integer
          description: User ID of article author
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    ArticleList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/Article'
  securitySchemes:
    BearerToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: API access token obtained from /integration/v1/createRefreshToken/