aid: openmetadata
name: OpenMetadata
description: OpenMetadata is an open-source data catalog and metadata platform providing a comprehensive REST API for managing tables, dashboards, pipelines, data quality, lineage, and governance policies. It serves as an open context layer for data and AI, unifying technical metadata, business semantics, and organizational memory into a unified graph for both human and AI decision-making.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openmetadata/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: 2026-06-13
modified: 2026-06-13
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
  - Data Catalog
  - Metadata
  - Data Governance
  - Data Lineage
  - Data Quality
  - Open Source
  - Data Discovery
  - Data Observability
apis:
  - aid: openmetadata:openmetadata-rest-api
    name: OpenMetadata REST API
    description: The OpenMetadata REST API provides programmatic access to metadata assets including tables, dashboards, pipelines, topics, ML models, data quality tests, lineage graphs, glossaries, classifications, teams, and governance policies. The API follows REST design best practices with a schema-first approach using JSON Schema type definitions.
    humanURL: https://docs.open-metadata.org/latest/main-concepts/metadata-standard/apis
    baseURL: https://{your-host}/api/v1
    tags:
      - Data Assets
      - Metadata
      - Lineage
      - Data Quality
      - Governance
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.open-metadata.org/latest/main-concepts/metadata-standard/apis
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://docs.open-metadata.org/api-reference
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://docs.open-metadata.org/latest/main-concepts/metadata-standard/apis
    contact:
      - FN: OpenMetadata Community
        url: https://slack.open-metadata.org/
        email: ''
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://open-metadata.org
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.open-metadata.org
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/open-metadata
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/openmetadata
  - type: Blog
    url: https://blog.open-metadata.org
  - type: X
    url: https://twitter.com/open_metadata
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.getcollate.io/pricing
  - type: Slack
    url: https://slack.open-metadata.org
  - type: YouTube
    url: https://www.youtube.com/@OpenMetadataChannel
  - type: ProductUpdates
    url: https://open-metadata.org/product-updates
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/open-metadata/openmetadata-sdk
  - type: PythonSDK
    url: https://pypi.org/project/openmetadata-ingestion/
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/openmetadata-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/openmetadata-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/openmetadata-finops.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com