Alation Governance API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Alation Governance API
  description: >-
    REST API for data governance workflows in the Alation platform, including
    business glossary management, policy enforcement, stewardship assignments,
    and data quality rules.
  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
security:
  - BearerToken: []
tags:
  - name: Glossary Terms
    description: Manage business glossary terms
  - name: Policies
    description: Manage data governance policies
  - name: Stewardship
    description: Manage stewardship assignments
  - name: Data Quality
    description: Manage data quality rules and scores
paths:
  /glossary_term/:
    get:
      operationId: listGlossaryTerms
      summary: List glossary terms
      description: Returns business glossary terms from the Alation catalog.
      tags:
        - Glossary Terms
      parameters:
        - name: limit
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
            default: 100
        - name: skip
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
            default: 0
        - name: search
          in: query
          description: Search term to filter glossary terms
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of glossary terms
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GlossaryTermList'
    post:
      operationId: createGlossaryTerm
      summary: Create a glossary term
      description: Creates a new business glossary term.
      tags:
        - Glossary Terms
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GlossaryTermRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Glossary term created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GlossaryTerm'
  /glossary_term/{id}/:
    get:
      operationId: getGlossaryTerm
      summary: Get a glossary term
      description: Returns details for a specific glossary term.
      tags:
        - Glossary Terms
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Glossary term details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GlossaryTerm'
    put:
      operationId: updateGlossaryTerm
      summary: Update a glossary term
      description: Updates an existing glossary term.
      tags:
        - Glossary Terms
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: integer
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/GlossaryTermRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Glossary term updated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GlossaryTerm'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteGlossaryTerm
      summary: Delete a glossary term
      description: Deletes a glossary term.
      tags:
        - Glossary Terms
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: integer
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Deleted successfully
  /policy/:
    get:
      operationId: listPolicies
      summary: List policies
      description: Returns governance policies from the Alation catalog.
      tags:
        - Policies
      parameters:
        - name: limit
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
            default: 100
        - name: skip
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
            default: 0
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of policies
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PolicyList'
    post:
      operationId: createPolicy
      summary: Create a policy
      description: Creates a new governance policy.
      tags:
        - Policies
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PolicyRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Policy created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Policy'
  /policy/{id}/:
    get:
      operationId: getPolicy
      summary: Get a policy
      tags:
        - Policies
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Policy details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Policy'
  /data_quality/rule/:
    get:
      operationId: listDataQualityRules
      summary: List data quality rules
      description: Returns data quality rules defined in the Alation catalog.
      tags:
        - Data Quality
      parameters:
        - name: limit
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
            default: 100
        - name: skip
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
            default: 0
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of data quality rules
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataQualityRuleList'
    post:
      operationId: createDataQualityRule
      summary: Create a data quality rule
      description: Creates a new data quality rule.
      tags:
        - Data Quality
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataQualityRuleRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Data quality rule created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataQualityRule'
  /data_quality/score/:
    get:
      operationId: getDataQualityScores
      summary: Get data quality scores
      description: Returns data quality scores for catalog objects.
      tags:
        - Data Quality
      parameters:
        - name: object_type
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: object_id
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Data quality scores
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataQualityScoreList'
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BearerToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
  schemas:
    GlossaryTermRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - title
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
          description: Term name
        description:
          type: string
          description: Term definition
        abbreviation:
          type: string
        synonyms:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        stewards:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
          description: User IDs of assigned stewards
    GlossaryTerm:
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GlossaryTermRequest'
        - type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: integer
            url:
              type: string
              format: uri
            created_at:
              type: string
              format: date-time
            updated_at:
              type: string
              format: date-time
    GlossaryTermList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/GlossaryTerm'
    PolicyRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - title
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        policy_type:
          type: string
          enum: [data_protection, retention, access_control, quality]
        stewards:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
    Policy:
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PolicyRequest'
        - type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: integer
            url:
              type: string
              format: uri
            created_at:
              type: string
              format: date-time
    PolicyList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/Policy'
    DataQualityRuleRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - title
        - rule_type
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        rule_type:
          type: string
          enum: [accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, uniqueness, validity, custom]
        object_type:
          type: string
        object_id:
          type: integer
    DataQualityRule:
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataQualityRuleRequest'
        - type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: integer
            created_at:
              type: string
              format: date-time
    DataQualityRuleList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataQualityRule'
    DataQualityScore:
      type: object
      properties:
        object_type:
          type: string
        object_id:
          type: integer
        overall_score:
          type: number
          format: float
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 100
        dimensions:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: number
            format: float
        last_evaluated:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    DataQualityScoreList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataQualityScore'