URL: http://GPUDB_IP_ADDRESS:GPUDB_PORT/show/types
Retrieves information for the specified data type. Given a type ID, the database returns the data type schema, the label, and the semantic type along with the type ID. If the user provides any combination of label and semantic type, then the database returns the pertinent information for all data types that match the input criteria.
Input Parameter Description
Name | Type | Description |
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type_id | string | Type Id returned in response to a call to /create/type. |
label | string | Option string that was supplied by user in a call to /create/type. |
options | map of strings | Optional parameters. Default value is an empty map ( {} ). |
Output Parameter Description
The GPUdb server embeds the endpoint response inside a standard response structure which contains status information and the actual response to the query. Here is a description of the various fields of the wrapper:
Name | Type | Description | |||||||||||||||
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status | String | 'OK' or 'ERROR' | |||||||||||||||
message | String | Empty if success or an error message | |||||||||||||||
data_type | String | 'show_types_request' or 'none' in case of an error | |||||||||||||||
data | String | Empty string | |||||||||||||||
data_str | JSON or String | This embedded JSON represents the result of the /show/types endpoint:
Empty string in case of an error. |