/show/types

URL: http://GPUDB_IP_ADDRESS:GPUDB_PORT/show/types

Retrieves information for the specified data type ID or type label. For all data types that match the input criteria, the database returns the type ID, the type schema, the label (if available), and the type's column properties.

Input Parameter Description

Name	Type	Description
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 string to strings	Optional parameters. The default value is an empty map ( {} ). Supported Parameters (keys) Parameter Description no_join_types When set to 'true', no join types will be included. The supported values are: true false

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
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: Name Type Description type_ids array of strings   type_schemas array of strings   labels array of strings   properties array of maps of string to arrays of strings   Empty string in case of an error.