/has/type

URL: http://<db.host>:<db.port>/has/type

Check for the existence of a type.

Input Parameter Description

Name Type Description
type_id string Id of the type returned in response to /create/type request.
options map of string to strings Optional parameters. The 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
status String 'OK' or 'ERROR'
message String Empty if success or an error message
data_type String 'has_type_response' or 'none' in case of an error
data String Empty string
data_str JSON or String

This embedded JSON represents the result of the /has/type endpoint:

Name Type Description
type_id string Value of input parameter type_id.
type_exists boolean

Indicates whether the type exists or not. Possible values are:

  • true
  • false
info map of string to strings Additional information.

Empty string in case of an error.