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/has/type

URL: https://<aws.fqdn>/<aws.cluster.name>/gpudb-0/has/type

Check for the existence of a type.

Input Parameter Description

NameTypeDescription
type_idstringId of the type returned in response to /create/type request.
optionsmap of string to stringsOptional 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:

NameTypeDescription
statusString'OK' or 'ERROR'
messageStringEmpty if success or an error message
data_typeString'has_type_response' or 'none' in case of an error
dataStringEmpty string
data_strJSON or String

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

NameTypeDescription
type_idstringValue of input parameter type_id.
type_existsboolean

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

  • true
  • false
infomap of string to stringsAdditional information.

Empty string in case of an error.