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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

string
Type Id returned in response to a call to /create/type.
string
Option string that was supplied by user in a call to /create/type.
map of string to strings
Optional parameters.The default value is an empty map ( {} ).

Output Parameter Description

The Kinetica 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:
String
‘OK’ or ‘ERROR’
String
Empty if success or an error message
String
‘show_types_response’ or ‘none’ in case of an error
String
Empty string
JSON or String
This embedded JSON represents the result of the /show/types endpoint:Empty string in case of an error.