Create custom metadata columns

Create custom metadata columns in the Asset catalog for all tasks in the environment. The new columns contain no values.

POST https://{controlplane_path}/api/1/rest/public/catalog/{env_org}/custom-metadata/columns
Create custom metadata columns in the Asset catalog for all tasks in the environment. The new columns contain no values.

Prerequisites

  • Environment (Org) admin permissions

Path parameters

Key Description
controlplane_path Required. The path to the SnapLogic control plane: elastic.snaplogic.com
For the UAT or EMEA control plane, substitute the name for elastic. For example:
  • uat.elastic.snaplogic.com
  • emea.snaplogic.com
env_org Required. The name of the SnapLogic environment/Org. For example, My-Dev-Env

Query parameters

None.

Request header

Basic authentication

To use basic authentication, specify Basic for authorization in the request header, add your credentials (email and password for your SnapLogic user or service account), and specify application/json for content type. For example:


Authorization: Basic {base64_encoded <email>:<password>}
Content-Type: application/json

Example of basic authentication using Postman:

Learn more about the basic authentication header in REST API requests.

JWT authentication

When using JWT authentication, the API request includes specific headers. In the request header, specify Bearer Token for authorization, add the token, and specify application/json for content type. These headers are automatically added when you configure bearer token authentication in your API client. The authorization header contains the word Bearer followed by a space and your JWT.


Authorization: Bearer Token {token}
Content-Type: application/json

Example of JWT authentication using Postman:

Request body

A list that specifies the custom columns to create:

[
  "customColumn1",
  "customColumn2",
  "customColumn3"
]
Key Type Description
customColumn string The name of a custom column.
Important: If the request contains duplicate column names, the API uses the last and ignores the rest.

Response

Code 200 OK indicates that the columns were created.

Example

To use the following curl request to create a new column for all tasks in the environment:

  • Replace My-Dev-Env with your environment/ Org name.
  • Replace my_custom_col with your custom column name.
curl -X 'POST' \
          'http://elastic.snaplogic.com/api/1/rest/public/catalog/My-Dev-Env/custom-metadata/columns' \
  -H 'accept: */*' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '[
  "my_custom_col"
]'