Glue / Client / get_partition

get_partition#

Glue.Client.get_partition(**kwargs)#

Retrieves information about a specified partition.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.get_partition(
    CatalogId='string',
    DatabaseName='string',
    TableName='string',
    PartitionValues=[
        'string',
    ]
)
Parameters:

  • CatalogId (string) – The ID of the Data Catalog where the partition in question resides. If none is provided, the Amazon Web Services account ID is used by default.

  • DatabaseName (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The name of the catalog database where the partition resides.

  • TableName (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The name of the partition’s table.

  • PartitionValues (list) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The values that define the partition.

    • (string) –

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'Partition': {
        'Values': [
            'string',
        ],
        'DatabaseName': 'string',
        'TableName': 'string',
        'CreationTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
        'LastAccessTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
        'StorageDescriptor': {
            'Columns': [
                {
                    'Name': 'string',
                    'Type': 'string',
                    'Comment': 'string',
                    'Parameters': {
                        'string': 'string'
                    }
                },
            ],
            'Location': 'string',
            'AdditionalLocations': [
                'string',
            ],
            'InputFormat': 'string',
            'OutputFormat': 'string',
            'Compressed': True|False,
            'NumberOfBuckets': 123,
            'SerdeInfo': {
                'Name': 'string',
                'SerializationLibrary': 'string',
                'Parameters': {
                    'string': 'string'
                }
            },
            'BucketColumns': [
                'string',
            ],
            'SortColumns': [
                {
                    'Column': 'string',
                    'SortOrder': 123
                },
            ],
            'Parameters': {
                'string': 'string'
            },
            'SkewedInfo': {
                'SkewedColumnNames': [
                    'string',
                ],
                'SkewedColumnValues': [
                    'string',
                ],
                'SkewedColumnValueLocationMaps': {
                    'string': 'string'
                }
            },
            'StoredAsSubDirectories': True|False,
            'SchemaReference': {
                'SchemaId': {
                    'SchemaArn': 'string',
                    'SchemaName': 'string',
                    'RegistryName': 'string'
                },
                'SchemaVersionId': 'string',
                'SchemaVersionNumber': 123
            }
        },
        'Parameters': {
            'string': 'string'
        },
        'LastAnalyzedTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
        'CatalogId': 'string'
    }
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) –

    • Partition (dict) –

      The requested information, in the form of a Partition object.

      • Values (list) –

        The values of the partition.

        • (string) –

      • DatabaseName (string) –

        The name of the catalog database in which to create the partition.

      • TableName (string) –

        The name of the database table in which to create the partition.

      • CreationTime (datetime) –

        The time at which the partition was created.

      • LastAccessTime (datetime) –

        The last time at which the partition was accessed.

      • StorageDescriptor (dict) –

        Provides information about the physical location where the partition is stored.

        • Columns (list) –

          A list of the Columns in the table.

          • (dict) –

            A column in a Table.

            • Name (string) –

              The name of the Column.

            • Type (string) –

              The data type of the Column.

            • Comment (string) –

              A free-form text comment.

            • Parameters (dict) –

              These key-value pairs define properties associated with the column.

              • (string) –

                • (string) –

        • Location (string) –

          The physical location of the table. By default, this takes the form of the warehouse location, followed by the database location in the warehouse, followed by the table name.

        • AdditionalLocations (list) –

          A list of locations that point to the path where a Delta table is located.

          • (string) –

        • InputFormat (string) –

          The input format: SequenceFileInputFormat (binary), or TextInputFormat, or a custom format.

        • OutputFormat (string) –

          The output format: SequenceFileOutputFormat (binary), or IgnoreKeyTextOutputFormat, or a custom format.

        • Compressed (boolean) –

          True if the data in the table is compressed, or False if not.

        • NumberOfBuckets (integer) –

          Must be specified if the table contains any dimension columns.

        • SerdeInfo (dict) –

          The serialization/deserialization (SerDe) information.

          • Name (string) –

            Name of the SerDe.

          • SerializationLibrary (string) –

            Usually the class that implements the SerDe. An example is org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.columnar.ColumnarSerDe.

          • Parameters (dict) –

            These key-value pairs define initialization parameters for the SerDe.

            • (string) –

              • (string) –

        • BucketColumns (list) –

          A list of reducer grouping columns, clustering columns, and bucketing columns in the table.

          • (string) –

        • SortColumns (list) –

          A list specifying the sort order of each bucket in the table.

          • (dict) –

            Specifies the sort order of a sorted column.

            • Column (string) –

              The name of the column.

            • SortOrder (integer) –

              Indicates that the column is sorted in ascending order ( == 1), or in descending order ( ==0).

        • Parameters (dict) –

          The user-supplied properties in key-value form.

          • (string) –

            • (string) –

        • SkewedInfo (dict) –

          The information about values that appear frequently in a column (skewed values).

          • SkewedColumnNames (list) –

            A list of names of columns that contain skewed values.

            • (string) –

          • SkewedColumnValues (list) –

            A list of values that appear so frequently as to be considered skewed.

            • (string) –

          • SkewedColumnValueLocationMaps (dict) –

            A mapping of skewed values to the columns that contain them.

            • (string) –

              • (string) –

        • StoredAsSubDirectories (boolean) –

          True if the table data is stored in subdirectories, or False if not.

        • SchemaReference (dict) –

          An object that references a schema stored in the Glue Schema Registry.

          When creating a table, you can pass an empty list of columns for the schema, and instead use a schema reference.

          • SchemaId (dict) –

            A structure that contains schema identity fields. Either this or the SchemaVersionId has to be provided.

            • SchemaArn (string) –

              The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the schema. One of SchemaArn or SchemaName has to be provided.

            • SchemaName (string) –

              The name of the schema. One of SchemaArn or SchemaName has to be provided.

            • RegistryName (string) –

              The name of the schema registry that contains the schema.

          • SchemaVersionId (string) –

            The unique ID assigned to a version of the schema. Either this or the SchemaId has to be provided.

          • SchemaVersionNumber (integer) –

            The version number of the schema.

      • Parameters (dict) –

        These key-value pairs define partition parameters.

        • (string) –

          • (string) –

      • LastAnalyzedTime (datetime) –

        The last time at which column statistics were computed for this partition.

      • CatalogId (string) –

        The ID of the Data Catalog in which the partition resides.

Exceptions