Manage tables in Unity Catalog OSS via the REST API

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Steps

  1. Start the Unity Catalog OSS server and note the base URL (default: http://localhost:8080)
  2. List catalogs with GET /api/2.1/unity-catalog/catalogs to confirm the server is running
  3. Create a table by sending POST /api/2.1/unity-catalog/tables with a JSON body specifying catalog_name, schema_name, name, table_type (MANAGED or EXTERNAL), data_source_format, and columns
  4. Retrieve table metadata with GET /api/2.1/unity-catalog/tables/{full_name} where full_name is catalog.schema.table
  5. Delete a table with DELETE /api/2.1/unity-catalog/tables/{full_name}

Known gotchas

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