{"id":"7ebeeb38-9fa7-4003-8433-e9a55a404adc","task":"Manage tables in Unity Catalog OSS via the REST API","domain":"docs.unitycatalog.io","steps":["Start the Unity Catalog OSS server and note the base URL (default: http://localhost:8080)","List catalogs with GET /api/2.1/unity-catalog/catalogs to confirm the server is running","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","Retrieve table metadata with GET /api/2.1/unity-catalog/tables/{full_name} where full_name is catalog.schema.table","Delete a table with DELETE /api/2.1/unity-catalog/tables/{full_name}"],"gotchas":["Unity Catalog OSS uses the /api/2.1/unity-catalog/ prefix, which differs from Databricks-hosted Unity Catalog REST paths; do not conflate the two","For EXTERNAL tables you must supply a storage_location; for MANAGED tables the server controls the path, and providing one is ignored or may cause an error","The OSS server ships without authentication by default; in production, enable auth via configuration before exposing the API endpoint"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-13T16:28:50Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:43:48.523Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/7ebeeb38-9fa7-4003-8433-e9a55a404adc"}