Function

This API is used to preview the first 10 rows in a table.

URI

URI format
GET /v1.0/{project_id}/databases/{database_name}/tables/{table_name}/preview

Parameter description

**Table 1** URI parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Project ID, which is used for resource isolation. For details about how to obtain its value, see Obtaining a Project ID.
database_name	Yes	String	Name of the database where the table to be previewed resides.
table_name	Yes	String	Name of the table to be previewed.

**Table 2** query parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
mode	No	String	Preview table mode. The options are SYNC and ASYNC. The default value is SYNC.

The following is an example of the URL containing the query parameter:

GET /v1.0/{project_id}/databases/{database_name}/tables/{table_name}/preview?mode={previewMode}

Request

None

Response

**Table 3** Response parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
is_success	No	Boolean	Whether the request is successfully executed. Value true indicates that the request is successfully executed.
message	No	String	System prompt. If execution succeeds, the parameter setting may be left blank.
schema	No	Array of objects	Column name and type of a table.
rows	No	Array of objects	Previewed table content.

Example Request

None

Example Response

The following is an example of a successful response in synchronous mode:

{
       "is_success": true,
       "message": "",
       "schema": [    
           {      
             "id": "int"
           },
           {      
             "name": "string"
           },
           {      
             "address": "string"
           }  
        ],
        "rows": [
           [
               "1",
               "John",
               "xxx"
           ],
           [
               "2",
               "Lily",
               "xxx"
           ]
       ]
    }

In asynchronous request mode, a job ID is returned. You can obtain the preview information based on the job ID.

Status Codes

Table 4 describes the status code.

**Table 4** Status codes
Status Code	Description
200	The query is successful.
400	Request error.
500	Internal service error.

Error Codes

If an error occurs when this API is invoked, the system does not return the result similar to the preceding example, but returns the error code and error information. For details, see Error Codes.

Previewing Table Content