Metadata Format Reference (config v2)

Introduction

With config v2, the Metadata that is exported from the server by the CLI is a directory of multiple files.

Note

For config v1, see Metadata file format reference (config v1).

Metadata directory format

The following files will be generated in the metadata/ directory of your project:

• actions.graphql
• actions.yaml
• allow_list.yaml
• cron_triggers.yaml
• functions.yaml
• query_collections.yaml
• remote_schemas.yaml
• tables.yaml
• version.yaml

Note

The output of the export_metadata metadata API is a JSON version of the Metadata files.

actions.graphql

The actions.graphql file contains all the actions definitions and custom type definitions.

Example: A query action called greet and two custom types called SampleInput and SampleOutput.

type Query {
  greet(arg1: SampleInput!): SampleOutput
}
input SampleInput {
  username: String!
}
type SampleOutput {
  greetings: String!
}

actions.yaml

The actions.yaml file contains Metadata related to Actions.

Example: An action called greet with the handler set to <base_url>/greet and two custom types called SampleInput and SampleOutput.

actions:
  - name: greet
    definition:
      kind: ''
      handler: <base_url>/greet
      forward_client_headers: true
      headers:
        - value: application/json
          name: Content-Type
custom_types:
  enums: []
  input_objects:
    - name: SampleInput
  objects:
    - name: SampleOutput
  scalars: []

Example: Same example as above but with the base URL of the handler passed as an environment variable.

actions:
  - name: greet
    definition:
      kind: ''
      handler: '{{ACTION_BASE_URL}}/greet'
      forward_client_headers: true
      headers:
        - value: application/json
          name: Content-Type
custom_types:
  enums: []
  input_objects:
    - name: SampleInput
  objects:
    - name: SampleOutput
  scalars: []

allow_list.yaml

The allow_list.yaml file contains the Metadata related to the allow list.

Example: A query collection called allowed-queries set as the allow-list.

- collection: allowed-queries

cron_triggers.yaml

The cron_triggers.yaml file contains Metadata related to cron triggers. The webhook can be an HTTP endpoint or an environment variable containing the HTTP endpoint.

Example: A cron trigger called test-trigger.

- name: test-trigger
webhook: <webhook-url>
schedule: 0 12 * * 1-5
include_in_metadata: true
payload: {}
retry_conf:
  num_retries: 1
  timeout_seconds: 60
  tolerance_seconds: 21600
  retry_interval_seconds: 10

Note

The Metadata about a cron trigger will not be stored if Include this trigger in Hasura Metadata is disabled in the advanced option of events on the Console or include_in_metadata is passed as false via the API.

functions.yaml

Contains the Metadata related to custom functions.

Example: A custom SQL function called search_books.

- function:
  schema: public
  name: search_books

query_collections.yaml

The query_collections.yaml file contains Metadata information about query collections.

Example: A query collection called sample-collection which contains two queries test and test2.

- name: sample-collection
  definition:
    queries:
      - name: test
        query: |-
          query test {
            books {
              id
              author_id
              title
            }
          }
      - name: test2
        query: |-
          query test2 {
              authors{
                  id
                  author_name
              }
          }

remote_schemas.yaml

The remote_schemas.yaml file contains the Metadata related to Remote Schemas.

Example: A Remote Schema called my-remote-schema with URL <remote-schema-url>.

- name: my-remote-schema
  definition:
    url: <remote-schema-url>
    timeout_seconds: 40

Example: A Remote Schema called my-remote-schema with URL passed as environment variable.

- name: my-remote-schema
  definition:
    url_from_env: REMOTE_SCHEMA
    timeout_seconds: 40

tables.yaml

The tables.yaml file contains Metadata related to tables.

Example: Two tables called authors and books including relationships and an Event Trigger defined on the authors table.

- table:
    schema: public
    name: authors
  insert_permissions:
    - role: user
      permission:
        check:
          id:
            _eq: X-Hasura-User-Id
        columns:
          - name
        backend_only: false
  select_permissions:
    - role: user
      permission:
        columns:
          - id
          - name
        filter:
          id:
            _eq: X-Hasura-User-Id
  array_relationships:
    - name: books
      using:
        foreign_key_constraint_on:
          column: author_id
          table:
            schema: public
            name: books
  event_triggers:
    - name: event_test
      definition:
        enable_manual: false
        insert:
          columns: '*'
        delete:
          columns: '*'
        update:
          columns:
            - id
            - author_name
      retry_conf:
        num_retries: 1
        interval_sec: 10
        timeout_sec: 60
      webhook: <webhook_url>
- table:
    schema: public
    name: books
  insert_permissions:
    - role: user
      permission:
        check:
          id:
            _eq: X-Hasura-User-Id
        columns:
          - author_id
          - name
        backend_only: false
  select_permissions:
    - role: user
      permission:
        columns:
          - id
          - name
        filter:
          id:
            _eq: X-Hasura-User-Id
  object_relationships:
    - name: author
      using:
        foreign_key_constraint_on: author_id

version.yaml

The version.yaml file contains the Metadata format version.

version: 2