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Version: v2.x

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.

Metadata directory format

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

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