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November 10, 2020

Data Dictionary

Use this endpoint to retrieve the data dictionary of the DiVA API. The data dictionary contains records that specify the data fields available in the API, including the display name and description of each field.

This endpoint supports multiple response formats, query filtering, field filtering, sorting, and pagination. For more information about response options, see Response Customization.

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Action: GET
Endpoint: /views/datadictionary

Retrieve the data dictionary. This endpoint returns a JSON object that contains an array of records matching your filter query.

Body field details (response)
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Name	Type	Required?	Description
field_name	string	Returned	Name of the field.
field_name_readable	string	Returned	Display name of the field in the Marqeta Dashboard.
field_name_description	string	Returned	Description of the field.

Name

Type

Required?

Description

field_name

string

Returned

Name of the field.

field_name_readable

string

Returned

Display name of the field in the Marqeta Dashboard.

field_name_description

string

Returned

Description of the field.

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The following sample shows a representative response for a GET request to the /views/datadictionary?field_name=card_product_name,acting_card_type,ach_status endpoint.

{
     "total": 3,
     "is_more": false,
     "count": 3,
     "info": {},
     "start_date": null,
     "end_date": null,
     "last_run_time": "",
     "schema": [
         {
             "field": "field_name",
             "type": "character varying(128)",
             "display": "Field Name",
             "units": null,
             "has_total": false,
             "is_filter_only": false
         },
         {
             "field": "field_name_readable",
             "type": "character varying(128)",
             "display": "Field Name Readable",
             "units": null,
             "has_total": false,
             "is_filter_only": false
         },
         {
             "field": "field_name_description",
             "type": "character varying(2500)",
             "display": "Field Name Description",
             "units": null,
             "has_total": false,
             "is_filter_only": false
         }
     ],
     "records": [
         {
             "field_name": "card_product_name",
             "field_name_readable": "Card Product Name",
             "field_name_description": "The name of the card product associated with a card."
         },
         {
             "field_name": "ach_status",
             "field_name_readable": "Ach Status",
             "field_name_description": "The status of an ACH load attempt."
         },
         {
             "field_name": "acting_card_type",
             "field_name_readable": "Acting Card Type",
             "field_name_description": "The form factor of the card (virtual or physical)."
         }
     ]
 }

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Retrieve data dictionary (file export)
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Action: GET
Endpoint: /views/datadictionary/{export_type}

Retrieve the data dictionary in the specified format. This endpoint asynchronously generates a file in the specified format and returns a job token for retrieving the file when it is completed. The file contains a list of records matching your filter query.

URL path parameters
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Fields	Description
export_type string Required	File format in which to export the data. Allowable Values: csv

Fields

Description

export_type

string
Required

File format in which to export the data.

Allowable Values:

csv

Query parameters
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Fields	Description
compress string Optional	Type of file compression for the exported file. Allowable Values: gz, zip Default value: gz

Fields

Description

compress

string
Optional

Type of file compression for the exported file.

Allowable Values:

gz, zip

Default value:
gz

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The following sample shows a representative response for a GET request to the /views/datadictionary/xlsx?compress=zip endpoint.

{
    "token": "d62b19969d66fb8de930036147ddf71b8e2b3e1d.xlsx.zip"
}

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Retrieve data dictionary schema
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Action: GET
Endpoint: /views/datadictionary/schema

Retrieve a JSON representation of the data dictionary schema. The schema object contains an array of objects that describe the available columns and the data type of each column.

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The following sample shows a representative response for a GET request to the /views/datadictionary/schema endpoint.

[
     {
         "field": "field_name",
         "type": "character varying(128)",
         "display": "Field Name",
         "units": null,
         "has_total": false,
         "is_filter_only": false
     },
     {
         "field": "field_name_readable",
         "type": "character varying(128)",
         "display": "Field Name Readable",
         "units": null,
         "has_total": false,
         "is_filter_only": false
     },
     {
         "field": "field_name_description",
         "type": "character varying(2500)",
         "display": "Field Name Description",
         "units": null,
         "has_total": false,
         "is_filter_only": false
     }
 ]

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