Find a database (Go)

Gets information about a database.

You need an application token with permission to create and configure databases, such as the Organization Administrator role.

For more information, see Get endpoint and token.

Result

Returns a FullAstraDatabaseInfo struct that contains information about the requested database, including the database ID, name, keyspaces, and status.

Parameters

Use the DatabaseInfo method, which belongs to the AstraAdmin type.

Method signature
func (a *AstraAdmin) DatabaseInfo(
  ctx context.Context,
  databaseID string,
  opts ...options.DatabaseInfoOption
) (*FullAstraDatabaseInfo, error)
Name Type Summary

ctx

context.Context

The context for the operation.

databaseID

string

The ID of the target database.

opts

…​options.DatabaseInfoOption

Optional. A builder to generate options for this operation. See Methods of the DatabaseInfoOption builder for more details.

Methods of the DatabaseInfoOption builder
Method Summary

UpdateAPIOptions(v …​APIOption)

Optional. General API options for this operation, including the timeout.

Examples

The following examples demonstrate how to find a database.

package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/datastax/astra-db-go/v2/astra"
	"github.com/datastax/astra-db-go/v2/astra/options"
)

func main() {
	ctx := context.Background()

	client := astra.NewClient(
		options.API().SetToken("APPLICATION_TOKEN"),
	)

	admin, err := client.Admin()

	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	databaseInfo, err := admin.DatabaseInfo(ctx, "DATABASE_ID")

	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	fmt.Println(databaseInfo)
}

Client reference

For more information, see the client reference.

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