List keyspaces (HTTP)

Lists all keyspaces in a database.

You need an application token with permission to interact with the target database, such as the Database Administrator role.

For more information, see Get endpoint and token.

Result

Returns the keyspace names as an unordered list of strings in the status.keyspaces field of the response.

Example response:

{
  "status": {
    "keyspaces":[
      "default_keyspace",
      "another_keyspace"
    ]
  }
}

Parameters

Use the findKeyspaces command.

Command signature
curl -sS -L -X POST "API_ENDPOINT/api/json/v1" \
--header "Token: APPLICATION_TOKEN" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "findKeyspaces": {}
}'

This command does not accept any options.

Examples

The following examples demonstrate how to list keyspaces.

List keyspaces

curl -sS -L -X POST "API_ENDPOINT/api/json/v1" \
  --header "Token: APPLICATION_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "findKeyspaces": {}
}'

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