List user-defined type names (UDTs) (Go)

Gets the names of the user-defined types (UDTs) in a keyspace.

Ready to write code? See the examples for this method to get started. If you are new to the Data API, check out the quickstart.

Result

Returns the names of the user-defined types as an unordered slice of strings.

Parameters

Use the ListTypeNames method, which belongs to the Db type.

Method signature
func (d *Db) ListTypeNames(
  ctx context.Context,
  opts ...options.ListTypesOption
) ([]string, error)
Name Type Summary

ctx

context.Context

The context for the operation.

opts

…​options.ListTypesOption

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

Methods of the ListTypesOption builder
Method Summary

SetKeyspace(v string)

Optional. The keyspace to inspect.

Default: The working keyspace for the database. This is default_keyspace unless you set a different working keyspace when you created the Db object.

UpdateAPIOptions(v …​APIOption)

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

Examples

The following examples demonstrate how to list names of the user-defined types in a keyspace.

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()

	// Get a database
	client := astra.NewClient()

	database := client.Database(
		"API_ENDPOINT",
		options.API().SetToken("APPLICATION_TOKEN"),
	)

	// List type names
	names, err := database.ListTypeNames(ctx)

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

	fmt.Println(names)
}

Client reference

For more information, see the client reference.

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