> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Advanced Database Operations

> Manage followers, votes, and profiler configuration for databases

# Advanced Database Operations

Manage followers, votes, and profiler configuration for database entities.

## Followers

### Add Followers

`PUT /v1/databases/{id}/followers`

<ParamField path="id" type="string" required>
  UUID of the database.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="id" type="string" required>
  UUID of the user to add as a follower (sent as request body string).
</ParamField>

### Remove Follower

`DELETE /v1/databases/{id}/followers/{userId}`

<ParamField path="id" type="string" required>
  UUID of the database.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="userId" type="string" required>
  UUID of the user to remove.
</ParamField>

## Votes

### Add or Update Vote

`PUT /v1/databases/{id}/vote`

<ParamField path="id" type="string" required>
  UUID of the database.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="updatedVoteType" type="string" required>
  Vote type: `votedUp`, `votedDown`, or `unVoted`.
</ParamField>

## Profiler Configuration

### Get Profiler Config

`GET /v1/databases/{id}/profilerConfig`

### Set Profiler Config

`PUT /v1/databases/{id}/profilerConfig`

### Delete Profiler Config

`DELETE /v1/databases/{id}/profilerConfig`

<RequestExample dropdown>
  ```python PUT /v1/databases/{id}/followers theme={null}
  from metadata.sdk import configure
  from metadata.sdk.entities import Databases

  configure(
      host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
      jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
  )

  database_id = "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
  user_id = "user-uuid-here"

  # Add a follower
  database = Databases.add_followers(database_id, [user_id])
  print(f"Followers: {len(database.followers)}")

  # Remove a follower
  database = Databases.remove_followers(database_id, [user_id])

  # Add a vote
  database = Databases.add_vote(database_id, vote_type="votedUp")

  # Remove a vote
  database = Databases.remove_vote(database_id)

  # Get profiler config
  config = Databases.get_profiler_config(database_id)

  # Set profiler config
  Databases.set_profiler_config(database_id, {
      "profileSample": 50,
      "profileSampleType": "PERCENTAGE",
      "sampleDataCount": 200
  })

  # Delete profiler config
  Databases.delete_profiler_config(database_id)
  ```

  ```java PUT /v1/databases/{id}/followers theme={null}
  import static org.openmetadata.sdk.fluent.Databases.*;

  String databaseId = "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000";

  // Followers - use REST client directly
  // Votes and profiler config - use REST client directly
  // See curl examples for request format
  ```

  ```bash PUT /v1/databases/{id}/followers theme={null}
  # Add a follower
  curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721/followers" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '"2e4b2c7a-f3d1-4e5b-a8c9-1b2d3e4f5a6b"'

  # Remove a follower
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721/followers/2e4b2c7a-f3d1-4e5b-a8c9-1b2d3e4f5a6b" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Add a vote
  curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721/vote" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"updatedVoteType": "votedUp"}'

  # Remove a vote
  curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721/vote" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"updatedVoteType": "unVoted"}'

  # Get profiler config
  curl "{base_url}/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721/profilerConfig" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

  # Set profiler config
  curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721/profilerConfig" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
      "profileSample": 50,
      "profileSampleType": "PERCENTAGE",
      "sampleDataCount": 200
    }'

  # Delete profiler config
  curl -X DELETE "{base_url}/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721/profilerConfig" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response (Add Follower) theme={null}
  {
    "id": "1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721",
    "name": "default",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "mysql_sample.default",
    "tags": [],
    "version": 0.1,
    "updatedAt": 1769982658682,
    "updatedBy": "admin",
    "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/databases/1d08c2c6-cea7-4adf-9043-0f6a6aaf9721",
    "owners": [],
    "service": {
      "id": "4724c3cb-d4b8-4ac0-aa55-e8bb66f01ac3",
      "type": "databaseService",
      "name": "mysql_sample",
      "fullyQualifiedName": "mysql_sample",
      "displayName": "mysql_sample",
      "deleted": false,
      "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/services/databaseServices/4724c3cb-d4b8-4ac0-aa55-e8bb66f01ac3"
    },
    "serviceType": "Mysql",
    "followers": [
      {
        "id": "2e4b2c7a-f3d1-4e5b-a8c9-1b2d3e4f5a6b",
        "type": "user",
        "name": "admin",
        "fullyQualifiedName": "admin",
        "deleted": false,
        "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/users/2e4b2c7a-f3d1-4e5b-a8c9-1b2d3e4f5a6b"
      }
    ],
    "default": false,
    "deleted": false,
    "domains": [],
    "entityStatus": "Unprocessed"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

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## Error Handling

| Code  | Error Type     | Description                             |
| ----- | -------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| `401` | `UNAUTHORIZED` | Invalid or missing authentication token |
| `403` | `FORBIDDEN`    | User lacks permission                   |
| `404` | `NOT_FOUND`    | Database or user does not exist         |