> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.open-metadata.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Pipelines

> Create and manage pipelines within a pipeline service

# Pipelines

A **Pipeline** represents a data processing workflow or DAG within a Pipeline Service. It contains tasks that define individual steps in the pipeline.

<Info>
  Entity schema follows the [OpenMetadata Standard](https://openmetadatastandards.org/data-assets/pipelines/pipeline/).
</Info>

## Entity Hierarchy

Pipelines belong to a Pipeline Service:

<CodeGroup>
  ```txt Pipeline theme={null}
  PipelineService
  └── Pipeline (this page)
      └── Tasks (inline)
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Fully Qualified Name

The FQN format for a pipeline is:

```
service.pipelineName
```

For example: `sample_airflow.dbt_analytics_customers`

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## API Endpoints

| Method   | Endpoint                                | Description                                                                             |
| -------- | --------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `PUT`    | `/v1/pipelines`                         | [Create or update a pipeline](/v1.12.x/api-reference/data-assets/pipelines/create)      |
| `POST`   | `/v1/pipelines`                         | [Create a pipeline (POST variant)](/v1.12.x/api-reference/data-assets/pipelines/create) |
| `GET`    | `/v1/pipelines`                         | [List pipelines](/v1.12.x/api-reference/data-assets/pipelines/list)                     |
| `GET`    | `/v1/pipelines/{id}`                    | [Get by ID](/v1.12.x/api-reference/data-assets/pipelines/retrieve)                      |
| `GET`    | `/v1/pipelines/name/{fqn}`              | [Get by FQN](/v1.12.x/api-reference/data-assets/pipelines/retrieve)                     |
| `PATCH`  | `/v1/pipelines/{id}`                    | [Update by ID](/v1.12.x/api-reference/data-assets/pipelines/update)                     |
| `PATCH`  | `/v1/pipelines/name/{fqn}`              | [Update by name](/v1.12.x/api-reference/data-assets/pipelines/update)                   |
| `DELETE` | `/v1/pipelines/{id}`                    | [Delete by ID](/v1.12.x/api-reference/data-assets/pipelines/delete)                     |
| `DELETE` | `/v1/pipelines/name/{fqn}`              | [Delete by name](/v1.12.x/api-reference/data-assets/pipelines/delete)                   |
| `PUT`    | `/v1/pipelines/restore`                 | [Restore soft-deleted pipeline](/v1.12.x/api-reference/data-assets/pipelines/delete)    |
| `GET`    | `/v1/pipelines/{id}/versions`           | [List versions](/v1.12.x/api-reference/data-assets/pipelines/versions)                  |
| `GET`    | `/v1/pipelines/{id}/versions/{version}` | [Get specific version](/v1.12.x/api-reference/data-assets/pipelines/versions)           |
| `PUT`    | `/v1/pipelines/{id}/followers`          | [Add follower](/v1.12.x/api-reference/data-assets/pipelines/followers-votes)            |
| `DELETE` | `/v1/pipelines/{id}/followers/{userId}` | [Remove follower](/v1.12.x/api-reference/data-assets/pipelines/followers-votes)         |
| `PUT`    | `/v1/pipelines/{id}/vote`               | [Add/update vote](/v1.12.x/api-reference/data-assets/pipelines/followers-votes)         |