PUT /v1/pipelines

curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/pipelines" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "dbt_analytics_customers",
    "displayName": "DBT Customer Analytics",
    "service": "sample_airflow",
    "description": "Analytics pipeline for customer data processing",
    "sourceUrl": "http://localhost:8080/tree?dag_id=dbt_analytics_customers",
    "tasks": [
      {
        "name": "extract_customers",
        "taskType": "BatchTask",
        "description": "Extract customer data from source",
        "downstreamTasks": ["transform_customers"]
      },
      {
        "name": "transform_customers",
        "taskType": "BatchTask",
        "description": "Transform and clean customer data",
        "downstreamTasks": ["load_customers"]
      },
      {
        "name": "load_customers",
        "taskType": "BatchTask",
        "description": "Load transformed data into warehouse"
      }
    ]
  }'

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Pipelines

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

# Retrieve, modify, and update
pipeline = Pipelines.retrieve("538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac")
pipeline.description = "Updated: Analytics pipeline with incremental customer processing"
updated = Pipelines.update(pipeline)

print(f"Updated to version {updated.version.root}")

import org.openmetadata.schema.entity.data.Pipeline;

// client is an initialized OpenMetadataClient.

// Retrieve, modify, and update
Pipeline pipeline = client.pipelines().get("538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac");
pipeline.setDescription("Updated: Analytics pipeline with incremental customer processing");
Pipeline updated = client.pipelines().update(pipeline.getId(), pipeline);

# Update by ID
curl -X PATCH "{base_url}/api/v1/pipelines/538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json-patch+json" \
  -d '[
    {"op": "replace", "path": "/description", "value": "Updated: Analytics pipeline with incremental customer processing"}
  ]'

# Update by name
curl -X PATCH "{base_url}/api/v1/pipelines/name/sample_airflow.dbt_analytics_customers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json-patch+json" \
  -d '[
    {"op": "replace", "path": "/description", "value": "Updated: Analytics pipeline with incremental customer processing"}
  ]'

{
  "id": "538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac",
  "name": "dbt_analytics_customers",
  "displayName": "DBT Customer Analytics",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_airflow.dbt_analytics_customers",
  "description": "Updated: Analytics pipeline with incremental customer processing",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982668397,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "service": {
    "id": "daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5",
    "type": "pipelineService",
    "name": "sample_airflow",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_airflow",
    "deleted": false
  },
  "serviceType": "DBTCloud",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/pipelines/538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac",
  "deleted": false,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "followers": [],
  "votes": {
    "upVotes": 0,
    "downVotes": 0
  },
  "domains": []
}

PUT

pipelines

PUT /v1/pipelines

curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/pipelines" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "dbt_analytics_customers",
    "displayName": "DBT Customer Analytics",
    "service": "sample_airflow",
    "description": "Analytics pipeline for customer data processing",
    "sourceUrl": "http://localhost:8080/tree?dag_id=dbt_analytics_customers",
    "tasks": [
      {
        "name": "extract_customers",
        "taskType": "BatchTask",
        "description": "Extract customer data from source",
        "downstreamTasks": ["transform_customers"]
      },
      {
        "name": "transform_customers",
        "taskType": "BatchTask",
        "description": "Transform and clean customer data",
        "downstreamTasks": ["load_customers"]
      },
      {
        "name": "load_customers",
        "taskType": "BatchTask",
        "description": "Load transformed data into warehouse"
      }
    ]
  }'

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Pipelines

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

# Retrieve, modify, and update
pipeline = Pipelines.retrieve("538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac")
pipeline.description = "Updated: Analytics pipeline with incremental customer processing"
updated = Pipelines.update(pipeline)

print(f"Updated to version {updated.version.root}")

import org.openmetadata.schema.entity.data.Pipeline;

// client is an initialized OpenMetadataClient.

// Retrieve, modify, and update
Pipeline pipeline = client.pipelines().get("538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac");
pipeline.setDescription("Updated: Analytics pipeline with incremental customer processing");
Pipeline updated = client.pipelines().update(pipeline.getId(), pipeline);

# Update by ID
curl -X PATCH "{base_url}/api/v1/pipelines/538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json-patch+json" \
  -d '[
    {"op": "replace", "path": "/description", "value": "Updated: Analytics pipeline with incremental customer processing"}
  ]'

# Update by name
curl -X PATCH "{base_url}/api/v1/pipelines/name/sample_airflow.dbt_analytics_customers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json-patch+json" \
  -d '[
    {"op": "replace", "path": "/description", "value": "Updated: Analytics pipeline with incremental customer processing"}
  ]'

{
  "id": "538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac",
  "name": "dbt_analytics_customers",
  "displayName": "DBT Customer Analytics",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_airflow.dbt_analytics_customers",
  "description": "Updated: Analytics pipeline with incremental customer processing",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982668397,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "service": {
    "id": "daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5",
    "type": "pipelineService",
    "name": "sample_airflow",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_airflow",
    "deleted": false
  },
  "serviceType": "DBTCloud",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/pipelines/538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac",
  "deleted": false,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "followers": [],
  "votes": {
    "upVotes": 0,
    "downVotes": 0
  },
  "domains": []
}

Update a Pipeline

Create a pipeline or update it if it already exists, using PUT /v1/pipelines with the full request body. Send the complete definition, not just the fields you want to change. To change only some fields, use PATCH with a JSON Patch array and the application/json-patch+json content type, as shown in the PATCH examples below.

Body Parameters

string

required

Name of the pipeline. Must be unique within the parent pipeline service.

string

required

Fully qualified name of the parent PipelineService, for example sample_airflow.

string

Human-readable display name for the pipeline.

string

Description of the pipeline in Markdown format.

string

URL to the pipeline definition in the source system, for example, the Airflow DAG URL.

array

Array of pipeline tasks representing individual steps in the pipeline.

Show properties

string

Name of the task.

string

URL to display for this task.

string

URL to the task in the source system.

string

Type of the task, for example BatchTask, StreamTask.

string

Description of the task.

array

Array of task names that depend on this task.

array

Array of owner references (users or teams) to assign to the pipeline.

Show properties

string

UUID of the owner entity.

string

Type of owner entity, for example user, team.

string

Name of the owner entity.

array

Fully qualified names of the domains to assign for governance purposes.

array

Array of classification tags to apply to the pipeline.

Show properties

string

required

Fully qualified name of the tag.

string

Type of label, for example Manual, Derived, Propagated.

string

State of the tag, for example Suggested, Confirmed.

object

Custom property values defined by your organization’s metadata schema.

PUT /v1/pipelines

curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/pipelines" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "dbt_analytics_customers",
    "displayName": "DBT Customer Analytics",
    "service": "sample_airflow",
    "description": "Analytics pipeline for customer data processing",
    "sourceUrl": "http://localhost:8080/tree?dag_id=dbt_analytics_customers",
    "tasks": [
      {
        "name": "extract_customers",
        "taskType": "BatchTask",
        "description": "Extract customer data from source",
        "downstreamTasks": ["transform_customers"]
      },
      {
        "name": "transform_customers",
        "taskType": "BatchTask",
        "description": "Transform and clean customer data",
        "downstreamTasks": ["load_customers"]
      },
      {
        "name": "load_customers",
        "taskType": "BatchTask",
        "description": "Load transformed data into warehouse"
      }
    ]
  }'

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Pipelines

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

# Retrieve, modify, and update
pipeline = Pipelines.retrieve("538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac")
pipeline.description = "Updated: Analytics pipeline with incremental customer processing"
updated = Pipelines.update(pipeline)

print(f"Updated to version {updated.version.root}")

import org.openmetadata.schema.entity.data.Pipeline;

// client is an initialized OpenMetadataClient.

// Retrieve, modify, and update
Pipeline pipeline = client.pipelines().get("538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac");
pipeline.setDescription("Updated: Analytics pipeline with incremental customer processing");
Pipeline updated = client.pipelines().update(pipeline.getId(), pipeline);

# Update by ID
curl -X PATCH "{base_url}/api/v1/pipelines/538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json-patch+json" \
  -d '[
    {"op": "replace", "path": "/description", "value": "Updated: Analytics pipeline with incremental customer processing"}
  ]'

# Update by name
curl -X PATCH "{base_url}/api/v1/pipelines/name/sample_airflow.dbt_analytics_customers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json-patch+json" \
  -d '[
    {"op": "replace", "path": "/description", "value": "Updated: Analytics pipeline with incremental customer processing"}
  ]'

{
  "id": "538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac",
  "name": "dbt_analytics_customers",
  "displayName": "DBT Customer Analytics",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_airflow.dbt_analytics_customers",
  "description": "Updated: Analytics pipeline with incremental customer processing",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982668397,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "service": {
    "id": "daa58a49-df05-48a3-a417-45dfd12eacf5",
    "type": "pipelineService",
    "name": "sample_airflow",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_airflow",
    "deleted": false
  },
  "serviceType": "DBTCloud",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/pipelines/538faa63-d204-46ff-aead-d158d0401cac",
  "deleted": false,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "followers": [],
  "votes": {
    "upVotes": 0,
    "downVotes": 0
  },
  "domains": []
}

Returns

Returns the updated pipeline object with the new version number.

Response

string

Unique identifier for the pipeline (UUID format).

string

Pipeline name.

string

Fully qualified name in format service.pipelineName.

string

Updated description.

number

Incremented version number.

Error Handling

Code	Error Type	Description
`400`	`BAD_REQUEST`	Invalid or malformed request body
`401`	`UNAUTHORIZED`	Invalid or missing authentication token
`403`	`FORBIDDEN`	User lacks permission to update this pipeline
`409`	`CONFLICT`	Concurrent modification detected

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Update a Pipeline

Update a Pipeline

Body Parameters

Returns

Response

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