---
title: "getTablesByDatabase"
slug: "analytics-datacatalog-table-gettablesbydatabase"
tags: ["Data Catalog"]
updated: 2026-09-17T09:47:59Z
published: 2026-09-17T09:47:59Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/analytics-datacatalog-table-gettablesbydatabase"
---

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# getTablesByDatabase

Available in VPC

Get the list of tables in a database.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| GET | /api/v1/catalogs/{catalogId}/databases/{databaseName}/tables |

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Data Catalog APIs, see [Data Catalog request headers](/docs/en/analytics-datacatalog#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request path parameters

You can use the following path parameters with your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `catalogId` | Integer | Required | Catalog ID - See [getCatalogs](/docs/en/analytics-datacatalog-catalog-getcatalogs). |
| `databaseName` | String | Required | Database name - See [getDatabases](/docs/en/analytics-datacatalog-database-getdatabases). |

### Request query parameters

You can use the following query parameters with your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `pageNo` | Integer | Optional | Page number - 1-N (default: 1) |
| `pageSize` | Integer | Optional | Page output count - 1-200 (default: 20) |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request GET 'https://datacatalog.apigw.ntruss.com/api/v1/catalogs/4**/databases/my_database/tables?pageNo=1&pageSize=20' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response body

The response body includes the following data:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `pageNo` | Integer | - | Page number |
| `pageSize` | Integer | - | Page output count |
| `totalCount` | Integer | - | Number of response results |
| `requestId` | String | - | ID for the request - UUID format |
| `tableResponseList` | Array | - | Table list: [tableResponseList](/docs/en/analytics-datacatalog-table-gettablesbydatabase#tableResponseList) |

#### `tableResponseList`

The following describes `tableResponseList`.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `catalogId` | Integer | - | Catalog ID |
| `tableName` | String | - | Table name |
| `databaseName` | String | - | Database name |
| `location` | String | - | Table location |
| `dataFormat` | String | - | Data format |
| `tableType` | String | - | Table type - EXTERNAL_TABLE - VIRTUAL_VIEW |
| `createTime` | String | - | Table creation date and time - ISO 8601 format |
| `updateTime` | String | - | Update date and time - ISO 8601 format |

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all Data Catalog APIs, see [Data Catalog response status codes](/docs/en/analytics-datacatalog#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
{
"pageNo": 1,
"pageSize": 20,
"totalCount": 2,
"requestId": "570aad8d-****-****-****-898f3c1bd0d6",
"tableResponseList": [
{
"catalogId": 4**,
"tableName": "employeelist",
"databaseName": "my_database",
"location": "s3a://datacatalog-c***-e******f/my_database/employeeList",
"dataFormat": "csv",
"tableType":"EXTERNAL_TABLE",
"createTime": "2025-03-18T09:31:32+0900",
"updateTime": "2025-03-18T09:52:11+0900"
},
{
"catalogId": 4**,
"tableName": "db_metadata_json",
"databaseName": "my_database",
"location": "s3a://datacatalog-c***-e******f/db_metadata.json",
"dataFormat": "json",
"tableType":"EXTERNAL_TABLE",
"createTime": "2025-03-17T16:30:43+0900",
"updateTime": "2025-03-18T10:12:18+0900"
}
]
}
```