This topic provides the basic information and usage notes for calling the API operations of Data Lake Formation (DLF).
For more information about how to call the API operations of Alibaba Cloud, see Use OpenAPI.
Basic information
Versions
Version | Description |
Recommended |
Endpoints
For more information, see Endpoints.
User identities
User identity | Supported |
Yes | |
RAM user (recommended) | Yes |
RAM role (recommended) | Yes |
We recommend that you use a Resource Access Management (RAM) user or RAM role to call API operations. Before you use a RAM user or RAM role to call API operations, grant permissions to the RAM user or RAM role based on your business requirements.
API styles
The resource-oriented architecture (ROA) style is used. For more information about API styles, see Custom encapsulation.
Call methods
Call method | Supported | References |
(Recommended) Alibaba Cloud SDKs | Yes |
|
Alibaba Cloud Command Line Interface (CLI) | No | For more information about how to use Alibaba Cloud CLI to call API operations, see Alibaba Cloud CLI. |
Resource Orchestration Service (ROS) | No | For more information about how to use Alibaba Cloud ROS to call API operations, see ROS. |
Terraform | No | For more information about how to use Terraform to call API operations, see Terraform. |
If the preceding call methods cannot meet your business requirements, you can encapsulate API requests. For more information, see Custom encapsulation.
Usage notes
We recommend that you use Alibaba Cloud SDKs to call the API operations of DLF.