describeDatabase()

This operation describes a database, returning details such as the database name, ID, creation timestamp, and properties.

await milvusClient.describeDatabase(data: DescribeDatabaseRequest)

Request Syntax

await milvusClient.describeDatabase({
    db_name: string,
    timeout?: number,
})

PARAMETERS:

• db_name (string) -

  [REQUIRED]

  The name of the database to describe.

• timeout (number) -

  RPC timeout in milliseconds. Optional.

RETURNS Promise

This method returns a promise that resolves to a DescribeDatabaseResponse object.

{
    db_name: string,
    dbID: number,
    created_timestamp: number,
    properties: KeyValuePair[],
    status:  ResStatus
}

PARAMETERS:

• db_name (string) - The database name.

• dbID (number) - The internal database identifier.

• created_timestamp (number) - The creation timestamp of the database, in milliseconds.

• properties (KeyValuePair[]) - Database-level properties (for example, database.replica.number, database.resource_groups) declared at creation or set via alterDatabaseProperties().

• ResStatus A ResStatus object.

  • code (number) -

    A code that indicates the operation result. It remains 0 if this operation succeeds.

  • error_code (string | number) -

    An error code that indicates an occurred error. It remains Success if this operation succeeds.

  • reason (string) -

    The reason that indicates the reason for the reported error. It remains an empty string if this operation succeeds.

Example

import { MilvusClient } from '@zilliz/milvus2-sdk-node';

const client = new MilvusClient({
    address: 'localhost:19530',
    token: 'root:Milvus',
});
const res = await client.describeDatabase({ db_name: 'default' });
console.log(res.db_name, res.dbID, res.properties);