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   "source": [
    "# Show Attributes"
   ]
  },
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   "source": [
    ".. note::\n",
    "\n",
    "    The ``show_`` endpoints are meant to be used by admins to build functionality into their metacatalog deployment. These endpoints are not really helpful for the end-user."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## Help"
   ]
  },
  {
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   "source": [
    ".. autofunction:: metacatalog.api.show_attributes"
   ]
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   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## Example"
   ]
  },
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   "source": [
    ".. note::\n",
    "\n",
    "    ``api.show_attribute`` is one of the very few api endpoints that don't need a session to connect to the database, as it is using the models to collect the information requested. Thus, you don't need actual database connection to use this function."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 1,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "from metacatalog import api"
   ]
  },
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 4,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "[('id', Integer()),\n",
       " ('first_name', String(length=128)),\n",
       " ('last_name', String(length=128)),\n",
       " ('affiliation', String(length=1024))]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 4,
     "metadata": {},
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   ],
   "source": [
    "api.show_attributes(table_name='persons', add_type=True)"
   ]
  }
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