# Tables management
The eKuiper REST api for tables allows you to manage the tables, such as create, describe, show and drop table definitions.
# create a table
The API is used for creating a table. For more detailed information of table definition, please refer to tables.
POST http://localhost:9081/tables
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Request sample, the request is a json string with sql field.
{"sql":"create table my_table (id bigint, name string, score float) WITH ( datasource = \"lookup.json\", FORMAT = \"json\", KEY = \"id\")"}
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This API can run any table sql statements, not only table creation.
# show tables
The API is used for displaying all of tables defined in the server.
GET http://localhost:9081/tables
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Response Sample:
["mytable"]
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# describe a table
The API is used for print the detailed definition of table.
GET http://localhost:9081/tables/{id}}
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Response Sample:
{
  "Name": "demo",
  "StreamFields": [
    {
      "Name": "temperature",
      "FieldType": {
        "Type": 2
      }
    },
    {
      "Name": "ts",
      "FieldType": {
        "Type": 1
      }
    }
  ],
  "Options": {
    "DATASOURCE": "lookup.json",
    "FORMAT": "JSON"
  }
}
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# update a table
The API is used for update the table definition.
PUT http://localhost:9081/tables/{id}
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Path parameter id is the id or name of the old table.
Request sample, the request is a json string with sql field.
{"sql":"create table my_table (id bigint, name string, score float) WITH ( datasource = \"topic/temperature\", FORMAT = \"json\", KEY = \"id\")"}
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# drop a table
The API is used for drop the table definition.
DELETE http://localhost:9081/tables/{id}
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