Create a metadata descriptor

Add MCP server to your AI tool

Allow AI tools and LLMs to interact with the API documentation portal through MCP.

MCP server URL

https://api-docs.kitsu.cloud/mcp

Standard setup for AI tools providing an mcp.json file

mcp.json 
{
  "Kitsu API MCP server": {
    "url": "https://api-docs.kitsu.cloud/mcp"
  }
}
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POST /data/metadata-descriptors
Jwt authorization

Create a metadata descriptor. Send the fields of the new row in JSON. data_type must be a known type. For an entity column, field_name cannot be the name of a built-in field. You must be an administrator.

application/json

Body Required

  • name string Required
  • field_name string Required
  • data_type string Required
  • project_id string(uuid) Required
  • entity_type string

Responses

  • 201 application/json

    The new metadata descriptor

    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • id string(uuid)
    • name string
    • field_name string
    • data_type string
    • project_id string(uuid)
    • entity_type string
    • created_at string(date-time)
    • updated_at string(date-time)
  • 400

    The body is not valid, or a field breaks a database constraint

  • 403

    You are not an administrator

POST /data/metadata-descriptors 
curl -X POST "http://api.example.com/data/metadata-descriptors/" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "name": "Custom Field",
  "field_name": "custom_field",
  "data_type": "text",
  "project_id": "a24a6ea4-ce75-4665-a070-57453082c25",
  "entity_type": "Asset"
}'
import requests

url = "http://api.example.com/data/metadata-descriptors/"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN",
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}
params = {}
payload = {
    "name": "Custom Field",
    "field_name": "custom_field",
    "data_type": "text",
    "project_id": "a24a6ea4-ce75-4665-a070-57453082c25",
    "entity_type": "Asset"
}

response = requests.post(
    url,
    headers=headers,
    params=params,
    json=payload
)

response.raise_for_status()

if response.content:
    print(response.json())
Request examples 
{
  "name": "Custom Field",
  "field_name": "custom_field",
  "data_type": "text",
  "project_id": "a24a6ea4-ce75-4665-a070-57453082c250",
  "entity_type": "Asset"
}
Response examples (201) 
{
  "id": "a24a6ea4-ce75-4665-a070-57453082c250",
  "name": "Custom Field",
  "field_name": "custom_field",
  "data_type": "text",
  "project_id": "b24a6ea4-ce75-4665-a070-57453082c250",
  "entity_type": "Asset",
  "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
}