Data Discovery is currently in Private Preview and is not available for General Availability (GA). It should not be used in production environments, as features and functionality may change before the final GA release.

Classify Text API

Classify plain text unstructured data.

POST http://{Host Address}/pty/data-discovery/v1.1/classify

Query Parameters

score_threshold

Type: float
Description: Optional. Exclude results with a score lower than this threshold.
Values: Minimum 0, Maximum 1.0
Default: 0.00

Body

Content type must be a plain text and in an UTF-8 format.
Length of the body is limited to 10K Bytes.

Sample Request

curl -X POST "http://<SERVER_IP>/pty/data-discovery/v1.1/classify?score_threshold=0.85" \
          -H "Content-Type: text/plain" \
          --data "You can reach Dave Elliot by phone 203-555-1286"

import requests
    
    url = "http://<SERVER_IP>/pty/data-discovery/v1.1/classify"
    params = {"score_threshold": 0.85}
    headers = {"Content-Type": "text/plain"}
    data = "You can reach Dave Elliot by phone 203-555-1286"
    
    response = requests.post(url, params=params, headers=headers, data=data, verify=False)
    
    print("Status code:", response.status_code)
    print("Response JSON:", response.json())

URL: POST `http://<SERVER_IP>/pty/data-discovery/v1.1/classify`
   Query Parameters:
   -score_threshold (optional), float between 0.0 and 1.0, default: 0.
   Headers:
   -Content-Type: text/plain
   Body:
   -You can reach Dave Elliot by phone 203-555-1286

Sample Response

{
    "providers": [
        {
            "name": "Pattern Classification Provider",
            "version": "1.1.1",
            "status": 200,
            "elapsed_time": 0.028261899948120117,
            "config_provider": {
                "name": "Pattern",
                "address": "http://pattern_provider_service:8051",
                "supported_content_types": []
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Context Classification Provider",
            "version": "1.1.1",
            "status": 200,
            "elapsed_time": 0.040960073471069336,
            "config_provider": {
                "name": "Context",
                "address": "http://context_provider_service:8052",
                "supported_content_types": []
            }
        }
    ],
    "classifications": {
        "PERSON": [
            {
                "score": 0.9238499879837037,
                "location": {
                    "start_index": 14,
                    "end_index": 25
                },
                "classifiers": [
                    {
                        "provider_index": 0,
                        "name": "SpacyRecognizer",
                        "score": 0.85,
                        "original_entity": "PERSON",
                        "details": {}
                    },
                    {
                        "provider_index": 1,
                        "name": "context",
                        "score": 0.9976999759674072,
                        "original_entity": "NAME",
                        "details": {}
                    }
                ]
            }
        ],
        "PHONE_NUMBER": [
            {
                "score": 0.9995999932289124,
                "location": {
                    "start_index": 35,
                    "end_index": 47
                },
                "classifiers": [
                    {
                        "provider_index": 1,
                        "name": "context",
                        "score": 0.9995999932289124,
                        "original_entity": "PHONE",
                        "details": {}
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
}

Response Fields Description

Providers Section

Name	Example Response	Description
providers	Array	Array of provider objects that participated in the request, including their respective success or failure codes.
providers[n].name	Pattern Classification Provider	Product name of the provider.
providers[n].version	1.0.0	Version of the provider.
providers[n].status	200	HTTP response code returned by the provider.
providers[n].elapsed_time	0.028	Time, in seconds, taken by the provider to process the request.
providers[n].config_provider	Object	Object containing configuration details for each provider.
providers[n].config_provider.name	Pattern	Internal name of the provider.
providers[n].config_provider.address	http://pattern_provider_service:8051	Network address or endpoint of the provider.
providers[n].config_provider.supported_content_types	[]	Array of supported content types. An empty array indicates support for all content types.

Classifications Section

Name	Example Response	Description
classifications	Dictionary	A dictionary mapping entity types (e.g., “PERSON”, “PHONE_NUMBER”) to arrays of occurrence objects. Each key is an entity type, and its value is a list of detected occurrences, each containing location and classifier details.
classifications[’entity’][n].score	0.9238	The confidence score for the detected entity, aggregated from all contributing classifiers.
classifications[’entity’][n].location	Object	An object specifying the location of the entity within the input text.
classifications[’entity’][n].location.start_index	14	The starting index of the entity in the input text.
classifications[’entity’][n].location.end_index	25	The ending index of the entity in the input text.
classifications[’entity’][n].classifiers	Array	An array of classifier objects that contributed to the entity detection.
classifications[’entity’][n].classifiers[m].provider_index	0	The index of the provider in the top-level providers array.
classifications[’entity’][n].classifiers[m].name	SpacyRecognizer	The name of the classifier. A provider may have multiple classifiers.
classifications[’entity’][n].classifiers[m].score	0.85	The score assigned by the classifier for the entity detection.
classifications[’entity’][n].classifiers[m].original_entity	PERSON	The original entity type detected by the classifier. See Harmonization for details.
classifications[’entity’][n].classifiers[m].details	Object	Optional. Additional key-value details provided by the classifier.

Response Codes

Response Code	Description
200	Successful Response.
206	Partial Content. Only some providers classifed data successfully.
400	Bad Request. Invalid input parameters or content.
413	Payload too large.
415	Unsupported media type.
422	Untrusted input. For more information, refer to Input Validation
502	Bad Gateway. All upstream providers failed; no successful data aggregation possible.
598	Unexpected internal server error. Check server logs.
599	Internal server error. Check server logs.

Last modified : November 17, 2025