get_iceberg_tables
Retrieve a list of Apache Iceberg tables from a specified namespace to access and manage data lakehouse metadata through the IcebergMCP server.
Instructions
Provides a list of iceberg tables from the Iceberg catalog for a given namespace
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| namespace | Yes |
Implementation Reference
- iceberg_mcp/iceberg_server.py:33-38 (handler)The handler function for the 'get_iceberg_tables' tool, decorated with @mcp.tool() for registration. It retrieves the list of tables in the specified namespace from the Iceberg Glue catalog and returns their names as a newline-separated string.
@mcp.tool() def get_iceberg_tables(namespace: str) -> str: """Provides a list of iceberg tables from the Iceberg catalog for a given namespace""" catalog = get_catalog() tables = catalog.list_tables(namespace) return "\n".join(t[1] for t in tables) - Helper function used by the tool to initialize and return the AWS Glue Catalog instance for accessing Iceberg tables.
def get_catalog() -> GlueCatalog: try: session = boto3.Session(profile_name=iceberg_config.profile_name) credentials = session.get_credentials().get_frozen_credentials() catalog = GlueCatalog( "glue", **{ "client.access-key-id": credentials.access_key, "client.secret-access-key": credentials.secret_key, "client.session-token": credentials.token, "client.region": iceberg_config.region, }, ) except Exception as e: logger.error(f"Error creating AWS connection: {str(e)}") raise return catalog - iceberg_mcp/iceberg_server.py:33-33 (registration)The @mcp.tool() decorator registers the get_iceberg_tables function as an MCP tool.
@mcp.tool()