Support for Iceberg tables in the create-table command from the aws glue cli

[sfgarcia]

Describe the feature

In Athena it is possible to create Iceberg tables through DDLs (explained here https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/ug/querying-iceberg-creating-tables.html). But this same functionality isn't possible to replicate through the aws glue cli in the create-table command (https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/glue/create-table.html) , because the TableType option doesn't allow to specify Iceberg.

Use Case

The main use case is to be able to create Iceberg tables as IaC, instead of just creating them through DDL queries inside Athena. This new feature would open the possibility to Cloudformation team to add the support to create Iceberg tables from the AWS::Glue::Table resource.

Proposed Solution

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Other Information

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Acknowledgements

• [ ] I may be able to implement this feature request
• [ ] This feature might incur a breaking change

CLI version used

v2

Environment details (OS name and version, etc.)

MacOS

[indrora]

Could you specify the full version of the CLI that you're using? you'll find it by running aws --version.

The CLI depends on keeping boto3 up to date. If you haven't updated your CLI since the introduction of the feature, the CLI won't have any knowledge or understanding of changes to the API.

Edit: I've just checked with the API documentation and the AWS Glue API itself does not allow the creation of these tables, so the CLI won't be able to create those tables without some way to pass DDL through to the CLI.

Closing.

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[tim-finnigan]

Checking in — I saw this documentation on using Iceberg tables in AWS Glue: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/aws-glue-programming-etl-format-iceberg.html

If what you're requesting isn't supported then we can forward that feature request to the Glue team as they own the CreateTable API. The CLI create-table command corresponds to the API functionality as mentioned above.

We recommend reaching out through AWS Support for API feedback/requests if you have a support plan but we can also forward those on your behalf. Please let us know.

[sfgarcia]

Hi @tim-finnigan thanks for your answer. Yes I would like if you could forward the API request to the Glue team please, is there any Github repository where I can see the roadmap of the Glue team?

[tim-finnigan]

Hi @sfgarcia thanks for following up. We don't have a GitHub repository for the Glue roadmap, but we can transfer this issue to our cross-SDK repository since the AWS APIs are used across SDKs. I'll reach out to the Glue team with this feature request and share any updates here on the issue. (ref: P90852964)

[tim-finnigan]

A backlog item for this feature request has been added for the Glue team's further review and consideration. We can't provide any ETAs or guarantees but please feel free to check back in here for updates in the future. We recommend reaching out through AWS Support if you have a support plan.

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