list-tables
List the Data Tables in this project. Cursor-paged: pass the last row's table_id back as 'after_id' for the next page. Each table_id is accepted unchanged by get-table, query-table-rows and the row and column tools.
What it is called on each surface
The wire name is list-tables everywhere: it is what the Wexa MCP server advertises, the REST path is
POST /v1/list-tables, and each SDK exposes it under its own language's naming convention.
| Surface | Name |
|---|---|
| Wexa MCP server | list-tables |
| REST API | POST /v1/list-tables |
| TypeScript SDK | fabric.listTables() |
| Python SDK | fabric.list_tables() |
Arguments
Every argument is optional: list-tables answers a bare call.
| Argument | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
after_id | string | Optional | Continue after this table_id. Must be a table_id from a previous page; any other string is refused. |
limit | integer | Optional | Rows per page (default 50). |
project_id, projectID, organization_id and executed_by are not arguments you pass: the
platform binds all four from the credential you authenticated with, and both SDKs refuse them
before the request leaves your process — see
server-bound arguments.
What it returns
The three surfaces wrap this differently, and code written against one will not read another correctly — see return shape.
A real response, captured from a live call to list-tables:
{
"lifecycle_id": "qlc_000194",
"result": {
"limit": 5,
"tables": [
{
"table_id": "6ab1944e7566f41b5c28e2eb",
"table_name": "docs_fixture_orders"
}
]
}
}Keeping the lifecycle_id is what lets you ask later why a call was allowed, refused or held.
Calling it
The same call on all four surfaces. Pick a tab once and every code block in the documentation follows it.
The ids in this example are real: they resolve against the project the documentation is written against, so the call runs as written once you point it at your own deployment. Swap them for the ids of your own objects.
curl -sS https://fabric.wexa.ai/v1/list-tables \
-H "authorization: Bearer $FABRIC_API_KEY" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{"limit":50}'Errors
Both SDKs raise the same typed errors, chosen from the gateway's own error string first and its
HTTP status second. list-tables checks the fabric:table.read grant, and reaches the seven classes every
tool reaches — listed under the common set. These are the ones specific to it:
| Error | Status | Raised when |
|---|---|---|
ValidationError | 400 / 422 | A malformed after_id is refused here — the platform checks that it is a table_id from a previous page, so a literal placeholder never gets through. |
ConfigurationError | 5xx | list-tables is not available to you. Retrying will not help. |
Governance
Every call to list-tables runs through the same ten-stage lifecycle as every other Wexa tool: the
credential is resolved to a scope, the fabric:table.read grant is checked, quota is drawn down, the arguments are
validated, policy rules are evaluated, the call is executed, the result is shaped and redacted, and an audit
record is written. The lifecycle_id in the response is the handle to that record.
list-tables only reads, so it is not marked consequential: it is audited lightly and is never held for
approval. It still consumes quota and is still refused by policy like anything else.
See also
get-table for a table's columns, query-table-rows
for its rows, which identifier goes where for what after_id accepts, and
the tool index for the rest.