Add more examples for pyiceberg view

mkdocs/docs/api.md

@@ -1529,15 +1529,72 @@ cleanup_old_snapshots("analytics.user_events", [12345, 67890, 11111])
 
 ## Views
 
-PyIceberg supports view operations.
+If the REST server does not indicate support for view endpoints, you can enable it by setting `"view-endpoints-supported": "true"`:
 
-### Check if a view exists
+```python
+from pyiceberg.catalog import load_catalog
+
+catalog = load_catalog(
+    "docs",
+    **{
+        "uri": "http://127.0.0.1:8181",
+        "s3.endpoint": "http://127.0.0.1:9000",
+        "py-io-impl": "pyiceberg.io.pyarrow.PyArrowFileIO",
+        "s3.access-key-id": "admin",
+        "s3.secret-access-key": "password",
+        "view-endpoints-supported": "true",
+    }
+)
+```
+
+## Create a view
+
+To create a view from the catalog:
 
 ```python
+import time
 from pyiceberg.catalog import load_catalog
+from pyiceberg.schema import Schema
+from pyiceberg.types import IntegerType, NestedField
+from pyiceberg.view import SQLViewRepresentation, ViewVersion
 
 catalog = load_catalog("default")
-catalog.view_exists("default.bar")
+
+schema = Schema(NestedField(field_id=1, name="some_col", field_type=IntegerType(), required=False))
+view_version = ViewVersion(
+    version_id=1,
+    schema_id=1,
+    timestamp_ms=int(time.time() * 1000),
+    summary={"spark-version": "4.1"},
+    representations=[
+        SQLViewRepresentation(
+            type="sql",
+            sql="SELECT 1 as some_col",
+            dialect="spark",
+        )
+    ],
+    default_namespace=["default"],
+)
+
+catalog.create_view(
+    identifier="default.some_view",
+    schema=schema,
+    view_version=view_version,
+)
+```
+
+`catalog.create_view` also accepts a PyArrow schema, so the following is equivalent:
+
+```python
+import pyarrow as pa
+
+schema = pa.schema([pa.field("some_col", pa.int32())])
+
+catalog.create_view(
+    identifier="default.some_view",
+    schema=schema,
+    view_version=view_version,
+)
 ```
 
 ## Register a view
@@ -1551,6 +1608,48 @@ catalog.register_view(
 )
 ```
 
+## Load a view
+
+Loading the `some_view` view:
+
+```python
+view = catalog.load_view("default.some_view")
+# Equivalent to:
+view = catalog.load_view(("default", "some_view"))
+# The tuple syntax can be used if the namespace or view contains a dot.
+```
+
+This returns a `View` that represents an Iceberg view. You can access the SQL representation for a specific dialect:
+
+```python
+sql_representation = view.sql_for("spark")
+print(sql_representation.sql)
+```
+
+## Check if a view exists
+
+To check whether the `some_view` view exists:
+
+```python
+catalog.view_exists("default.some_view")
+```
+
+## List views
+
+To list views in the `default` namespace:
+
+```python
+catalog.list_views("default")
+```
+
+## Drop a view
+
+To drop a view:
+
+```python
+catalog.drop_view("default.some_view")
+```
+
 ## Table Statistics Management
 
 Manage table statistics with operations through the `Table` API:

mkdocs/docs/configuration.md

@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ catalog:
 | warehouse           | myWarehouse                      | Warehouse location or identifier to request from the catalog service. May be used to determine server-side overrides, such as the warehouse location. |
 | snapshot-loading-mode | refs                           | The snapshots to return in the body of the metadata. Setting the value to `all` would return the full set of snapshots currently valid for the table. Setting the value to `refs` would load all snapshots referenced by branches or tags. |
 | `header.X-Iceberg-Access-Delegation` | `vended-credentials` | Signal to the server that the client supports delegated access via a comma-separated list of access mechanisms. The server may choose to supply access via any or none of the requested mechanisms. When using `vended-credentials`, the server provides temporary credentials to the client. When using `remote-signing`, the server signs requests on behalf of the client. (default: `vended-credentials`) |
+| view-endpoints-supported | false                           | For backwards compatibility with older REST servers. Set to `true` if the server supports view endpoints but doesn't send the `endpoints` field in the ConfigResponse. |
 
 #### Headers in REST Catalog