Retrieve a Container

Get a container by ID or fully qualified name

GET /v1/containers/{id}

GET /v1/containers/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Containers

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

# Get by ID
container = Containers.retrieve("14744329-85c2-499e-b1fa-249fb8162341")
print(f"{container.fullyQualifiedName}: {container.description}")

# Get by ID with fields
container = Containers.retrieve(
    "14744329-85c2-499e-b1fa-249fb8162341",
    fields=["owners", "tags", "dataModel", "children"]
)

# Get by fully qualified name
container = Containers.retrieve_by_name("s3_datalake.analytics-bucket")

# Get by name with fields
container = Containers.retrieve_by_name(
    "s3_datalake.analytics-bucket",
    fields=["owners", "tags", "dataModel", "children"]
)

Response

{
  "id": "14744329-85c2-499e-b1fa-249fb8162341",
  "name": "analytics-bucket",
  "displayName": "Analytics Bucket",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "s3_datalake.analytics-bucket",
  "description": "Primary analytics data lake bucket",
  "version": 0.1,
  "updatedAt": 1769982673032,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "service": {
    "id": "d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106",
    "type": "storageService",
    "name": "s3_datalake",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "s3_datalake",
    "deleted": false
  },
  "serviceType": "S3",
  "prefix": "/analytics/",
  "numberOfObjects": 150000,
  "size": 5368709120,
  "fileFormats": ["parquet", "json"],
  "dataModel": {
    "isPartitioned": true,
    "columns": [
      {"name": "event_id", "dataType": "STRING", "description": "Unique event identifier"},
      {"name": "timestamp", "dataType": "TIMESTAMP", "description": "Event timestamp"},
      {"name": "user_id", "dataType": "STRING", "description": "User identifier"}
    ]
  },
  "fullPath": "s3://analytics-bucket",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/containers/14744329-85c2-499e-b1fa-249fb8162341",
  "deleted": false,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "followers": [],
  "votes": {
    "upVotes": 0,
    "downVotes": 0
  },
  "domains": []
}

Retrieve a Container

Get a single container by its unique ID or fully qualified name.

Get by ID

id · string · required

UUID of the container to retrieve.

fields · string

Comma-separated list of fields to include (e.g., owners,tags,followers,votes,extension,domains,dataModel,children,sourceHash).

include · string · default: "non-deleted"

Include all, deleted, or non-deleted entities.

Get by Fully Qualified Name

Use GET /v1/containers/name/{fqn} to retrieve by fully qualified name.

fqn · string · required

Fully qualified name of the container (e.g., s3_datalake.analytics-bucket).

fields · string

Comma-separated list of fields to include: owners, tags, followers, votes, extension, domains, dataModel, children, sourceHash.

include · string · default: "non-deleted"

Include all, deleted, or non-deleted entities.

GET /v1/containers/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Containers

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

# Get by ID
container = Containers.retrieve("14744329-85c2-499e-b1fa-249fb8162341")
print(f"{container.fullyQualifiedName}: {container.description}")

# Get by ID with fields
container = Containers.retrieve(
    "14744329-85c2-499e-b1fa-249fb8162341",
    fields=["owners", "tags", "dataModel", "children"]
)

# Get by fully qualified name
container = Containers.retrieve_by_name("s3_datalake.analytics-bucket")

# Get by name with fields
container = Containers.retrieve_by_name(
    "s3_datalake.analytics-bucket",
    fields=["owners", "tags", "dataModel", "children"]
)

Response

{
  "id": "14744329-85c2-499e-b1fa-249fb8162341",
  "name": "analytics-bucket",
  "displayName": "Analytics Bucket",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "s3_datalake.analytics-bucket",
  "description": "Primary analytics data lake bucket",
  "version": 0.1,
  "updatedAt": 1769982673032,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "service": {
    "id": "d1589e1d-2ab0-431c-a383-15e4be20a106",
    "type": "storageService",
    "name": "s3_datalake",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "s3_datalake",
    "deleted": false
  },
  "serviceType": "S3",
  "prefix": "/analytics/",
  "numberOfObjects": 150000,
  "size": 5368709120,
  "fileFormats": ["parquet", "json"],
  "dataModel": {
    "isPartitioned": true,
    "columns": [
      {"name": "event_id", "dataType": "STRING", "description": "Unique event identifier"},
      {"name": "timestamp", "dataType": "TIMESTAMP", "description": "Event timestamp"},
      {"name": "user_id", "dataType": "STRING", "description": "User identifier"}
    ]
  },
  "fullPath": "s3://analytics-bucket",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/containers/14744329-85c2-499e-b1fa-249fb8162341",
  "deleted": false,
  "owners": [],
  "tags": [],
  "followers": [],
  "votes": {
    "upVotes": 0,
    "downVotes": 0
  },
  "domains": []
}

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Returns

Returns a container object with all requested fields populated.

Response

id · string

Unique identifier for the container (UUID format).

name · string

Container name.

fullyQualifiedName · string

Fully qualified name in format service.containerName.

displayName · string

Human-readable display name.

description · string

Description of the container in Markdown format.

service · object

Reference to the parent storage service.

Show properties

id · string

UUID of the storage service.

type · string

Type of entity (always storageService).

name · string

Name of the storage service.

fullyQualifiedName · string

Fully qualified name of the storage service.

serviceType · string

Type of storage service (e.g., S3, GCS, ADLS, CustomStorage).

dataModel · object

Data model with column definitions. Only included when fields contains dataModel.

Show properties

isPartitioned · boolean

Whether the data is partitioned.

columns · array

Array of column definitions.

children · array

Nested child containers. Only included when fields contains children.

version · number

Version number for the entity.

owners · array

List of owners. Only included when fields contains owners.

tags · array

Classification tags. Only included when fields contains tags.

domains · array

Domain assignments. Only included when fields contains domains.

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Error Handling

Code	Error Type	Description
401	UNAUTHORIZED	Invalid or missing authentication token
403	FORBIDDEN	User lacks permission to view this container
404	NOT_FOUND	Container with given ID or FQN does not exist