List API Collections

List all API collections with optional filtering and pagination

GET /v1/apiCollections

GET /v1/apiCollections

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import APICollections

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

# List first page
collections = APICollections.list(limit=50)
for ac in collections.data:
    print(f"{ac.fullyQualifiedName}")

# List all with auto-pagination
for ac in APICollections.list_all():
    print(f"{ac.fullyQualifiedName}")

# Filter by service
collections = APICollections.list(
    service="sample_api_service",
    fields=["owners", "tags", "domain"],
    limit=50
)

for ac in collections.data:
    print(f"{ac.fullyQualifiedName}")
    if ac.owners:
        print(f"  Owners: {[o.name for o in ac.owners]}")
    if ac.tags:
        print(f"  Tags: {[t.tagFQN for t in ac.tags]}")

Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b",
      "name": "pet",
      "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_api_service.pet",
      "version": 0.1,
      "updatedAt": 1769982733673,
      "updatedBy": "admin",
      "endpointURL": "https://petstore3.swagger.io/#/pet",
      "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/apiCollections/0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b",
      "owners": [],
      "tags": [],
      "service": {
        "id": "58d413a8-abc3-4a6d-bd8a-13a0234b1ff8",
        "type": "apiService",
        "name": "sample_api_service",
        "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_api_service",
        "deleted": false
      },
      "serviceType": "Rest",
      "deleted": false,
      "domains": []
    }
  ],
  "paging": {
    "after": "...",
    "total": 3
  }
}

List API Collections

List all API collections with optional filtering and pagination.

Query Parameters

service · string

Filter by API service fully qualified name.

limit · integer · default: "10"

Maximum number of results to return (max: 1000000).

before · string

Cursor for backward pagination.

after · string

Cursor for forward pagination.

fields · string

Comma-separated list of fields to include: owners, tags, extension, domains, sourceHash. See Supported Fields below.

include · string · default: "non-deleted"

Include all, deleted, or non-deleted entities.

GET /v1/apiCollections

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import APICollections

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

# List first page
collections = APICollections.list(limit=50)
for ac in collections.data:
    print(f"{ac.fullyQualifiedName}")

# List all with auto-pagination
for ac in APICollections.list_all():
    print(f"{ac.fullyQualifiedName}")

# Filter by service
collections = APICollections.list(
    service="sample_api_service",
    fields=["owners", "tags", "domain"],
    limit=50
)

for ac in collections.data:
    print(f"{ac.fullyQualifiedName}")
    if ac.owners:
        print(f"  Owners: {[o.name for o in ac.owners]}")
    if ac.tags:
        print(f"  Tags: {[t.tagFQN for t in ac.tags]}")

Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b",
      "name": "pet",
      "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_api_service.pet",
      "version": 0.1,
      "updatedAt": 1769982733673,
      "updatedBy": "admin",
      "endpointURL": "https://petstore3.swagger.io/#/pet",
      "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/apiCollections/0f7ee81c-8163-4097-8adb-45c3d6c7b14b",
      "owners": [],
      "tags": [],
      "service": {
        "id": "58d413a8-abc3-4a6d-bd8a-13a0234b1ff8",
        "type": "apiService",
        "name": "sample_api_service",
        "fullyQualifiedName": "sample_api_service",
        "deleted": false
      },
      "serviceType": "Rest",
      "deleted": false,
      "domains": []
    }
  ],
  "paging": {
    "after": "...",
    "total": 3
  }
}

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Returns

Returns a paginated list of API collection objects. By default, only basic fields are included. Use the fields parameter to request additional data.

Response

data · array

Array of API collection objects.

Show properties

id · string

Unique identifier for the API collection (UUID format).

name · string

API collection name.

fullyQualifiedName · string

Fully qualified name in format service.collectionName.

displayName · string

Human-readable display name.

endpointURL · string

Base URL for the API collection.

service · object

Reference to the parent API service.

serviceType · string

Type of API service (e.g., Rest).

owners · array

List of owners assigned to the API collection. Only included when fields contains owners.

tags · array

Classification tags applied. Only included when fields contains tags.

domains · array

Domain assignments for governance. Only included when fields contains domains.

extension · object

Custom properties. Only included when fields contains extension.

paging · object

Pagination information.

Show properties

total · integer

Total count of API collections matching the query.

after · string

Cursor for the next page of results. Null if this is the last page.

before · string

Cursor for the previous page of results. Null if this is the first page.

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Supported Fields

The following fields can be requested via the fields query parameter:

Field	Description
owners	Owner references (users and teams)
tags	Classification tags
extension	Custom property values
domains	Domain assignments for governance
sourceHash	Hash for change detection

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Error Handling

Code	Error Type	Description
401	UNAUTHORIZED	Invalid or missing authentication token
403	FORBIDDEN	User lacks permission to list API collections