API Reference

Get Object Type

GET/api/v1/ontologies/{ontologyRid}/objectTypes/{objectType}

Gets a specific object type with the given API name.

Third-party applications using this endpoint via OAuth2 must request the following operation scope: api:ontologies-read.

Path parameters

ontologyRid

string

The unique Resource Identifier (RID) of the Ontology that contains the object type. To look up your Ontology RID, please use the List ontologies endpoint or check the Ontology Manager.

objectType

string

The API name of the object type. To find the API name, use the List object types endpoint or check the Ontology Manager.

Response body

ObjectType

object

Success response.

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apiName

string

The name of the object type in the API in camelCase format. To find the API name for your Object Type, use the List object types endpoint or check the Ontology Manager.

displayName

string

optional

The display name of the entity.

status

string (enum)

The release status of the entity.

Enum values: ACTIVE, EXPERIMENTAL, DEPRECATED

description

string

optional

The description of the object type.

visibility

string (enum)

optional

The suggested visibility of the object type.

Enum values: NORMAL, PROMINENT, HIDDEN

primaryKey

list<PropertyApiName>

optional

The primary key of the object. This is a list of properties that can be used to uniquely identify the object.

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PropertyApiName

string

The name of the property in the API. To find the API name for your property, use the Get object type endpoint or check the Ontology Manager.

properties

map<PropertyApiName, Property>

optional

A map of the properties of the object type.

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PropertyApiName

string

The name of the property in the API. To find the API name for your property, use the Get object type endpoint or check the Ontology Manager.

Property

object

Details about some property of an object.

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description

string

optional

displayName

string

optional

The display name of the entity.

baseType

string

A string indicating the type of each data value. Note that these types can be nested, for example an array of structs.

Type	JSON value
Array	`Array<T>`, where `T` is the type of the array elements, e.g. `Array<String>`.
Attachment	`Attachment`
Boolean	`Boolean`
Byte	`Byte`
Date	`LocalDate`
Decimal	`Decimal`
Double	`Double`
Float	`Float`
Integer	`Integer`
Long	`Long`
Marking	`Marking`
OntologyObject	`OntologyObject<T>` where `T` is the API name of the referenced object type.
Short	`Short`
String	`String`
Struct	`Struct<T>` where `T` contains field name and type pairs, e.g. `Struct<{ firstName: String, lastName: string }>`
Timeseries	`TimeSeries<T>` where `T` is either `String` for an enum series or `Double` for a numeric series.
Timestamp	`Timestamp`

rid

string

The unique resource identifier of an object type, useful for interacting with other Foundry APIs.

Examples

Request

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curl \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
	"https://$HOSTNAME/api/v1/ontologies/ri.ontology.main.ontology.c61d9ab5-2919-4127-a0a1-ac64c0ce6367/objectTypes/employee"

Response

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{
  "apiName": "employee",
  "description": "A full-time or part-time employee of our firm",
  "primaryKey": [
    "employeeId"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "employeeId": {
      "baseType": "Integer"
    },
    "fullName": {
      "baseType": "String"
    },
    "office": {
      "description": "The unique ID of the employee's primary assigned office",
      "baseType": "String"
    },
    "startDate": {
      "description": "The date the employee was hired (most recently, if they were re-hired)",
      "baseType": "Date"
    }
  },
  "rid": "ri.ontology.main.object-type.0381eda6-69bb-4cb7-8ba0-c6158e094a04"
}