---
title: "GET /referencestore/{referenceStoreId}/reference/{id}/metadata"
method: GET
path: "/referencestore/{referenceStoreId}/reference/{id}/metadata"
---

# GET /referencestore/{referenceStoreId}/reference/{id}/metadata

`GET /referencestore/{referenceStoreId}/reference/{id}/metadata`

Retrieves metadata for a reference genome. This operation returns the number of parts, part size, and MD5 of an entire file. This operation does not return tags. To retrieve the list of tags for a read set, use the <code>ListTagsForResource</code> API operation.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required
- `referenceStoreId` string, required

## Response `200`

Success

- GetReferenceMetadataResponse
  - `id` string, required — The reference's ID.
  - `arn` string, required — The reference's ARN.
  - `referenceStoreId` string, required — The reference's reference store ID.
  - `md5` string, required — The reference's MD5 checksum.
  - `status` 'ACTIVE' | 'DELETING' | 'DELETED' — The reference's status.
  - `name` string — The reference's name.
  - `description` string — The reference's description.
  - `creationTime` string, date-time, required — When the reference was created.
  - `updateTime` string, date-time, required — When the reference was updated.
  - `files` object — The reference's files.
    - `source` object — The source file's location in Amazon S3.
      - `totalParts` integer — The file's total parts.
      - `partSize` integer — The file's part size.
      - `contentLength` integer — The file's content length.
      - `s3Access` object — The S3 URI metadata of a sequence store.
        - `s3Uri` string — The S3 URI for each read set file.
    - `index` object — The files' index.
      - `totalParts` integer — The file's total parts.
      - `partSize` integer — The file's part size.
      - `contentLength` integer — The file's content length.
      - `s3Access` object — The S3 URI metadata of a sequence store.
        - `s3Uri` string — The S3 URI for each read set file.
  - `creationType` 'IMPORT' — The reference's creation type.
  - `creationJobId` string — The reference's creation job ID.

## Other responses

- `480` — InternalServerException
- `481` — ThrottlingException
- `482` — ValidationException
- `483` — ResourceNotFoundException
- `484` — AccessDeniedException
- `485` — RequestTimeoutException

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