---
title: "GET /distribution/{name}/json"
method: GET
path: "/distribution/{name}/json"
---

# GET /distribution/{name}/json

`GET /distribution/{name}/json`

Get image information from the registry

## Path parameters

- `name` string, required

## Response `200`

The request has succeeded.

- DistributionInspect — Describes the result obtained from contacting the registry to retrieve image metadata.
  - `Descriptor` OCIDescriptor, required — A descriptor struct containing digest, media type, and size, as defined in the [OCI Content Descriptors Specification](https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/blob/v1.0.1/descriptor.md).
    - `mediaType` string — The media type of the object this schema refers to.
    - `digest` string — The digest of the targeted content.
    - `size` integer — The size in bytes of the blob.
    - `urls` string[], nullable — List of URLs from which this object MAY be downloaded.
    - `annotations` object, nullable — Arbitrary metadata relating to the targeted content.
    - `data` string, nullable — Data is an embedding of the targeted content. This is encoded as a base64 string when marshalled to JSON (automatically, by encoding/json). If present, Data can be used directly to avoid fetching the targeted content.
    - `platform` OCIPlatform — Describes the platform which the image in the manifest runs on, as defined in the [OCI Image Index Specification](https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/blob/v1.0.1/image-index.md).
      - `architecture` string — The CPU architecture, for example `amd64` or `ppc64`.
      - `os` string — The operating system, for example `linux` or `windows`.
      - `os.version` string — Optional field specifying the operating system version, for example on Windows `10.0.19041.1165`.
      - `os.features` string[] — Optional field specifying an array of strings, each listing a required OS feature (for example on Windows `win32k`).
      - `variant` string — Optional field specifying a variant of the CPU, for example `v7` to specify ARMv7 when architecture is `arm`.
    - `artifactType` string, nullable — ArtifactType is the IANA media type of this artifact.
  - `Platforms` OCIPlatform[], required — An array containing all platforms supported by the image.
    - `architecture` string — The CPU architecture, for example `amd64` or `ppc64`.
    - `os` string — The operating system, for example `linux` or `windows`.
    - `os.version` string — Optional field specifying the operating system version, for example on Windows `10.0.19041.1165`.
    - `os.features` string[] — Optional field specifying an array of strings, each listing a required OS feature (for example on Windows `win32k`).
    - `variant` string — Optional field specifying a variant of the CPU, for example `v7` to specify ARMv7 when architecture is `arm`.

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