---
title: "Get a user-defined dataset entry"
method: GET
path: "/user-datasets/{ds_code}"
tags: ["User Datasets"]
---

# Get a user-defined dataset entry

`GET /user-datasets/{ds_code}`

Retrieve the catalog entry for a single public user-defined dataset using its `ds_code`.

## Path parameters

- `ds_code` string, required

## Query parameters

- `create_parquet` boolean

## Response `200`

Matching user-defined dataset(s)

- UserDataset
  - `ds_code` string — VegBank dataset identifier
  - `accession_code` string — Accession code identifying older VegBank datasets
  - `start` string, date — Dataset creation date
  - `stop` string, date — User-defined dataset expiration date
  - `name` string — Dataset name
  - `description` string — Dataset description
  - `type` string — Dataset type
  - `owner_label` string — Name of the dataset creator/owner
  - `owner_email` string — Email address of dataset creator/owner
  - `py_code` string — VegBank party identifier for the dataset creator/owner
  - `obs_count` integer — Number of plot observations associated with this dataset

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid Parameters

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