---
title: "Get a Network Function Chain"
method: GET
path: "/network_function_chains/{uuid}"
tags: ["network_function_chain"]
---

# Get a Network Function Chain

`GET /network_function_chains/{uuid}`

Given a UUID, returns a network_function_chain definition.

## Path parameters

- `uuid` string, UUID, required

## Response `200`

Success

- NetworkFunctionChainIntentResponse — Response object for intentful operations on a network_function_chain
  - `status` NetworkFunctionChainDefStatus — Network function chain status definition.
    - `state` string — The state of the entity.
    - `message_list` MessageResource[]
      - `message` string, required — If state is ERROR, a message describing the error.
      - `reason` string, required — If state is ERROR, a machine-readable snake-cased string.
      - `details` object — Custom key-value details relevant to the status.
    - `name` string, required — Network function chain name.
    - `resources` NetworkFunctionChainResource, required — network function chain resource definition.
      - `network_function_list` NetworkFunctionResource[] — Referenced network functions in the chain.
        - `network_function_type` string, required — The type of the network function.
        - `category_filter` CategoryFilter, required — A category filter.
          - `type` string — The type of the filter being used.
          - `kind_list` string[] — List of kinds associated with this filter.
          - `params` object, required — A list of category key and list of values.
    - `cluster_reference` ClusterReference — The reference to a cluster
      - `kind` string, required — The kind name
      - `name` string
      - `uuid` string, UUID, required
  - `spec` NetworkFunctionChain — network function chain Input Definition.
    - `name` string, required — Network function chain name.
    - `resources` NetworkFunctionChainResource, required — network function chain resource definition.
      - `network_function_list` NetworkFunctionResource[] — Referenced network functions in the chain.
        - `network_function_type` string, required — The type of the network function.
        - `category_filter` CategoryFilter, required — A category filter.
          - `type` string — The type of the filter being used.
          - `kind_list` string[] — List of kinds associated with this filter.
          - `params` object, required — A list of category key and list of values.
    - `cluster_reference` ClusterReference — The reference to a cluster
      - `kind` string, required — The kind name
      - `name` string
      - `uuid` string, UUID, required
  - `api_version` string, required
  - `metadata` NetworkFunctionChainMetadata, required — The network_function_chain kind metadata
    - `last_update_time` string, date-time — UTC date and time in RFC-3339 format when network_function_chain was last updated
    - `kind` string, required — The kind name
    - `uuid` string, UUID — network_function_chain uuid
    - `spec_version` integer — Version number of the latest spec.
    - `creation_time` string, date-time — UTC date and time in RFC-3339 format when network_function_chain was created
    - `spec_hash` string — Hash of the spec. This will be returned from server.
    - `should_force_translate` boolean — Applied on Prism Central only. Indicate whether force to translate the spec of the fanout request to fit the target cluster API schema.
    - `owner_reference` UserReference — The reference to a user
      - `kind` string, required — The kind name
      - `name` string
      - `uuid` string, UUID, required
    - `categories` object — Categories for the network_function_chain
    - `name` string — network_function_chain name

## Other responses

- `default` — Internal Error

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