---
title: "Get a list of Network Function Chains"
method: POST
path: "/network_function_chains/list"
tags: ["network_function_chain"]
---

# Get a list of Network Function Chains

`POST /network_function_chains/list`

This operation gets a list of Network Function Chains, allowing for sorting and pagination. Note: Entities that have not been created successfully are not listed.

## Request body

- NetworkFunctionChainListMetadata — All api calls that return a list will have this metadata block as input
  - `filter` string — The filter in FIQL syntax used for the results.
  - `kind` string — The kind name
  - `sort_order` string — The sort order in which results are returned
  - `offset` integer — Offset from the start of the entity list
  - `length` integer — The number of records to retrieve relative to the offset
  - `sort_attribute` string — The attribute to perform sort on

## Response `200`

Success

- NetworkFunctionChainListIntentResponse — Response object for intentful operation of network_function_chains
  - `entities` NetworkFunctionChainIntentResource[]
    - `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
    - `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
  - `api_version` string, required
  - `metadata` NetworkFunctionChainListMetadataOutput, required — All api calls that return a list will have this metadata block
    - `filter` string — The filter used for the results
    - `kind` string — The kind name
    - `sort_order` string — The sort order in which results are returned
    - `offset` integer — Offset from the start of the entity list
    - `total_matches` integer — Total matches found
    - `length` integer — The number of records retrieved relative to the offset
    - `sort_attribute` string — The attribute to perform sort on

## Other responses

- `default` — Internal Error

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