---
title: "Get dataset description"
method: GET
path: "/data/{id}"
tags: ["data"]
---

# Get dataset description

`GET /data/{id}`

Returns information about a dataset. The information includes the name, information about the creator, URL to download it and more.

## Path parameters

- `id` number, required

## Query parameters

- `api_key` string

## Response `200`

A dataset description

- Data
  - `data_set_description` DataDataSetDescription
    - `id` string — ID of the dataset, a positive integer
    - `name` string, required — The name of the dataset
    - `version` string — The version of the dataset, set by OpenML. A positive integer
    - `description` string, required — Wiki description of the dataset, in (Git flavoured) markdown format
    - `format` string, required — Data format, for instance ARFF
    - `upload_date` string — The datetime that the dataset was uploaded, format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
    - `licence` string — The licence granted for using the dataset, for instance Public or CC-BY
    - `url` string — The URL where the data can be downloaded
    - `file_id` string — The ID of the dataset file stored on the OpenML server
    - `default_target_attribute` string — For tabular data, the name of the column that is typically used as the target attribute for that data set
    - `version_label` string — The version of the dataset, as defined by the uploader, for reference. Can be any format as long as it is unique.
    - `tag` string[] — Tags added by OpenML users. Includes study tags in the form `study_1`
    - `visibility` string — Who can see the dataset. For instance `public`.
    - `original_data_url` string — The URL where the original data is hosted.
    - `status` string — active, in_preparation, or deactivated
    - `md5_checksum` string — Checksum to verify downloads of the dataset

## Other responses

- `412` — Precondition failed. An error code and message are returned 110 - Please provide data_id. 111 - Unknown dataset. Data set description with data_id was not found in the database. 112 - No access granted. This dataset is not shared with you.

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