---
title: "Describe a set of resources"
method: POST
path: "/tools/bulk-content"
tags: ["System"]
---

# Describe a set of resources

`POST /tools/bulk-content`

Get the content all the DICOM patients, studies, series or instances whose identifiers are provided in the `Resources` field, in one single call.

## Request body

- object
  - `Full` boolean — If set to `true`, report the DICOM tags in full format (tags indexed by their hexadecimal format, associated with their symbolic name and their value)
  - `Level` string — This optional argument specifies the level of interest (can be `Patient`, `Study`, `Series` or `Instance`). Orthanc will loop over the items inside `Resources`, and explore upward or downward in the DICOM hierarchy in order to find the level of interest.
  - `Metadata` boolean — If set to `true` (default value), the metadata associated with the resources will also be retrieved.
  - `Resources` string[] — List of the Orthanc identifiers of the patients/studies/series/instances of interest.
  - `Short` boolean — If set to `true`, report the DICOM tags in hexadecimal format

## Response `200`

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