---
title: "Read the metadata of a data object."
method: GET
path: "/data-repository/data/{dataId}"
tags: ["Data Repository"]
---

# Read the metadata of a data object.

`GET /data-repository/data/{dataId}`

## Path parameters

- `dataId` string, required

## Response `200`

Ok

- DataRepositoryDataInfo — Information about one data entity. General metadata about the associated piece of business data.
  - `contentType` string, nullable
  - `createdBy` integer, nullable
  - `creationTimestamp` string, date-time
  - `dataId` string — Data identifier. It is a string composed of the type identifier and a UUID: `data:[UUID]`.
  - `dataProviderType` 'INTERNAL' | 'EXTERNAL' — Identifies if a data is - `INTERNAL`: data is stored and managed by `data-repository` service or - `EXTERNAL`: data is stored and managed by an external service. Only a reference for it is stored in `data-repository` service.
  - `dataSize` integer, nullable
  - `dataType` string — Reference to a component version. Components are organized into a group hierarchy which serves as a qualification mechanism to avoid collisions and also to group components semantically. Component versions follow the convention of semantic versioning. The fully qualified reference of a component version follows the following syntax: `[component_group]:[component]:[component_version]`.
  - `data_info_type` string, required
  - `origin` 'USER_UPLOAD' | 'WORKFLOW_EXECUTION', nullable — Identifies the origin of data creation: - `USER_UPLOAD`: data was uploaded or registered directly by a user through the API - `WORKFLOW_EXECUTION`: data was created as a result of a workflow run
  - `originalFileName` string, nullable
  - `projectId` string

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