---
title: "GovActionID proposal metadata"
method: GET
path: "/governance/proposals/{gov_action_id}/metadata"
tags: ["Cardano » Governance"]
---

# GovActionID proposal metadata

`GET /governance/proposals/{gov_action_id}/metadata`

Proposal metadata information.

## Path parameters

- `gov_action_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Return the proposal information content

- ProposalMetadataV2
  - `id` string, required — Governance Action Identifier (CIP-0129)
  - `tx_hash` string, required — Off-chain metadata of a proposal with a specific transaction hash
  - `cert_index` integer, required — Off-chain metadata of a proposal with a specific transaction cert_index
  - `url` string, required — URL to the proposal metadata
  - `hash` string, required — Hash of the metadata file
  - `json_metadata` union, required — Content of the JSON metadata (validated CIP-108)
    - string
    - object
    - unknown[]
      - unknown
    - integer
    - number
    - boolean
  - `bytes` string, nullable, required — Content of the metadata (raw)
  - `error` object — Present when metadata could not be fetched or validated.
    - `code` 'HASH_MISMATCH' | 'CONNECTION_ERROR' | 'HTTP_RESPONSE_ERROR' | 'DECODE_ERROR' | 'SIZE_EXCEEDED' | 'UNKNOWN_ERROR', required — Stable machine-readable error code.
    - `message` string, required — Human-readable description of the error.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request
- `403` — Authentication secret is missing or invalid
- `418` — IP has been auto-banned for extensive sending of requests after usage limit has been reached
- `429` — Usage limit reached
- `500` — Internal Server Error

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