Retrieve sinks by external IDs
Required capabilities:
subscribeSignalsAcl:READ
Retrieve one or more sinks by their external IDs.
POST
/
processes
/
signals
/
sinks
/
byids
Retrieve sinks by external IDs
curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks/byids \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"type": "email",
"externalId": "my.known.id"
}
],
"ignoreUnknownIds": false
}
'import requests
url = "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks/byids"
payload = {
"items": [
{
"type": "email",
"externalId": "my.known.id"
}
],
"ignoreUnknownIds": False
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({items: [{type: 'email', externalId: 'my.known.id'}], ignoreUnknownIds: false})
};
fetch('https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks/byids', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks/byids",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'items' => [
[
'type' => 'email',
'externalId' => 'my.known.id'
]
],
'ignoreUnknownIds' => false
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks/byids"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"email\",\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\"\n }\n ],\n \"ignoreUnknownIds\": false\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks/byids")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"email\",\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\"\n }\n ],\n \"ignoreUnknownIds\": false\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks/byids")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"email\",\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\"\n }\n ],\n \"ignoreUnknownIds\": false\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"items": [
{
"type": "email",
"externalId": "my.known.id",
"emailAddress": "<string>",
"createdTime": 1730204346000,
"lastUpdatedTime": 1730204346000
}
]
}{
"error": {
"code": 400,
"message": "`null` values aren't allowed."
}
}{
"error": {
"code": 401,
"message": "Could not authenticate.",
"missing": [
{}
],
"duplicated": [
{}
]
}
}Authorizations
oidc-tokenoauth2-client-credentialsoauth2-open-industrial-dataoauth2-auth-code
Access token issued by the CDF project's configured identity provider. Access token must be an OpenID Connect token, and the project must be configured to accept OpenID Connect tokens. Use a header key of 'Authorization' with a value of 'Bearer $accesstoken'. The token can be obtained through any flow supported by the identity provider.
Headers
cdf version header. Use this to specify the requested CDF release.
Example:
"alpha"
Body
application/json
Sinks to retrieve.
Required array length:
1 - 100 elementsReference to a sink. If the type is "user", the user must exist in the user profiles API.
- EmailSinkId
- UserSinkId
- CurrentUserSinkId
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Ignore external IDs that are not found
Response
Retrieved sinks.
Maximum array length:
100Description of an e-mail sink.
- EmailSink
- UserSink
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Last modified on September 3, 2026
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Retrieve sinks by external IDs
curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks/byids \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"type": "email",
"externalId": "my.known.id"
}
],
"ignoreUnknownIds": false
}
'import requests
url = "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks/byids"
payload = {
"items": [
{
"type": "email",
"externalId": "my.known.id"
}
],
"ignoreUnknownIds": False
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({items: [{type: 'email', externalId: 'my.known.id'}], ignoreUnknownIds: false})
};
fetch('https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks/byids', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks/byids",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'items' => [
[
'type' => 'email',
'externalId' => 'my.known.id'
]
],
'ignoreUnknownIds' => false
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks/byids"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"email\",\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\"\n }\n ],\n \"ignoreUnknownIds\": false\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks/byids")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"email\",\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\"\n }\n ],\n \"ignoreUnknownIds\": false\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/processes/signals/sinks/byids")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"email\",\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\"\n }\n ],\n \"ignoreUnknownIds\": false\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"items": [
{
"type": "email",
"externalId": "my.known.id",
"emailAddress": "<string>",
"createdTime": 1730204346000,
"lastUpdatedTime": 1730204346000
}
]
}{
"error": {
"code": 400,
"message": "`null` values aren't allowed."
}
}{
"error": {
"code": 401,
"message": "Could not authenticate.",
"missing": [
{}
],
"duplicated": [
{}
]
}
}