Python SDK
res = client.data_modeling.containers.retrieve(('mySpace', 'myContainer'))
from cognite.client.data_classes.data_modeling import ContainerId
res = client.data_modeling.containers.retrieve(ContainerId(space='mySpace', external_id='myContainer'))curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/models/containers/byids \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "<string>",
"space": "<string>"
}
]
}
'const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({items: [{externalId: '<string>', space: '<string>'}]})
};
fetch('https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/models/containers/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}/models/containers/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' => [
[
'externalId' => '<string>',
'space' => '<string>'
]
]
]),
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}/models/containers/byids"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"<string>\",\n \"space\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\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}/models/containers/byids")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"<string>\",\n \"space\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/models/containers/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 \"externalId\": \"<string>\",\n \"space\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"items": [
{
"space": "<string>",
"externalId": "<string>",
"usedFor": "node",
"createdTime": 1730204346000,
"lastUpdatedTime": 1730204346000,
"isGlobal": true,
"properties": {},
"name": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"constraints": {},
"indexes": {}
}
]
}{
"error": {
"code": 401,
"message": "Could not authenticate.",
"missing": [
{}
],
"duplicated": [
{}
]
}
}Retrieve containers by their external ids
Required capabilities:
dataModelsAcl:READ
Retrieve up to 100 containers by their specified external ids.
POST
/
models
/
containers
/
byids
Python SDK
res = client.data_modeling.containers.retrieve(('mySpace', 'myContainer'))
from cognite.client.data_classes.data_modeling import ContainerId
res = client.data_modeling.containers.retrieve(ContainerId(space='mySpace', external_id='myContainer'))curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/models/containers/byids \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "<string>",
"space": "<string>"
}
]
}
'const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({items: [{externalId: '<string>', space: '<string>'}]})
};
fetch('https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/models/containers/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}/models/containers/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' => [
[
'externalId' => '<string>',
'space' => '<string>'
]
]
]),
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}/models/containers/byids"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"<string>\",\n \"space\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\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}/models/containers/byids")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"<string>\",\n \"space\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/models/containers/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 \"externalId\": \"<string>\",\n \"space\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"items": [
{
"space": "<string>",
"externalId": "<string>",
"usedFor": "node",
"createdTime": 1730204346000,
"lastUpdatedTime": 1730204346000,
"isGlobal": true,
"properties": {},
"name": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"constraints": {},
"indexes": {}
}
]
}{
"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.
Body
application/json
List of external-ids of containers to retrieve.
Required array length:
1 - 100 elementsShow child attributes
Show child attributes
Response
List of containers
List of containers
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Last modified on July 10, 2026
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