GET /v1/tags/{id}

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Tags

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

# Get by ID
tag = Tags.retrieve("68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f")
print(f"{tag.fullyQualifiedName.root}: {getattr(tag.description, 'root', tag.description)}")

# Get by ID with fields
tag = Tags.retrieve(
    "68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f",
    fields=["owners", "children"]
)

# Get by fully qualified name
tag = Tags.retrieve_by_name("Certification.Bronze")

# Get by name with fields
tag = Tags.retrieve_by_name(
    "Certification.Bronze",
    fields=["owners", "children"]
)

// client is an initialized OpenMetadataClient.
var tag = client.tags().get("68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f");

// Get by ID with fields
var tagWithFields = client.tags().get(
    "68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f",
    "owners,children");

// Get by fully qualified name
var tagByName = client.tags().getByName("Certification.Bronze");

// Get by name with fields
var tagByNameWithFields = client.tags().getByName(
    "Certification.Bronze",
    "owners,children");

# Get by ID
curl "{base_url}/api/v1/tags/68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Get by ID with fields
curl "{base_url}/api/v1/tags/68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f?fields=owners,children" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Get by fully qualified name
curl "{base_url}/api/v1/tags/name/Certification.Bronze" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Get by name with fields
curl "{base_url}/api/v1/tags/name/Certification.Bronze?fields=owners,children" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

{
  "id": "68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f",
  "name": "Bronze",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "Certification.Bronze",
  "description": "Bronze certified Data Asset.",
  "style": {
    "color": "#C08320"
  },
  "version": 0.1,
  "updatedAt": 1769982619666,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "classification": {
    "id": "06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94",
    "type": "classification",
    "name": "Certification",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "Certification",
    "deleted": false
  },
  "deleted": false,
  "owners": [],
  "provider": "system",
  "mutuallyExclusive": false
}

GET

tags

{id}

GET /v1/tags/{id}

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Tags

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

# Get by ID
tag = Tags.retrieve("68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f")
print(f"{tag.fullyQualifiedName.root}: {getattr(tag.description, 'root', tag.description)}")

# Get by ID with fields
tag = Tags.retrieve(
    "68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f",
    fields=["owners", "children"]
)

# Get by fully qualified name
tag = Tags.retrieve_by_name("Certification.Bronze")

# Get by name with fields
tag = Tags.retrieve_by_name(
    "Certification.Bronze",
    fields=["owners", "children"]
)

// client is an initialized OpenMetadataClient.
var tag = client.tags().get("68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f");

// Get by ID with fields
var tagWithFields = client.tags().get(
    "68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f",
    "owners,children");

// Get by fully qualified name
var tagByName = client.tags().getByName("Certification.Bronze");

// Get by name with fields
var tagByNameWithFields = client.tags().getByName(
    "Certification.Bronze",
    "owners,children");

# Get by ID
curl "{base_url}/api/v1/tags/68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Get by ID with fields
curl "{base_url}/api/v1/tags/68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f?fields=owners,children" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Get by fully qualified name
curl "{base_url}/api/v1/tags/name/Certification.Bronze" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Get by name with fields
curl "{base_url}/api/v1/tags/name/Certification.Bronze?fields=owners,children" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

{
  "id": "68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f",
  "name": "Bronze",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "Certification.Bronze",
  "description": "Bronze certified Data Asset.",
  "style": {
    "color": "#C08320"
  },
  "version": 0.1,
  "updatedAt": 1769982619666,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "classification": {
    "id": "06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94",
    "type": "classification",
    "name": "Certification",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "Certification",
    "deleted": false
  },
  "deleted": false,
  "owners": [],
  "provider": "system",
  "mutuallyExclusive": false
}

Retrieve a Tag

Get a single tag by its unique ID or fully qualified name.

Get by ID

string

required

UUID of the tag to retrieve.

string

Comma-separated list of fields to include, for example owners,children.

string

default:"non-deleted"

Include all, deleted, or non-deleted entities.

Get by Fully Qualified Name

Use GET /v1/tags/name/{fqn} to retrieve by fully qualified name.

string

required

Fully qualified name of the tag, for example Certification.Bronze.

string

Comma-separated list of fields to include: owners, children.

string

default:"non-deleted"

Include all, deleted, or non-deleted entities.

GET /v1/tags/{id}

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Tags

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

# Get by ID
tag = Tags.retrieve("68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f")
print(f"{tag.fullyQualifiedName.root}: {getattr(tag.description, 'root', tag.description)}")

# Get by ID with fields
tag = Tags.retrieve(
    "68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f",
    fields=["owners", "children"]
)

# Get by fully qualified name
tag = Tags.retrieve_by_name("Certification.Bronze")

# Get by name with fields
tag = Tags.retrieve_by_name(
    "Certification.Bronze",
    fields=["owners", "children"]
)

// client is an initialized OpenMetadataClient.
var tag = client.tags().get("68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f");

// Get by ID with fields
var tagWithFields = client.tags().get(
    "68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f",
    "owners,children");

// Get by fully qualified name
var tagByName = client.tags().getByName("Certification.Bronze");

// Get by name with fields
var tagByNameWithFields = client.tags().getByName(
    "Certification.Bronze",
    "owners,children");

# Get by ID
curl "{base_url}/api/v1/tags/68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Get by ID with fields
curl "{base_url}/api/v1/tags/68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f?fields=owners,children" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Get by fully qualified name
curl "{base_url}/api/v1/tags/name/Certification.Bronze" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

# Get by name with fields
curl "{base_url}/api/v1/tags/name/Certification.Bronze?fields=owners,children" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}"

{
  "id": "68ec158c-5f5e-4277-8a19-5e9e0cd5294f",
  "name": "Bronze",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "Certification.Bronze",
  "description": "Bronze certified Data Asset.",
  "style": {
    "color": "#C08320"
  },
  "version": 0.1,
  "updatedAt": 1769982619666,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "classification": {
    "id": "06d90883-6be9-4f7e-9475-753f10a95e94",
    "type": "classification",
    "name": "Certification",
    "fullyQualifiedName": "Certification",
    "deleted": false
  },
  "deleted": false,
  "owners": [],
  "provider": "system",
  "mutuallyExclusive": false
}

Returns

Returns a tag object with all requested fields populated.

Response

string

Unique identifier for the tag (UUID format).

string

Tag name.

string

Fully qualified name of the tag.

string

Human-readable display name.

string

Description of the tag in Markdown format.

object

Visual styling for the tag.

object

Reference to the parent classification.

string

Provider: user or system.

array

List of owners. Only included when fields contains owners.

array

Child tag references. Only included when fields contains children.

number

Version number for the entity.

Error Handling

Code	Error Type	Description
`401`	`UNAUTHORIZED`	Invalid or missing authentication token
`403`	`FORBIDDEN`	User lacks permission to view this tag
`404`	`NOT_FOUND`	Tag with given ID or FQN does not exist

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Retrieve a Tag

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Retrieve a Tag

Get by ID

Get by Fully Qualified Name

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