---
title: "Get artifact metadata"
method: GET
path: "/groups/{groupId}/artifacts/{artifactId}"
tags: ["Metadata"]
---

# Get artifact metadata

`GET /groups/{groupId}/artifacts/{artifactId}`

## Request

- The document declares no server URL.
- Auth: none declared

Gets the metadata for an artifact in the registry, based on the latest version. If the latest version of the artifact is marked as `DISABLED`, the next available non-disabled version will be used. The returned metadata includes
both generated (read-only) and editable metadata (such as name and description).

This operation can fail for the following reasons:

* No artifact with this `artifactId` exists  or all versions are `DISABLED` (HTTP error `404`)
* A server error occurred (HTTP error `500`)

## Response `200`

The artifact's metadata.

- ArtifactMetaData
  - `name` string
  - `description` string
  - `owner` string, required
  - `createdOn` string, date-time, required
  - `modifiedBy` string, required
  - `modifiedOn` string, date-time, required
  - `artifactType` string, required
  - `labels` Labels: User-defined name-value pairs. Name and value must be strings.
  - `groupId` string, required: An ID of a single artifact group.
  - `artifactId` string, required: The ID of a single artifact.
  - `contractMetadata` ContractMetadata: Contract metadata for an artifact.
    - `status` 'DRAFT' | 'STABLE' | 'DEPRECATED': The contract lifecycle status.
    - `ownerTeam` string: The team that owns the contract.
    - `ownerDomain` string: The domain the contract belongs to.
    - `supportContact` string: Support contact email.
    - `classification` 'PUBLIC' | 'INTERNAL' | 'CONFIDENTIAL' | 'RESTRICTED': Data classification level.
    - `stage` 'DEV' | 'STAGE' | 'PROD': Promotion stage.
    - `stableDate` string: ISO-8601 date when contract became stable.
    - `deprecatedDate` string: ISO-8601 date when contract was deprecated.
    - `deprecationReason` string: Reason for deprecation.
    - `compatibilityGroup` string: Compatibility group for schema evolution scoping.

## Other responses

- `401`: Common response for all operations that can return a `401` error indicating authentication is required.
- `403`: Common response for all operations that can return a `403` error indicating the user is authenticated but not authorized.
- `404`: Common response for all operations that can return a `404` error.
- `500`: Common response for all operations that can fail with an unexpected server error.

## Changes

- **2026-10-31** `ff9684af2aad`: 20 info
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `401` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `403` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `404` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `500` status
  - …16 more
- **2026-10-29** `f17f5df4e79c`: 4 info
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `401` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `403` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `404` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `500` status
- **2026-05-19** `96ff089c4fd9`: 1 info
  - added the optional property `contractMetadata/compatibilityGroup` to the response with the `200` status
- **2026-04-16** `9547b63c5be8`: 1 info
  - added the optional property `contractMetadata` to the response with the `200` status
- **2025-12-16** `440db8997574`: 2 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/apicurio/apis/apicurio-registry-api-v3/changes/groups/:groupId/artifacts/:artifactId/get.md)

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