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

# Get artifact version metadata

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

## Request

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

Retrieves the metadata for a single version of the artifact.  The version metadata is 
a subset of the artifact metadata and only includes the metadata that is specific to
the version (for example, this doesn't include `modifiedOn`).

This operation can fail for the following reasons:

* No artifact with this `artifactId` exists (HTTP error `404`)
* No version with this `version` exists (HTTP error `404`)
* A server error occurred (HTTP error `500`)

## Response `200`

The artifact version's metadata.

- VersionMetaData
  - `version` string, required: A single version of an artifact. Can be provided by the client when creating a new version, or it can be server-generated. The value can be any string unique to the artifact, but it is recommended to use a simple integer or a semver value.
  - `name` string
  - `description` string
  - `owner` string, required
  - `createdOn` string, date-time, required
  - `artifactType` string, required
  - `globalId` integer, required
  - `state` 'ENABLED' | 'DISABLED' | 'DEPRECATED' | 'DRAFT' | 'SUNSET': Describes the state of an artifact or artifact version. * ENABLED * DISABLED * DEPRECATED * DRAFT * SUNSET — Signals that a migration deadline has passed and the version will be removed. Requires transitioning through DEPRECATED first. Added in 3.3.0.
  - `labels` Labels: User-defined name-value pairs. Name and value must be strings.
  - `groupId` string: An ID of a single artifact group.
  - `contentId` integer, required
  - `artifactId` string, required: The ID of a single artifact.
  - `modifiedBy` string
  - `modifiedOn` string, date-time

## Other responses

- `400`: Common response for all operations that can return a `400` error.
- `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`: 25 info
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `400` status
  - 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
  - …21 more
- **2026-10-29** `f17f5df4e79c`: 5 info
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `400` status
  - 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
  - …1 more
- **2026-05-18** `561c6d6c6989`: 1 warning
  - added the new `SUNSET` enum value to the `state` response property for the response status `200`
- **2025-12-16** `440db8997574`: 2 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`
- **2024-10-22** `e6e71fdbedf5`: 2 info
  - added the optional property `modifiedBy` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `modifiedOn` to the response with the `200` status

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

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