---
title: "Get Metadata for Data File"
method: GET
path: "/Metadata/Data/{release}/{filename}"
tags: ["Retrieve Metadata for a Specific File"]
---

# Get Metadata for Data File

`GET /Metadata/Data/{release}/{filename}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://releases.melissadata.net`
- URL: `https://releases.melissadata.net/Metadata/Data/{release}/{filename}`
- Auth: none required

Use this endpoint to retrieve metadata for a given data file and release.

## Path parameters

- `filename` string, required
- `release` string, required

## Query parameters

- `id` string, password, required

## Headers

- `Accept` 'application/json' | '*/*', required
- `Content-Type` 'application/json' | 'application/xml', required

## Response `200`

Successful response.

- ResponseMetadataData
  - `FileName` string
  - `Release` string
  - `BuildDate` string
  - `FileSize` string
  - `MD5` string
  - `SHA1` string
  - `SHA256` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request

## Changes

- **2026-10-17** `c9e825a11c68`: 1 info
  - for the `query` request parameter `id`, the type was generalized from no type to `string`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/melissa/apis/melissa-releases/changes/Metadata/Data/:release/:filename/get.md)

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