---
title: "GET /about/{uri}/?view=attributes"
method: GET
path: "/about/{uri}/?view=attributes"
---

# GET /about/{uri}/?view=attributes

`GET /about/{uri}/?view=attributes`

## Request

- The document declares no server URL.
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/tetherless-world/apis/whyis/docs/about/:uri/%3Fview=attributes/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `uri` string, uri, required

## Response `200`

Returns all properties of `uri` whose values are literals, as well as all sio attributes `uri` has. If units are specified for any attributes, the units are also returned. The following properties are excluded: `foaf:depiction`, `sioc:content`, `skos:definition`, `dc:abstract`, `dc:description`, `dc:summary`, `rdfs:comment`, `dcelements:description`, `<http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000115>`, `prov:value`, `sio:hasValue`, and `<http://dbpedia.org/ontology/abstract>`.

- object
  - `@id` string, uri: The URI of this resource.
  - `attributes` object[]: A list of attributes of this URI
    - `@id` string, uri: The URI of this attribute
    - `label` string: The label of this attribute
    - `values` object[]: A list of values this attribute takes
      - `value` string: One value this attribute takes
  - `description` object[]: A list of summary properties for the specified URI (see /?view=summary).
    - `@id` string, url: The URI of the summary predicate
    - `label` string: A human-readable label for the summary predicate
    - `value` string: The plaintext string that is the value of the summary property
  - `label` string: The label of this resource, taken from the list of label properties.
  - `type` object[]: A list of every `rdf:type` this resource is a member of.
    - `@id` string, url: The URI the `rdf:type`
    - `label` string: The label of the `rdf:type`, taken from the list of label properties

## Changes

- **2019-12-05** `bc4045d9aea4`: 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2019-11-19** `76aba0169ecc`: 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/tetherless-world/apis/whyis/changes/about/:uri/%3Fview=attributes/get.md)

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