---
title: "Get metastore summary"
method: GET
path: "/metastore_summary"
tags: ["Metastores"]
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# Get metastore summary

`GET /metastore_summary`

## Request

- Base URL: `http://localhost:8080/api/2.1/unity-catalog`
- URL: `http://localhost:8080/api/2.1/unity-catalog/metastore_summary`
- Auth: none declared

Gets information about the metastore hosted by this Unity Catalog service (currently the service hosts only one metastore)

## Response `200`

The metastore summary was successfully retrieved.

- GetMetastoreSummaryResponse
  - `metastore_id` string: Unique identifier of the metastore.

## Changes

- **2024-10-11** `be4ed2a6f77c`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/unitycatalog/apis/unity-catalog-api/changes/metastore_summary/get.md)

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