Items - Get Item Definition

Service:

Core

API Version:

v1

Returns the specified item definition.

This API is supported for a number of item types, find the supported item types and information about their definition structure in Item definition overview. When you get an item's definition, the sensitivity label is not a part of the definition.

This API supports long running operations (LRO).

Permissions

The caller must have contributor or higher workspace role.

Required Delegated Scopes

For item APIs use these scope types:

• Generic scope: Item.ReadWrite.All
• Specific scope: itemType.ReadWrite.All (for example: Notebook.ReadWrite.All)

for more information about scopes, see Scopes article.

Limitations

This API is blocked for an item with a protected sensitivity label, unless the caller has the usage rights to delete the sensitivity label.

Microsoft Entra supported identities

This API supports the Microsoft identities listed in this section.

Identity	Support
User	Yes
Service principal	When the item type in the call is supported. Check the corresponding API for the item type you're calling, to see if your call is supported. For example, semantic models are supported.
Managed identities	When the item type in the call is supported. Check the corresponding API for the item type you're calling, to see if your call is supported. For example, semantic models are supported.

Interface

POST https://api.fabric.microsoft.com/v1/workspaces/{workspaceId}/items/{itemId}/getDefinition

With optional parameters:

POST https://api.fabric.microsoft.com/v1/workspaces/{workspaceId}/items/{itemId}/getDefinition?format={format}

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
itemId	path	True	string uuid	The item ID.
workspaceId	path	True	string uuid	The workspace ID.
format	query		string	The format of the item definition.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	ItemDefinitionResponse	Request completed successfully.
202 Accepted		Request accepted. Retrieving the definition is in progress. Headers Location: string x-ms-operation-id: string Retry-After: integer
Other Status Codes	ErrorResponse	Common error codes: OperationNotSupportedForItem - Operation not supported for requested item.

Examples

Get an item definition example

Sample request

HTTP

POST https://api.fabric.microsoft.com/v1/workspaces/6e335e92-a2a2-4b5a-970a-bd6a89fbb765/items/cfafbeb1-8037-4d0c-896e-a46fb27ff229/getDefinition

Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "definition": {
    "parts": [
      {
        "path": "report.json",
        "payload": "QmFzZTY0U3RyaW5n",
        "payloadType": "InlineBase64"
      },
      {
        "path": "definition.pbir",
        "payload": "QW5vdGhlckJhc2U2NFN0cmluZw",
        "payloadType": "InlineBase64"
      },
      {
        "path": ".platform",
        "payload": "ZG90UGxhdGZvcm1CYXNlNjRTdHJpbmc=",
        "payloadType": "InlineBase64"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Status code:

202

Location: https://api.fabric.microsoft.com/v1/operations/431e8d7b-4a95-4c02-8ccd-6faef5ba1bd7
x-ms-operation-id: 431e8d7b-4a95-4c02-8ccd-6faef5ba1bd7
Retry-After: 30

Definitions

Name	Description
ErrorRelatedResource	The error related resource details object.
ErrorResponse	The error response.
ErrorResponseDetails	The error response details.
ItemDefinition	An item definition object.
ItemDefinitionPart	An item definition part object.
ItemDefinitionResponse	Item public definition response.
PayloadType	The type of the definition part payload. Additional payload types may be added over time.

ErrorRelatedResource

The error related resource details object.

Name	Type	Description
resourceId	string	The resource ID that's involved in the error.
resourceType	string	The type of the resource that's involved in the error.

ErrorResponse

The error response.

Name	Type	Description
errorCode	string	A specific identifier that provides information about an error condition, allowing for standardized communication between our service and its users.
message	string	A human readable representation of the error.
moreDetails	ErrorResponseDetails[]	List of additional error details.
relatedResource	ErrorRelatedResource	The error related resource details.
requestId	string	ID of the request associated with the error.

ErrorResponseDetails

The error response details.

Name	Type	Description
errorCode	string	A specific identifier that provides information about an error condition, allowing for standardized communication between our service and its users.
message	string	A human readable representation of the error.
relatedResource	ErrorRelatedResource	The error related resource details.

ItemDefinition

An item definition object.

Name	Type	Description
format	string	The format of the item definition.
parts	ItemDefinitionPart[]	A list of definition parts.

ItemDefinitionPart

An item definition part object.

Name	Type	Description
path	string	The item part path.
payload	string	The item part payload.
payloadType	PayloadType	The payload type.

ItemDefinitionResponse

Item public definition response.

Name	Type	Description
definition	ItemDefinition	An item definition object.

PayloadType

The type of the definition part payload. Additional payload types may be added over time.

Name	Type	Description
InlineBase64	string	Inline Base 64.