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Get a canon grain

Canon module

GET/canon/grains/{grain}canonGrains.get

Grain: class, unit or lot (Section 3.9). Returns one canon grain with its `ETag`. A canon grain the caller may not see returns 404.

  • Requires the capability canon.taxonomy.read.
  • OAuth scopes: canon.
  • Error statuses: 400, 401, 404, 429. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details.

Path and query parameters

canonGrains.get: Path and query parameters
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
grainGrainCodeYesGrain from `xpms.dim_grain` (Section 3.9).Constraints: pattern ^[a-z]+$
fieldsFieldsNoSparse fieldset: a comma-separated list of top-level fields to return. `id` is always returned.Constraints: pattern ^[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*(,[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)*$

Response 200: CanonGrain

canonGrains.get: CanonGrain
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
grainGrainCodeYesGrain from `xpms.dim_grain` (Section 3.9).Constraints: pattern ^[a-z]+$
countsstringYesWhat it counts.Constraints: length 1 to 300
identified_bystringYesHow it is identified.Constraints: length 1 to 300
answersstringYesWhat it answers.Constraints: length 1 to 300
notestring | nullYesNote from the Bible.Constraints: length 1 to 20000
{
  "grain": "unit",
  "counts": "One physical thing",
  "identified_by": "Serial or asset tag",
  "answers": "Where is this one?",
  "note": "Tracked individually."
}

Code samples

curl -X GET "$XOS_BASE_URL/canon/grains/unit" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY"
const { data, etag } = await xos.canonGrains.get("unit");
response = xos.canon_grains.get("unit")
xos canon-grains get unit