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# Get Asset

GET https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/{project_name}/media/assets/{asset_name}

Get an asset by name.

RBAC Capability Required: `ams.asset.get`

Reference: https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/mkio/api/media/assets/get-asset

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `project_name` (string, required)
- `asset_name` (string, required)

## Response

### 200

A single Asset.

- `properties` (AssetProperties, required) — The properties of the asset.
- `id` (string, optional) — Fully qualified resource ID for the resource. Ex - /subscriptions/\{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/\{resourceGroupName}/providers/\{resourceProviderNamespace}/\{resourceType}/\{resourceName}
- `labels` (map from string to string, optional) — A dictionary of labels associated with the resource. - Maximum number of labels: 32. - Maximum length of a label or value: 256 characters. - Label: alphanumeric, hyphens and underscores. - Value: alphanumeric, hyphens, underscores and spaces.
- `name` (string, optional) — The name of the resource
- `systemData` (SystemDataSchema, optional) — Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.
- `type` (string, optional) — The type of the resource. E.g. "Microsoft.Media/mediaservices/assets"

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 404 Not Found Error

Not Found

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Too Many Requests

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

## Types

### AssetProperties

- `storageAccountName` (string, required) — The name of the storage in MK.IO.
- `alternateId` (string, optional) — An alternate ID of the asset.
- `assetId` (string, optional) — The Asset ID.
- `container` (string, optional) — The name of the container if this asset is stored in an Azure storage account.
- `containerDeletionPolicy` (enum, optional) — This field defines the deletion policy for the underlying storage. This determines the behavior when an asset record is deleted. There are two options, 'Delete', and 'Retain'. A deletion policy of 'Delete' will result in the associated storage container or folder and all its contents being removed. A deletion policy of 'Retain' will leave the content in place. If left blank, the default behavior of the system will be to retain content. Once set by the user, this value can be modified, but not un-set.
  - Allowed values: `Delete`, `Retain`
- `created` (datetime, optional) — The creation date of the Asset.
- `description` (string, optional) — The Asset description.
- `encryptionScope` (string, optional, nullable) — Accepted, not supported. The name of the encryption scope to use within your storage container. Errors may be cryptic.
- `lastModified` (datetime, optional) — The last modified date of the Asset.
- `storageEncryptionFormat` (enum, optional) — This field was deprecated in the v3 API. Accepted, not supported. Use an encryption scope instead.
  - Allowed values: `None`, `MediaStorageClientEncryption`
- `subPath` (string, optional) — Optional subpath for instances where your asset is not in the root of the container. This needs to be an absolute directory path and can't be an empty string or start with '.', './' or '/' or end with '/'. Valid examples: 'path', 'path2', 'path/to/asset'

### SystemDataSchema

- `createdAt` (datetime, required) — The timestamp of resource creation (UTC).
- `createdBy` (string, required) — The identity that created the resource.
- `createdByType` (enum, required) — The type of identity that created the resource.
  - Allowed values: `User`, `Application`, `ManagedIdentity`, `Key`
- `internalId` (string, required) — The internal ID of the resource.
- `lastModifiedAt` (datetime, required) — The timestamp of resource last modification (UTC).
- `lastModifiedBy` (string, required) — The identity that last modified the resource.
- `lastModifiedByType` (enum, required) — The type of identity that last modified the resource.
  - Allowed values: `User`, `Application`, `ManagedIdentity`, `Key`

### ErrorDetail

- `code` (string, required) — The error code.
- `detail` (string, required) — The error message.
- `extraDetail` (map from string to any, optional) — Extra information regarding this error.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "properties": {
    "storageAccountName": "string",
    "alternateId": "string",
    "assetId": "string",
    "container": "ContainerName",
    "containerDeletionPolicy": "Delete",
    "created": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    "description": "string",
    "encryptionScope": "string",
    "lastModified": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    "storageEncryptionFormat": "None",
    "subPath": "path/to/asset"
  },
  "id": "string",
  "labels": {
    "label1": "value1",
    "label2": ""
  },
  "name": "name",
  "systemData": {
    "createdAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    "createdBy": "string",
    "createdByType": "User",
    "internalId": "string",
    "lastModifiedAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    "lastModifiedBy": "string",
    "lastModifiedByType": "User"
  },
  "type": "string"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/media/assets/asset_name"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/media/assets/asset_name';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/media/assets/asset_name"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/media/assets/asset_name")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/media/assets/asset_name")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/media/assets/asset_name', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/media/assets/asset_name");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/media/assets/asset_name")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```