> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/api-reference/cloud-api-v6/user-management/retrieve-resources-by-type.md). # Retrieve resources by type Retrieve a resource by the resource type and resource ID. Resource types are: {datacenter, snapshot, image, ipblock, pcc, backupunit, k8s} Resource types are in the list of resources, returned by GET. ```json {"openapi":"3.0.3","info":{"title":"CLOUD API","version":"6.0"},"tags":[{"name":"User management"}],"servers":[{"url":"https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6"}],"security":[{"BasicAuthentication":[]},{"TokenAuthentication":[]}],"components":{"securitySchemes":{"BasicAuthentication":{"type":"http","description":"You will need to base64 encode the string containing your credentials.
\n Note:

\n
Separate your username and password with a colon, i.e., username:password and send it as 'Authorization' request header. More details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication","scheme":"basic"},"TokenAuthentication":{"type":"apiKey","description":"Please provide header value as 'Bearer ' and don't forget to add 'Bearer' HTTP Authorization Scheme before the token.","name":"Authorization","in":"header"}},"schemas":{"Resource":{"type":"object","properties":{"id":{"type":"string","description":"The resource's unique identifier.","readOnly":true},"type":{"type":"string","description":"The type of the resource.","allOf":[{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Type"}]},"href":{"type":"string","description":"URL to the object representation (absolute path).","format":"uri","readOnly":true},"metadata":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/DatacenterElementMetadata"},"properties":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ResourceProperties"},"entities":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ResourceEntities"}},"description":"datacenter resource representation"},"Type":{"type":"string","enum":["datacenter","server","volume","nic","loadbalancer","location","firewall-rule","flow-log","image","snapshot","lan","ipblock","pcc","contract","user","group","collection","resource","request","request-status","s3key","backupunit","label","k8s","nodepool","template","networkloadbalancer","forwarding-rule","natgateway","natgateway-rule","node","applicationloadbalancer","target-group","security-group","gpu"]},"DatacenterElementMetadata":{"type":"object","properties":{"etag":{"type":"string","description":"Resource's Entity Tag as defined in http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec3.html#sec3.11 Entity Tag is also added as an 'ETag response header to requests which don't use 'depth' parameter.","readOnly":true},"createdDate":{"type":"string","description":"The last time the resource was created.","format":"date-time","readOnly":true},"createdBy":{"type":"string","description":"The user who created the resource.","readOnly":true},"createdByUserId":{"type":"string","description":"The unique ID of the user who created the resource.","readOnly":true},"lastModifiedDate":{"type":"string","description":"The last time the resource was modified.","format":"date-time","readOnly":true},"lastModifiedBy":{"type":"string","description":"The user who last modified the resource.","readOnly":true},"lastModifiedByUserId":{"type":"string","description":"The unique ID of the user who last modified the resource.","readOnly":true},"state":{"type":"string","description":"State of the resource. *AVAILABLE* There are no pending modification requests for this item; *BUSY* There is at least one modification request pending and all following requests will be queued; *INACTIVE* Resource has been de-provisioned; *DEPLOYING* Resource state DEPLOYING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *ACTIVE* Resource state ACTIVE - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *FAILED* Resource state FAILED - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *SUSPENDED* Resource state SUSPENDED - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *FAILED_SUSPENDED* Resource state FAILED_SUSPENDED - relevant for Kubernetes cluster; *UPDATING* Resource state UPDATING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *FAILED_UPDATING* Resource state FAILED_UPDATING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *DESTROYING* Resource state DESTROYING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster; *FAILED_DESTROYING* Resource state FAILED_DESTROYING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *TERMINATED* Resource state TERMINATED - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *HIBERNATING* Resource state HIBERNATING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *FAILED_HIBERNATING* Resource state FAILED_HIBERNATING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *MAINTENANCE* Resource state MAINTENANCE - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; *FAILED_HIBERNATING* Resource state FAILED_HIBERNATING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool.","readOnly":true,"enum":["AVAILABLE","INACTIVE","BUSY","DEPLOYING","ACTIVE","FAILED","SUSPENDED","FAILED_SUSPENDED","UPDATING","FAILED_UPDATING","DESTROYING","FAILED_DESTROYING","TERMINATED","HIBERNATING","FAILED_HIBERNATING","MAINTENANCE","FAILED_MAINTENANCE","UNKNOWN"]}}},"ResourceProperties":{"type":"object","properties":{"name":{"type":"string","description":"The name of the resource."},"secAuthProtection":{"type":"boolean","description":"Boolean value representing if the resource is multi factor protected or not e.g. using two factor protection. Currently only data centers and snapshots are allowed to be multi factor protected, The value of attribute if null is intentional and it means that the resource doesn't support multi factor protection at all."}}},"ResourceEntities":{"type":"object","properties":{"groups":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ResourceGroups"}}},"ResourceGroups":{"type":"object","properties":{"id":{"type":"string","description":"The resource's unique identifier.","readOnly":true},"type":{"type":"string","description":"The type of the resource.","allOf":[{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Type"}]},"href":{"type":"string","description":"URL to the object representation (absolute path).","format":"uri","readOnly":true},"items":{"type":"array","description":"Array of items in the collection.","readOnly":true,"items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Resource"}}},"description":"Resources assigned to this group."},"Error":{"type":"object","properties":{"httpStatus":{"type":"integer","description":"HTTP status code of the operation.","format":"int32","readOnly":true},"messages":{"type":"array","items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorMessage"}}}},"ErrorMessage":{"type":"object","properties":{"errorCode":{"type":"string","description":"Application internal error code.","readOnly":true},"message":{"type":"string","description":"A human-readable message.","readOnly":true}}}}},"paths":{"/um/resources/{resourceType}/{resourceId}":{"get":{"tags":["User management"],"summary":"Retrieve resources by type","description":"Retrieve a resource by the resource type and resource ID.\n\nResource types are: {datacenter, snapshot, image, ipblock, pcc, backupunit, k8s}\n\nResource types are in the list of resources, returned by GET.","operationId":"umResourcesFindByTypeAndId","parameters":[{"name":"resourceType","in":"path","description":"The resource type","required":true,"schema":{"type":"string"}},{"name":"resourceId","in":"path","description":"The resource ID","required":true,"schema":{"type":"string"}},{"name":"pretty","in":"query","description":"Controls whether the response is pretty-printed (with indentations and new lines).","schema":{"type":"boolean","default":true}},{"name":"depth","in":"query","description":"Controls the detail depth of the response objects. NOTE: The resource /um and its children support a maximum depth level of 1. It will provide you the entry points to specific user related resources. As these resources are partially servered by other service components, they must be retrieved explicitly. Any depth parameter beyond '?depth=1' will be deprecated by April 30, 2026.","schema":{"maximum":1,"minimum":0,"type":"integer","format":"int32","default":0}},{"name":"X-Contract-Number","in":"header","description":"Users with multiple contracts must provide the contract number, for which all API requests are to be executed.","schema":{"type":"integer","format":"int32"}}],"responses":{"200":{"description":"Successful operation","headers":{"X-RateLimit-Remaining":{"description":"The number of requests that can still be made without triggering a failure response.","schema":{"type":"integer","format":"int32"}},"X-RateLimit-Limit":{"description":"The average number of requests per minute allowed.","schema":{"type":"integer","format":"int32"}},"X-RateLimit-Burst":{"description":"The maximum number of concurrent API requests allowed.","schema":{"type":"integer","format":"int32"}}},"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Resource"}}}},"default":{"description":"Any erroneous status code: 400 (parse error), 401 (auth error), 402 (trial access), 403 (insufficient privileges), 404 (not found), 405 (unsupported HTTP method), 415 (unsupported content type, 422 (validation error), 429 (request rate limit exceeded), 500 (server error), or 503 (maintenance).","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}}}}}}} ``` --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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