# Retrieve a Distribution

{% hint style="info" %}
**Prerequisite:** Only contract administrators, owners, and users with `accessAndManageCdn` privilege can create and manage CDN distributions via the API. You can also set user privileges in the DCD. For more information, see [<mark style="color:blue;">Set User Privileges</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/network-services/cdn/dcd-how-tos/set-user-privileges-cdn-dcd).
{% endhint %}

To retrieve a CDN distribution, perform a `GET` request with the `distributionId` of the CDN.

## Endpoint

Use the following endpoint to retrieve a CDN distribution: `https://cdn.de-fra.ionos.com/distributions/{distributionId}`.

## Request

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:** The following request contains a sample `distributionId`. Replace them with the `distributionId` value, whose information you want to retrieve.
{% endhint %}

```bash
curl --location \
--request GET 'https://cdn.de-fra.ionos.com/distributions/9ba15778-16c4-543c-8775-e52acf4853f5' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiO' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
```

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Path Parameters" %}
Below is the list of mandatory path parameter:

| **Path Parameter** | **Type** | **Description**                        | **Example**                            |
| ------------------ | -------- | -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| `distributionId`   | string   | The ID (UUID) of the CDN distribution. | `9ba15778-16c4-543c-8775-e52acf4853f5` |
| {% endtab %}       |          |                                        |                                        |

{% tab title="Request Header Parameters" %}
To make authenticated requests to the API, the following fields are mandatory in the request header:

| **Header Parameters** | **Required** | **Type** | **Description**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| --------------------- | ------------ | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Authorization`       | yes          | string   | The Bearer token enables requests to authenticate using a JSON Web Token (JWT). From the DCD, [<mark style="color:blue;">Generate authentication token</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/set-up-ionos-cloud/management/identity-access-management/token-manager#generate-authentication-token). |
| `Content-Type`        | yes          | string   | Set this to `application/json`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| {% endtab %}          |              |          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| {% endtabs %}         |              |          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

## Response

**200 Successful operation**

```bash
{
  "id": "9ba15778-16c4-543c-8775-e52acf4853f5",
  "type": "distribution",
  "href": "/distributions/9ba15778-16c4-543c-8775-e52acf4853f5",
  "metadata": {
    "createdDate": "2020-12-10T13:37:50+01:00",
    "createdBy": "ionos:identity:::users/87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "createdByUserId": "87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "lastModifiedDate": "2020-12-11T13:37:50+01:00",
    "lastModifiedBy": "ionos:identity:::users/87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "lastModifiedByUserId": "87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "resourceURN": "ionos:<product>:<location>:<contract>:<resource-path>",
    "publicEndpointIpv4": "1.2.3.4",
    "publicEndpointIpv6": "2001:db8::ff00:42:8329",
    "state": "AVAILABLE",
    "message": "In progress."
  },
  "properties": {
    "domain": "example.com",
    "certificateId": "5a029f4a-72e5-11ec-90d6-0242ac120003",
    "routingRules": [
      {
        "scheme": "http/https",
        "prefix": "/api",
        "upstream": {
          "host": "server.example.com",
          "caching": true,
          "waf": true,
          "geoRestrictions": {
            "blockList": [
              "CN",
              "RU"
            ]
          },
          "rateLimitClass": "none",
          "sniMode": "origin"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

{% hint style="success" %}
**Result:** The CDN distribution details are retrieved for the given `distributionId`.
{% endhint %}


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/network-services/cdn/api-how-tos/retrieve-distribution.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.