# Retrieve Monitoring Pipeline Information

Returns the Monitoring Pipeline by ID.

To retrieve a Monitoring Pipeline, perform a `GET` request.

## Request

{% hint style="info" %}
The following is a sample request. Remember to replace the \`{pipelineID}\` with a valid ID of the specific pipeline whose information you want to access.
{% endhint %}

```bash
curl --location \
--request GET 'https://monitoring.de-txl.ionos.com/pipelines/{pipelineID}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN'
```

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Path Parameter" %}

| Path Parameter | Type   | Description                    | Example                                |
| -------------- | ------ | ------------------------------ | -------------------------------------- |
| **pipelineID** | string | The ID (UUID) of the Pipeline. | `66a114c7-2ddd-5119-9ddf-5a789f5a5a44` |
| {% endtab %}   |        |                                |                                        |

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

| Header Parameter | Required | Type   | Description                                                                       |
| ---------------- | -------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Authorization`  | yes      | string | The Bearer token to enable requests to authenticate using a JSON Web Token (JWT). |
| {% endtab %}     |          |        |                                                                                   |
| {% endtabs %}    |          |        |                                                                                   |

## Response

The following is a sample response. The values returned by each response differ based on the request.

**200 Successful operation**

```json
{
  "id": "f72521ba-1590-5998-bf96-6eb997a5887d",
  "type": "pipeline",
  "href": "/pipelines/f72521ba-1590-5998-bf96-6eb997a5887d",
  "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>",
    "status": "AVAILABLE",
    "statusMessage": null,
    "key": "momSrlgAAEmaYEvBsMr^HsYn",
    "grafanaEndpoint": "https://grafana.logging.de-txl.ionos.com",
    "httpEndpoint": "https://f8ss7fgr7s-metrics.jf9ejf8t6hrt.monitoring.de-txl.ionos.com"
  },
  "properties": {
    "name": "Pipeline1"
  }
}
```

{% hint style="success" %}
**Result:** The Monitoring Pipeline and its details for the specified `pipelineID` are successfully obtained.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:** A key is necessary to send metrics through the newly formed monitoring pipeline. For more information about creating a key, see [<mark style="color:blue;">Obtain a New Key</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/api-how-tos/obtain-key).
{% endhint %}


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