---
title: Get a dashboard list
description: Fetch an existing dashboard list's definition.
breadcrumbs: Docs > API > Get a dashboard list
---

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/jen.gilbert/astro-base/llms.txt).

# Get a dashboard list

## v1 (latest)

| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                              |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| app.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/dashboard/lists/manual/{list_id}     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v1/dashboard/lists/manual/{list_id} |
| us5.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v1/dashboard/lists/manual/{list_id} |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | GET https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v1/dashboard/lists/manual/{list_id}      |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v1/dashboard/lists/manual/{list_id} |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v1/dashboard/lists/manual/{list_id} |
| uk1.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v1/dashboard/lists/manual/{list_id} |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | GET https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/dashboard/lists/manual/{list_id}      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | GET https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/dashboard/lists/manual/{list_id}  |

### Overview

Fetch an existing dashboard list's definition.

This endpoint requires the `dashboards_read` permission.

OAuth apps require the `dashboards_read` authorization [scope](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/jen.gilbert/astro-base/api/latest/scopes.md#dashboard-lists) to access this endpoint.

### Arguments

#### Path Parameters

| Field                | Type    | Description                        |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------- |
| list_id [*required*] | integer | ID of the dashboard list to fetch. |

### Response

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="200" %}
OK

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
Your Datadog Dashboards.

| Parent field | Field             | Type      | Description                                                     |
| ------------ | ----------------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
|              | author            | object    | Object describing the creator of the shared element. Read-only. |
| author       | email             | string    | Email of the creator.                                           |
| author       | handle            | string    | Handle of the creator.                                          |
| author       | name              | string    | Name of the creator.                                            |
|              | created           | date-time | Date of creation of the dashboard list. Read-only.              |
|              | dashboard_count   | int64     | The number of dashboards in the list. Read-only.                |
|              | id                | int64     | The ID of the dashboard list. Read-only.                        |
|              | is_favorite       | boolean   | Whether or not the list is in the favorites. Read-only.         |
|              | modified          | date-time | Date of last edition of the dashboard list. Read-only.          |
|              | name [*required*] | string    | The name of the dashboard list.                                 |
|              | type              | string    | The type of dashboard list. Read-only.                          |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "author": {
    "email": "string",
    "handle": "string",
    "name": "string"
  },
  "created": "2019-09-19T10:00:00.000Z",
  "dashboard_count": "integer",
  "id": "integer",
  "is_favorite": false,
  "modified": "2019-09-19T10:00:00.000Z",
  "name": "My Dashboard",
  "type": "manual_dashboard_list"
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="403" %}
Forbidden

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
Error response object.

| Field               | Type     | Description                          |
| ------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------ |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | Array of errors returned by the API. |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="404" %}
Not Found

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
Error response object.

| Field               | Type     | Description                          |
| ------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------ |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | Array of errors returned by the API. |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="429" %}
Too many requests

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
Error response object.

| Field               | Type     | Description                          |
| ------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------ |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | Array of errors returned by the API. |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}

### Code Example

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Curl" %}
```bash
# Path parameters
export list_id="CHANGE_ME"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" # Or us3.datadoghq.com, us5.datadoghq.com, datadoghq.eu, ap1.datadoghq.com, ap2.datadoghq.com, uk1.datadoghq.com, ddog-gov.com, us2.ddog-gov.com
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/dashboard/lists/manual/${list_id}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Go" %}
```go
// Get a dashboard list returns "OK" response

package main

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"strconv"

	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV1"
)

func main() {
	// there is a valid "dashboard_list" in the system
	DashboardListID, _ := strconv.ParseInt(os.Getenv("DASHBOARD_LIST_ID"), 10, 64)

	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, datadog.ContextAccessToken, os.Getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"))
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV1.NewDashboardListsApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.GetDashboardList(ctx, DashboardListID)

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `DashboardListsApi.GetDashboardList`: %v\n", err)
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
	}

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `DashboardListsApi.GetDashboardList`:\n%s\n", responseContent)
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=go) and then save the example to `main.go` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Java" %}
```java
// Get a dashboard list returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v1.api.DashboardListsApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v1.model.DashboardList;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    defaultClient.setAccessToken(System.getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"));
    DashboardListsApi apiInstance = new DashboardListsApi(defaultClient);

    // there is a valid "dashboard_list" in the system
    Long DASHBOARD_LIST_ID = Long.parseLong(System.getenv("DASHBOARD_LIST_ID"));

    try {
      DashboardList result = apiInstance.getDashboardList(DASHBOARD_LIST_ID);
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling DashboardListsApi#getDashboardList");
      System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
      System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
      System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=java) and then save the example to `Example.java` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Python" %}
```python
"""
Get a dashboard list returns "OK" response
"""

from os import environ
from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v1.api.dashboard_lists_api import DashboardListsApi

# there is a valid "dashboard_list" in the system
DASHBOARD_LIST_ID = environ["DASHBOARD_LIST_ID"]

configuration = Configuration()
configuration.access_token = environ["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = DashboardListsApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.get_dashboard_list(
        list_id=int(DASHBOARD_LIST_ID),
    )

    print(response)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=python) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Ruby" %}
```ruby
# Get a dashboard list returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config|
  config.access_token = ENV["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
end
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V1::DashboardListsAPI.new

# there is a valid "dashboard_list" in the system
DASHBOARD_LIST_ID = ENV["DASHBOARD_LIST_ID"]
p api_instance.get_dashboard_list(DASHBOARD_LIST_ID.to_i)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Rust" %}
```rust
// Get a dashboard list returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV1::api_dashboard_lists::DashboardListsAPI;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    // there is a valid "dashboard_list" in the system
    let dashboard_list_id: i64 = std::env::var("DASHBOARD_LIST_ID").unwrap().parse().unwrap();
    let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    let api = DashboardListsAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api.get_dashboard_list(dashboard_list_id.clone()).await;
    if let Ok(value) = resp {
        println!("{:#?}", value);
    } else {
        println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err());
    }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=rust) and then save the example to `src/main.rs` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo run
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="TypeScript" %}
```typescript
/**
 * Get a dashboard list returns "OK" response
 */

import { client, v1 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration({
  authMethods: {
    AuthZ: {
      accessToken: process.env.DD_BEARER_TOKEN as string,
    },
  },
});
const apiInstance = new v1.DashboardListsApi(configuration);

// there is a valid "dashboard_list" in the system
const DASHBOARD_LIST_ID = parseInt(process.env.DASHBOARD_LIST_ID as string);

const params: v1.DashboardListsApiGetDashboardListRequest = {
  listId: DASHBOARD_LIST_ID,
};

apiInstance
  .getDashboardList(params)
  .then((data: v1.DashboardList) => {
    console.log(
      "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data)
    );
  })
  .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=typescript) and then save the example to `example.ts` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Python [legacy]" %}
```python
from datadog import initialize, api

options = {
    'api_key': '<DATADOG_API_KEY>',
    'app_key': '<DATADOG_APPLICATION_KEY>'
}

initialize(**options)

api.DashboardList.get(4741)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=python-legacy) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" python "example.py"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Ruby [legacy]" %}
```ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'dogapi'

api_key = '<DATADOG_API_KEY>'
app_key = '<DATADOG_APPLICATION_KEY>'

dog = Dogapi::Client.new(api_key, app_key)

result = dog.get_dashboard_list(4741)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby-legacy) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" rb "example.rb"
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}