GET

Object Instance

***Core traceability object used to represent any data object such DataProduct, CodeRepoRelease, etc. ***

Writable Fields:

description (optional): Free text description of the Object

storage_location (optional): The URL of the StorageLocation which is the location of the physical data of this object, if applicable

authors (optional): List of Author URLs associated with this Object

uuid (optional): UUID of the Object. If not specified a UUID is generated automatically.

file_type (optional): FileType of this Object

Read-only Fields:

url: Reference to the instance of the Object, final integer is the Object id

last_updated: Datetime that this record was last updated

updated_by: Reference to the user that updated this record

components: List of ObjectComponents API URLs associated with this Object

data_products: List of DataProduct API URLs if one or more is associated with this Object

code_repo_release: The CodeRepoRelease API URL if one is associated with this Object

quality_control: The QualityControl API URL if one is associated with this Object

licences: List of Licence API URLs associated with this Object

keywords: List of Keyword API URLs associated with this Object

GET /api/object/3/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "url": "https://data.fairdatapipeline.org/api/object/3/?format=api",
    "uuid": "b9778258-9371-40b5-a785-d0f1a389d22f",
    "last_updated": "2026-10-02T11:04:21.838694Z",
    "description": "Analysis / processing script location",
    "updated_by": "https://data.fairdatapipeline.org/api/users/2/?format=api",
    "storage_location": "https://data.fairdatapipeline.org/api/storage_location/3/?format=api",
    "file_type": null,
    "authors": [
        "https://data.fairdatapipeline.org/api/author/1/?format=api"
    ],
    "components": [
        "https://data.fairdatapipeline.org/api/object_component/3/?format=api"
    ],
    "data_products": [],
    "code_repo_release": null,
    "quality_control": null,
    "licences": [],
    "keywords": []
}