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Retrieve a destination configuration

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This page exemplifies the API request and payload that you can use to retrieve information about an existing destination configuration, using the /authoring/destination API endpoint.

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All parameter names and values supported by Destination SDK are case sensitive. To avoid case sensitivity errors, please use the parameters names and values exactly as shown in the documentation.

Getting started with destination configuration API operations get-started

Before continuing, please review the getting started guide for important information that you need to know in order to successfully make calls to the API, including how to obtain the required destination authoring permission and required headers.

Retrieve a destination configuration retrieve

You can retrieve an existing destination configuration by making a GET request to the /authoring/destination endpoint.

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API endpoint: platform.adobe.io/data/core/activation/authoring/destinations

API format

Use the following API format to retrieve all destination configurations for your account.

GET /authoring/destinations

Use the following API format to retrieve a specific destination configuration, defined by the {INSTANCE_ID} parameter.

GET /authoring/destinations/{INSTANCE_ID}

The following two requests retrieve all destination configurations for your IMS Organization, or a specific destination configuration, depending on whether you pass the INSTANCE_ID parameter in the request.

Select each tab below to view the corresponding payload.

Retrieve all destination configurations
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Request
code language-shell 
curl -X GET https://platform.adobe.io/data/core/activation/authoring/destinations \
 -H 'Authorization: Bearer {ACCESS_TOKEN}' \
 -H 'x-gw-ims-org-id: {ORG_ID}' \
 -H 'x-api-key: {API_KEY}' \
 -H 'x-sandbox-name: {SANDBOX_NAME}'
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Response

A successful response returns HTTP status 200 with a list of destination configurations that you have access to, based on the IMS Org ID and sandbox name that you used. One instanceId corresponds to one destination configuration.

code language-json 
{
   "items":[
      {
         "instanceId":"b0780cb5-2bb7-4409-bf2c-c625ca818588",
         "createdDate":"2020-10-28T06:14:09.784471Z",
         "lastModifiedDate":"2021-06-28T06:14:09.784471Z",
         "imsOrg":"AC3428435BF324E90A49402A@AdobeOrg",
         "sandboxName":"prod",
         "sandboxId":"r5g6660-c5da-11e9-93d4-6d5fc3a66a8e",
         "name":"Moviestar",
         "description":"Moviestar is a fictional destination, used for this example.",
         "status":"TEST",
         "customerAuthenticationConfigurations":[
            {
               "authType":"BEARER"
            }
         ],
         "customerDataFields":[
            {
               "name":"endpointsInstance",
               "type":"string",
               "title":"Select Endpoint",
               "description":"Moviestar manages several instances across the globe for REST endpoints that our customers are provisioned for. Select your endpoint in the dropdown list.",
               "isRequired":true,
               "enum":[
                  "US",
                  "EU",
                  "APAC",
                  "NZ"
               ]
            },
            {
               "name":"customerID",
               "type":"string",
               "title":"Moviestar Customer ID",
               "description":"Your customer ID in the Moviestar destination (e.g. abcdef).",
               "isRequired":true,
               "pattern":"^[A-Za-z]+$"
            }
         ],
         "uiAttributes":{
            "documentationLink":"https://www.adobe.com/go/destinations-moviestar-en",
            "category":"mobile",
            "connectionType":"Server-to-server",
            "frequency":"Streaming"
         },
         "identityNamespaces":{
            "external_id":{
               "acceptsAttributes":true,
               "acceptsCustomNamespaces":true,
               "acceptedGlobalNamespaces":{
                  "Email":{

                  }
               }
            },
            "another_id":{
               "acceptsAttributes":true,
               "acceptsCustomNamespaces":true
            }
         },
         "segmentMappingConfig":{
            "mapExperiencePlatformSegmentName":false,
            "mapExperiencePlatformSegmentId":false,
            "mapUserInput":false,
            "audienceTemplateId":"cbf90a70-96b4-437b-86be-522fbdaabe9c"
         },
         "schemaConfig":{
            "profileFields":[
               {
                  "name":"a_custom_attribute",
                  "title":"a_custom_attribute",
                  "description":"This is a fixed attribute on your destination side that customers can map profile attributes to. For example, the phoneNumber value in Experience Platform could be phoneNo on your side.",
                  "type":"string",
                  "isRequired":false,
                  "readOnly":false,
                  "hidden":false
               }
            ],
            "profileRequired":true,
            "segmentRequired":true,
            "identityRequired":true
         },
         "aggregation":{
            "aggregationType":"BEST_EFFORT",
            "bestEffortAggregation":{
               "maxUsersPerRequest":10,
               "splitUserById":false
            }
         },
         "destinationDelivery":[
            {
               "authenticationRule":"CUSTOMER_AUTHENTICATION",
               "destinationServerId":"9c77000a-4559-40ae-9119-a04324a3ecd4"
            }
         ],
         "destConfigId":"410631b8-f6b3-4b7c-82da-7998aa3f327c",
         "backfillHistoricalProfileData":true
      }
   ]
}
Retrieve a specific destination configuration
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Request
code language-shell 
curl -X GET https://platform.adobe.io/data/core/activation/authoring/destinations/{INSTANCE_ID} \
 -H 'Authorization: Bearer {ACCESS_TOKEN}' \
 -H 'x-gw-ims-org-id: {ORG_ID}' \
 -H 'x-api-key: {API_KEY}' \
 -H 'x-sandbox-name: {SANDBOX_NAME}'
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Parameter Description
{INSTANCE_ID} The ID of the destination configuration you want to retrieve.
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Response

A successful response returns HTTP status 200 with the details of the destination configuration corresponding to the {INSTANCE_ID} provided in the call.

code language-json 
{
   "items":[
      {
         "instanceId":"b0780cb5-2bb7-4409-bf2c-c625ca818588",
         "createdDate":"2020-10-28T06:14:09.784471Z",
         "lastModifiedDate":"2021-06-28T06:14:09.784471Z",
         "imsOrg":"AC3428435BF324E90A49402A@AdobeOrg",
         "sandboxName":"prod",
         "sandboxId":"r5g6660-c5da-11e9-93d4-6d5fc3a66a8e",
         "name":"Moviestar",
         "description":"Moviestar is a fictional destination, used for this example.",
         "status":"TEST",
         "customerAuthenticationConfigurations":[
            {
               "authType":"BEARER"
            }
         ],
         "customerDataFields":[
            {
               "name":"endpointsInstance",
               "type":"string",
               "title":"Select Endpoint",
               "description":"Moviestar manages several instances across the globe for REST endpoints that our customers are provisioned for. Select your endpoint in the dropdown list.",
               "isRequired":true,
               "enum":[
                  "US",
                  "EU",
                  "APAC",
                  "NZ"
               ]
            },
            {
               "name":"customerID",
               "type":"string",
               "title":"Moviestar Customer ID",
               "description":"Your customer ID in the Moviestar destination (e.g. abcdef).",
               "isRequired":true,
               "pattern":"^[A-Za-z]+$"
            }
         ],
         "uiAttributes":{
            "documentationLink":"https://www.adobe.com/go/destinations-moviestar-en",
            "category":"mobile",
            "connectionType":"Server-to-server",
            "frequency":"Streaming"
         },
         "identityNamespaces":{
            "external_id":{
               "acceptsAttributes":true,
               "acceptsCustomNamespaces":true,
               "acceptedGlobalNamespaces":{
                  "Email":{

                  }
               }
            },
            "another_id":{
               "acceptsAttributes":true,
               "acceptsCustomNamespaces":true
            }
         },
         "segmentMappingConfig":{
            "mapExperiencePlatformSegmentName":false,
            "mapExperiencePlatformSegmentId":false,
            "mapUserInput":false,
            "audienceTemplateId":"cbf90a70-96b4-437b-86be-522fbdaabe9c"
         },
         "schemaConfig":{
            "profileFields":[
               {
                  "name":"a_custom_attribute",
                  "title":"a_custom_attribute",
                  "description":"This is a fixed attribute on your destination side that customers can map profile attributes to. For example, the phoneNumber value in Experience Platform could be phoneNo on your side.",
                  "type":"string",
                  "isRequired":false,
                  "readOnly":false,
                  "hidden":false
               }
            ],
            "profileRequired":true,
            "segmentRequired":true,
            "identityRequired":true
         },
         "aggregation":{
            "aggregationType":"BEST_EFFORT",
            "bestEffortAggregation":{
               "maxUsersPerRequest":10,
               "splitUserById":false
            }
         },
         "destinationDelivery":[
            {
               "authenticationRule":"CUSTOMER_AUTHENTICATION",
               "destinationServerId":"9c77000a-4559-40ae-9119-a04324a3ecd4"
            }
         ],
         "destConfigId":"410631b8-f6b3-4b7c-82da-7998aa3f327c",
         "backfillHistoricalProfileData":true
      }
   ]
}

API error handling error-handling

Destination SDK API endpoints follow the general Experience Platform API error message principles. Refer to API status codes and request header errors in the Platform troubleshooting guide.

Next steps

After reading this document, you now know how to retrieve a destination configuration through the Destination SDK /authoring/destinations API endpoint.

To learn more about what you can do with this endpoint, see the following articles:

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