View catalog
Use /catalogs/view to view an existing catalog.
Get information about an existing catalog.
API Key Authentication
Authentication is required in order to interact with Batch's APIs.
Batch implements authentication using API Keys, that we call the "REST API Key". You can find it on your dashboard.
Please make sure that you keep this key secret. You should never use it in client apps to call APIs from there as it would easily be extractable.
How to authenticate
In order to authenticate your requests, add your REST API Key in the Authorization header and prefix it by Bearer. Example: Authorization: Bearer bcd38d9rfb38ra28.
Catalog identifier to retrieve.
Optional token used for indexing state tracking.
The unique project key, identifying a project on the Batch platform
project_0664hxvwffvbpn278gxdyhsadddqgna6Successfully retrieved the catalog metadata.
Not found
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GET /2.8/catalogs/view?name=text HTTP/1.1
Host: api.batch.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
X-Batch-Project: text
Accept: */*
{
"name": "products",
"fields": [
{
"name": "price",
"type": "float"
}
],
"items": 42,
"size": 4882372,
"created": "2025-12-06T15:01:31.290Z",
"updated": "2025-12-06T15:01:31.290Z",
"indexing_state": "APPLIED"
}Request structure
Route
The Catalog API exposes a GET endpoint that allows to get information about an existing catalog:
/catalogs/view
Headers and authentication
See Overview → Using Project APIs.
Query parameters
See the API Description.
Responses
Success
If the GET to the API endpoint is successful you will receive an HTTP 200 confirmation and information about your catalog.
{
"name": "MOVIES",
"items": 8807,
"size": 7746977,
"created": "2025-07-14T16:27:14Z",
"updated": "2025-07-21T09:20:44Z",
"fields": [
{
"name": "director",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "title",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "release_year",
"type": "integer"
},
{
"name": "cast",
"type": "array"
},
{
"name": "description",
"type": "string"
}
],
"indexing_state": "APPLIED"
}The indexing_state is the processing status of updated catalog items that returned the given indexing_token. If there is no indexing token provided, no indexing state will be returned.
2 values are possible for indexing state:
IN_PROGRESS: catalog item update processing is in progressAPPLIED: catalog item update processing is finished
Failure
If the POST data does not meet the API requirements you will receive an actionable error message. Contact us at support@batch.com if you need further support.
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