Cognite Data Fusion API

Retrieve unit by external ID

Retrieve a single unit by its external ID.

Securityoidc-token or oauth2-client-credentials or oauth2-open-industrial-data or oauth2-auth-code

Request

path Parameters

externalId

required

string (Externalid)

External ID of the unit

Responses

200

Response with a single unit

400

Bad Request

get/units/{externalId}

Request samples

curl

curl -i -X GET \
  'https://api.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/publicdata/units/{externalId}' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_OpenID Connect or OAuth2 token_HERE>'

Response samples

application/json

{"items": [{"externalId": "temperature:deg_c",
"name": "DEG_C",
"longName": "degree Celsius",
"symbol": "°C",
"aliasNames": ["°C",
"C",
"deg C",
"degC",
"DegC"
],
"quantity": "Temperature",
"conversion": {"multiplier": 1,
"offset": 273.15
},
"source": "qudt.org",
"sourceReference": "http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/DEG_C"
}
]
}

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