title	description	ms.date	ms.topic
Fetch - Entities API	This article describes the fetch request in the Defender for Cloud Apps Entities API.	01/29/2023	reference

Fetch - Entities API

Note

This request is not available for Microsoft 365 Cloud App Security.

Run the GET request to fetch the entity matching the specified primary key.

HTTP request

GET /api/v1/entities/<pk>/

Parameter	Description
pk	A dictionary with the entity ID, SaaS, and instance details encoded as a base64 string. For example: `{"id":"3fa9f28b-eb0e-463a-ba7b-8089fe9991e2","saas":11161,"inst":0}` encoded as a base64 string.

Here is an example of the request.

curl -XPOST -H "Authorization:Token <your_token_key>" "https://<tenant_id>.<tenant_region>.portal.cloudappsecurity.com/api/v1/entities/<pk>/"

Returns the specified entity in JSON format.

{
  // entity record
}