Retrieve Annotation Type Metadata

Retrieves the metadata of an annotation type, including metadata and value sets for all supported fields on the annotation type. Learn more about annotation types in the Vault Java SDK documentation.

GET/api/{version}/metadata/objects/documents/annotations/types/{annotation_type}

Headers

Name	Description
`Accept`	`application/json` (default) or `application/xml`

URI Path Parameters

Name Description

Name	Description
`{annotation_type}` required	The name of the annotation type. Valid annotation types include: `note__sys` `line__sys` `document_link__sys` `permalink_link__sys` `anchor__sys` `reply__sys` `external_link__sys` The following annotation types are only valid in Medical and PromoMats Vaults: `suggested_link__sys` `approved_link__sys` `auto_link__sys` `keyword_link__sys`

{annotation_type}

required

The name of the annotation type. Valid annotation types include:

note__sys
line__sys
document_link__sys
permalink_link__sys
anchor__sys
reply__sys
external_link__sys

The following annotation types are only valid in Medical and PromoMats Vaults:

suggested_link__sys
approved_link__sys
auto_link__sys
keyword_link__sys

Request

curl -X GET -H "Authorization: {SESSION_ID}" \
https://myvault.veevavault.com/api/v24.2/metadata/objects/documents/annotations/types/note__sys' \

Response

{
    "responseStatus": "SUCCESS",
    "data": {
        "name": "note__sys",
        "allows_replies": true,
        "allowed_placemark_types": [
            "arrow__sys",
            "ellipse__sys",
            "page_level__sys",
            "rectangle__sys",
            "sticky__sys",
            "text__sys"
        ],
        "allowed_reference_types": [],
        "fields": [
            {
                "name": "created_by_delegate_user__sys",
                "type": "String",
                "system_managed": true,
                "value_set": []
            },
            {
                "name": "created_by_user__sys",
                "type": "String",
                "system_managed": true,
                "value_set": []
            },
            {
                "name": "created_date_time__sys",
                "type": "DateTime",
                "system_managed": true,
                "value_set": []
            },
            {
                "name": "document_version_id__sys",
                "type": "String",
                "system_managed": false,
                "value_set": []
            },
            {
                "name": "id__sys",
                "type": "String",
                "system_managed": true,
                "value_set": []
            },
            {
                "name": "modified_by_user__sys",
                "type": "String",
                "system_managed": true,
                "value_set": []
            },
            {
                "name": "modified_date_time__sys",
                "type": "DateTime",
                "system_managed": true,
                "value_set": []
            },
            {
                "name": "title__sys",
                "type": "String",
                "system_managed": false,
                "value_set": []
            },
            {
                "name": "color__sys",
                "type": "String",
                "system_managed": false,
                "value_set": [
                    "yellow_light__sys",
                    "green_dark__sys",
                    "green_light__sys",
                    "orange_dark__sys",
                    "orange_light__sys",
                    "pink_dark__sys",
                    "pink_light__sys",
                    "purple_dark__sys",
                    "purple_light__sys",
                    "red_dark__sys",
                    "red_light__sys",
                    "yellow_dark__sys"
                ]
            },
            {
                "name": "comment__sys",
                "type": "String",
                "system_managed": false,
                "value_set": []
            },
            {
                "name": "original_source_document_version_id__sys",
                "type": "String",
                "system_managed": true,
                "value_set": []
            },
            {
                "name": "reply_count__sys",
                "type": "Number",
                "system_managed": true,
                "value_set": []
            },
            {
                "name": "state__sys",
                "type": "String",
                "system_managed": false,
                "value_set": [
                    "open__sys",
                    "resolved__sys"
                ]
            },
            {
                "name": "tag_names__sys",
                "type": "String list",
                "system_managed": false,
                "value_set": []
            },
            {
                "name": "type__sys",
                "type": "String",
                "system_managed": false,
                "value_set": [
                    "note__sys"
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
}

Response Details

On SUCCESS, the response includes a list of metadata information for the specified annotation type. Each response may include some or all of the following fields depending on type: