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Retrieve MDL definitions (mdl_definition__v) and JSON definitions (json_definition__v) of Vault components using a VQL query on the vault_component__v and vault_package_component__v query targets. Learn more in the VQL documentation.

POST/api/{version}/query/components
NameDescription
Acceptapplication/json (default) or application/xml
Content-Typeapplication/x-www-form-urlencoded or multipart/form-data
X-VaultAPI-RecordPropertiesOptional: If present, the response includes the record properties object. Possible values are all, hidden, redacted, and weblink. If omitted, the record properties object is not included in the response. Learn more.
NameDescription
q
required
A VQL query on the vault_component__v or vault_package_component__v query targets. The query can be up to 50,000 characters, formatted as q={query}. For example, q=SELECT id FROM vault_component__v. Note that submitting the query as a query parameter instead may cause you to exceed the maximum URL length.
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: {SESSION_ID}" \ -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \ -H "Accept: application/json" \ --data-urlencode "q=SELECT id, mdl_definition__v FROM vault_component__v WHERE component_type__v = 'Reporttype'" https://myvault.veevavault.com/api/v25.1/query/components
{ "responseStatus": "SUCCESS", "responseDetails": { "pagesize": 1000, "pageoffset": 0, "size": 3, "total": 3 }, "data": [ { "id": "0CD000000000111", "mdl_definition__v": "RECREATE Reporttype binder_section_with_document_and_bind__v (\n label('Binder Section with Document and Binder'),\n active(true),\n description(),\n primary_object('binder_section'),\n primary_objects(),\n configuration({<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<vrt:reportType xmlns:vrt=\"VaultReporttype\">\n <vrt:upRelationships>\n <vrt:upRelationship key=\"binder_section.root_binder_id__v\" />\n </vrt:upRelationships>\n <vrt:downRelationships>\n <vrt:downRelationship key=\"documents\" />\n </vrt:downRelationships>\n</vrt:reportType>\n}),\n class('Standard')\n);" }, { "id": "0CD000000000112", "mdl_definition__v": "RECREATE Reporttype binder_with_document__v (\n label('Binder with Document'),\n active(true),\n description(),\n primary_object('binder'),\n primary_objects(),\n configuration({<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<vrt:reportType xmlns:vrt=\"VaultReporttype\">\n <vrt:downRelationships>\n <vrt:downRelationship key=\"documents\" />\n </vrt:downRelationships>\n</vrt:reportType>\n}),\n class('Standard')\n);" }, { "id": "0CD000000000113", "mdl_definition__v": "RECREATE Reporttype product_with_document__c (\n label('Product with Document'),\n active(true),\n description('Product with Product (Document)'),\n primary_object('product__v'),\n primary_objects(),\n configuration({<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<vrt:reportType xmlns:vrt=\"VaultReporttype\">\n <vrt:downRelationships>\n <vrt:downRelationship key=\"documents.product__v\" />\n </vrt:downRelationships>\n</vrt:reportType>\n}),\n class('Standard')\n);" } ] }

On SUCCESS, the response includes the following information: