---
title: Get dataset dependencies
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---

# Get dataset dependencies{% #get-dataset-dependencies %}
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**Note**: This endpoint is in preview and is subject to change. If you have any feedback, contact [Datadog support](https://docs.datadoghq.com/help/).
| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                                        |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/datasets/dependencies |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/datasets/dependencies |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | POST https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/security_monitoring/datasets/dependencies      |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | POST https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/datasets/dependencies      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | POST https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/datasets/dependencies  |
| app.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/datasets/dependencies     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/datasets/dependencies |
| us5.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/datasets/dependencies |

### Overview

Return, for each of the requested datasets, the list of detection rules that depend on it. Useful for understanding the impact of updating or deleting a dataset. This endpoint requires any of the following permissions:
`security_monitoring_rules_read``security_monitoring_dataset_read` 


OAuth apps require the `security_monitoring_rules_read` authorization [scope](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/scopes.md#security-monitoring) to access this endpoint.



### Request

#### Body Data (required)



{% tab title="Model" %}

| Parent field | Field                        | Type     | Description                                                                                |
| ------------ | ---------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
|              | data [*required*]       | object   | The data wrapper of a dataset dependencies request.                                        |
| data         | attributes [*required*] | object   | The attributes of a dataset dependencies request.                                          |
| attributes   | datasetIds [*required*] | [string] | The list of dataset UUIDs to query dependencies for. Must contain between 1 and 100 items. |

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{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "datasetIds": [
        "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

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### Response

{% tab title="200" %}
OK
{% tab title="Model" %}
Response listing the dependents of each requested dataset.

| Parent field | Field                           | Type     | Description                                                                                   |
| ------------ | ------------------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|              | data [*required*]          | [object] | The list of dataset dependents entries.                                                       |
| data         | attributes [*required*]    | object   | The attributes of a dataset dependents entry.                                                 |
| attributes   | count [*required*]         | int64    | The number of resources that depend on the dataset.                                           |
| attributes   | datasetId [*required*]     | string   | The UUID of the dataset whose dependencies are being reported.                                |
| attributes   | ids [*required*]           | [string] | The list of resource IDs that depend on the dataset.                                          |
| attributes   | resource_type [*required*] | string   | The type of resource that depends on the dataset.                                             |
| data         | id [*required*]            | string   | The UUID of the dataset.                                                                      |
| data         | type [*required*]          | enum     | The type of resource for a dataset dependents entry. Allowed enum values: `datasetDependents` |

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{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "attributes": {
        "count": 0,
        "datasetId": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
        "ids": [
          []
        ],
        "resource_type": "security_detection_rule"
      },
      "id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
      "type": "datasetDependents"
    }
  ]
}
```

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{% tab title="400" %}
Bad Request
{% tab title="Model" %}
API error response.

| Parent field | Field                    | Type     | Description                                                                     |
| ------------ | ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|              | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors.                                                               |
| errors       | detail                   | string   | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.          |
| errors       | meta                     | object   | Non-standard meta-information about the error                                   |
| errors       | source                   | object   | References to the source of the error.                                          |
| source       | header                   | string   | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. |
| source       | parameter                | string   | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.                 |
| source       | pointer                  | string   | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.      |
| errors       | status                   | string   | Status code of the response.                                                    |
| errors       | title                    | string   | Short human-readable summary of the error.                                      |

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{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}
```

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{% tab title="403" %}
Forbidden
{% tab title="Model" %}
API error response.

| Parent field | Field                    | Type     | Description                                                                     |
| ------------ | ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|              | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors.                                                               |
| errors       | detail                   | string   | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.          |
| errors       | meta                     | object   | Non-standard meta-information about the error                                   |
| errors       | source                   | object   | References to the source of the error.                                          |
| source       | header                   | string   | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. |
| source       | parameter                | string   | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.                 |
| source       | pointer                  | string   | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.      |
| errors       | status                   | string   | Status code of the response.                                                    |
| errors       | title                    | string   | Short human-readable summary of the error.                                      |

{% /tab %}

{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}
```

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{% tab title="429" %}
Too many requests
{% tab title="Model" %}
API error response.

| Field                    | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

{% /tab %}

{% tab title="Example" %}

```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

{% /tab %}

{% /tab %}

### Code Example

##### 
                  \## default
# 
 \# Curl command curl -X POST "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/security_monitoring/datasets/dependencies" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "datasetIds": [
        "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
      ]
    }
  }
}
EOF 
                
##### 

```python
"""
Get dataset dependencies returns "OK" response
"""

from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.security_monitoring_api import SecurityMonitoringApi
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.security_monitoring_dataset_dependencies_request import (
    SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequest,
)
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.security_monitoring_dataset_dependencies_request_attributes import (
    SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequestAttributes,
)
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.security_monitoring_dataset_dependencies_request_data import (
    SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequestData,
)

body = SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequest(
    data=SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequestData(
        attributes=SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequestAttributes(
            dataset_ids=[
                "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
            ],
        ),
    ),
)

configuration = Configuration()
configuration.unstable_operations["batch_get_security_monitoring_dataset_dependencies"] = True
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = SecurityMonitoringApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.batch_get_security_monitoring_dataset_dependencies(body=body)

    print(response)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=python) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" python3 "example.py"
##### 

```ruby
# Get dataset dependencies returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config|
  config.unstable_operations["v2.batch_get_security_monitoring_dataset_dependencies".to_sym] = true
end
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::SecurityMonitoringAPI.new

body = DatadogAPIClient::V2::SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequest.new({
  data: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequestData.new({
    attributes: DatadogAPIClient::V2::SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequestAttributes.new({
      dataset_ids: [
        "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
      ],
    }),
  }),
})
p api_instance.batch_get_security_monitoring_dataset_dependencies(body)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" rb "example.rb"
##### 

```go
// Get dataset dependencies returns "OK" response

package main

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2"
)

func main() {
	body := datadogV2.SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequest{
		Data: datadogV2.SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequestData{
			Attributes: datadogV2.SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequestAttributes{
				DatasetIds: []string{
					"123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
				},
			},
		},
	}
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	configuration.SetUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.BatchGetSecurityMonitoringDatasetDependencies", true)
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV2.NewSecurityMonitoringApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.BatchGetSecurityMonitoringDatasetDependencies(ctx, body)

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `SecurityMonitoringApi.BatchGetSecurityMonitoringDatasetDependencies`: %v\n", err)
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
	}

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `SecurityMonitoringApi.BatchGetSecurityMonitoringDatasetDependencies`:\n%s\n", responseContent)
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=go) and then save the example to `main.go` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" go run "main.go"
##### 

```java
// Get dataset dependencies returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.SecurityMonitoringApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequest;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequestAttributes;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequestData;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesResponse;
import java.util.Collections;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    defaultClient.setUnstableOperationEnabled(
        "v2.batchGetSecurityMonitoringDatasetDependencies", true);
    SecurityMonitoringApi apiInstance = new SecurityMonitoringApi(defaultClient);

    SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequest body =
        new SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequest()
            .data(
                new SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequestData()
                    .attributes(
                        new SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequestAttributes()
                            .datasetIds(
                                Collections.singletonList(
                                    "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"))));

    try {
      SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesResponse result =
          apiInstance.batchGetSecurityMonitoringDatasetDependencies(body);
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println(
          "Exception when calling"
              + " SecurityMonitoringApi#batchGetSecurityMonitoringDatasetDependencies");
      System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
      System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
      System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=java) and then save the example to `Example.java` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" java "Example.java"
##### 

```rust
// Get dataset dependencies returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_security_monitoring::SecurityMonitoringAPI;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequest;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequestAttributes;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequestData;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let body = SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequest::new(
        SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequestData::new(
            SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequestAttributes::new(vec![
                "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000".to_string(),
            ]),
        ),
    );
    let mut configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    configuration
        .set_unstable_operation_enabled("v2.BatchGetSecurityMonitoringDatasetDependencies", true);
    let api = SecurityMonitoringAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api
        .batch_get_security_monitoring_dataset_dependencies(body)
        .await;
    if let Ok(value) = resp {
        println!("{:#?}", value);
    } else {
        println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err());
    }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=rust) and then save the example to `src/main.rs` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo run
##### 

```typescript
/**
 * Get dataset dependencies returns "OK" response
 */

import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration();
configuration.unstableOperations[
  "v2.batchGetSecurityMonitoringDatasetDependencies"
] = true;
const apiInstance = new v2.SecurityMonitoringApi(configuration);

const params: v2.SecurityMonitoringApiBatchGetSecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesRequest =
  {
    body: {
      data: {
        attributes: {
          datasetIds: ["123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"],
        },
      },
    },
  };

apiInstance
  .batchGetSecurityMonitoringDatasetDependencies(params)
  .then((data: v2.SecurityMonitoringDatasetDependenciesResponse) => {
    console.log(
      "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data)
    );
  })
  .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=typescript) and then save the example to `example.ts` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" tsc "example.ts"
{% /tab %}
