Data Catalog API methods that are related to Data Catalog search and metadata are deprecated and will be discontinued on January 30, 2026. See Transition from Data Catalog to Dataplex Catalog. Methods that are related to policy tags and policy tag taxonomies are not deprecated.

Method: projects.locations.entryGroups.get

Gets an EntryGroup.

HTTP request

GET https://datacatalog.googleapis.com/v1beta1/{name}

Path parameters

Parameters

Parameters
`name`	`string` Required. The name of the entry group. For example, `projects/{projectId}/locations/{location}/entryGroups/{entryGroupId}`. It takes the form `projects/{project}/locations/{location}/entryGroups/{entrygroup}`.

name

string

Required. The name of the entry group. For example, projects/{projectId}/locations/{location}/entryGroups/{entryGroupId}. It takes the form projects/{project}/locations/{location}/entryGroups/{entrygroup}.

Query parameters

Parameters

Parameters
`readMask`	`string (FieldMask format)` The fields to return. If not set or empty, all fields are returned. This is a comma-separated list of fully qualified names of fields. Example: `"user.displayName,photo"`.

readMask

string (FieldMask format)

The fields to return. If not set or empty, all fields are returned.

This is a comma-separated list of fully qualified names of fields. Example: "user.displayName,photo".

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance of EntryGroup.

Authorization scopes

Requires the following OAuth scope:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.