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# Get attribute references.



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://docs-cdn.narrative.io/api-reference/main/openapi.json get /attributes/{attribute_name_or_id}/references
openapi: 3.1.1
info:
  contact:
    email: support@narrative.io
    name: Narrative Support
    url: https://www.narrative.io
  termsOfService: https://www.narrative.io/legal/terms-of-service
  x-logo:
    url: >-
      https://cdn.narrative.io/images/company-logos/prod/narrative-logo-text-white.svg
    backgroundColor: rgb(9, 34, 166)
    altText: Narrative Logo
  description: >-
    The [Narrative Data Collaboration Platform](https://app.narrative.io) API is
    organized around REST. Our API has predictable resource-oriented URLs,
    accepts form-encoded request bodies, returns JSON-encoded responses, and
    uses standard HTTP response codes, authentication, and verbs.



    The current version is a pre-release beta.  It may result in unexpected
    behavior and there may be breaking changes in future releases up to the 1.0
    release.
  title: Narrative Data Collaboration Platform API
  version: 2.4.x
servers:
  - url: https://api-dev.narrative.io
  - url: https://api.narrative.io
security: []
tags:
  - name: Access Rules
    description: >-
      Access rules let data providers control who can purchase their data and
      the terms of purchase.


      The `access-rules` API allows you to manage access rules for your
      datasets.


      Related guides:
        - [What is an access rule?](https://kb.narrative.io/access-rules)
  - name: Agent Conversations
    description: >-
      Build LLM-driven workflows that can call MCP tools, ask the caller for
      input, and return structured answers.


      A conversation pins a model, a system prompt, and a tool catalog. Each run
      sends the model a user message (or

      a batch of tool outputs from a previously-paused run); the model decides
      whether to answer directly, call a

      server-side tool (resolved by the platform via Model Context Protocol), or
      call a client-side tool (which pauses

      the run with `requires_action` and waits for the caller to reply).


      Related guides:
        - [Agent Conversations Reference](https://docs.narrative.io/reference/architecture/agent-conversations)
        - [Error catalog](https://docs.narrative.io/reference/architecture/agent-conversations/errors/conversation-not-found)
  - name: MCP Connections
    description: >-
      Connect external (non-Narrative) MCP servers so agent runs can call their
      tools with the

      calling user's own OAuth authorization.


      A connection is created interactively: `POST /mcp-connections` runs OAuth
      discovery and

      Dynamic Client Registration against the server and returns a consent URL;
      the user authorizes

      in a browser; the authorization server redirects to `GET
      /mcp-connections/callback`, which

      finishes the token exchange and marks the connection `connected`. Tokens
      are stored encrypted

      and used server-side — they are never returned by the API. Once connected,
      reference the

      connection by id from an agent run's `mcp_servers[].connection_id`.
  - name: App Invites
    description: >-
      App invites allow applications to create one-time, shareable links on
      behalf of their users. These links

      enable users to invite third parties who do not have a Narrative account
      to perform actions within the

      application.


      For example, a Narrative user can send an invite link to a third party who
      then completes a Pinterest

      OAuth flow and creates a connector profile in the inviter's account,
      allowing the inviter to deliver

      audience data to the third party's Pinterest account without the third
      party needing a Narrative account.


      This API is intended to be used by applications (via app client
      credentials) to create and manage invites

      on behalf of their users, which can then be shared with invitees.
  - name: Apps
    description: >-
      Apps are applications bundled with a UI that can perform various actions
      on behalf of a user utilizing the Narrative API.

      Related guides:
        - [Building a Narrative Native App](https://www.narrative.io/knowledge-base/how-to-guides/building-a-narrative-native-app)
  - name: Access Tokens
    description: API Access Token management
  - name: Attributes
    description: >-
      An attribute models a standardized data point available for sale on the
      Narrative marketplace.


      Narrative automatically turns data points from provider datasets into
      attributes so that buyers can purchase well-formed, standardized data from
      any supplier on the marketplace.
  - name: Auth
    description: >-
      API token is a crucial step for developers to securely authenticate
      requests to the Narrative API

      Related guides:
        - [How to Create an API Token](https://www.narrative.io/knowledge-base/how-to-guides/understanding-narratives-apis/create-an-api-token)
  - name: Authentication
    description: User login and registration
  - name: Billings
    description: Used by Narrative internally to bill customers
  - name: Companies
    description: A collection of employees
  - name: Company Marketing Information
    description: Useful information related to companies
  - name: Compute Pools
    description: >-
      Compute pools represent compute resources (e.g. Snowflake warehouses)
      provisioned within a data plane.

      Companies can manage and share compute pools, assign them to jobs, and set
      a default compute pool on data planes.
  - name: Connections
    description: Associations between connectors and datasets
  - name: Data Shops
    description: |-
      Self-hosted website to sell your data
      Related guides:
        - [Setting up your datashop](https://www.narrative.io/knowledge-base/how-to-guides/shop-builder/settting-up-your-data-shop)
  - name: Data Streams
    description: >-
      The `data-stream` API endpoints allows one to create and update
      data-streams. Additionally the endpoints allow

      finding data-streams using free text search. A few of the endpoints are
      behind authorization.


      Update endpoint allows a client to post an edited data-stream document as
      is, without having to change its shape.

      The API ensures that only certain fields are allowed to be modified.
      Attempts to modify fields not up for client

      modifications are ignored.


      Related guides:
        - [What is a data stream?](https://kb.narrative.io/what-is-a-data-stream)
  - name: Contracts
    description: Contracts related APIs
  - name: Datasets
    description: >-
      Any kind of data, in any schema, can be pushed into the Narrative Data
      Collaboration Platform as a dataset exactly as it is stored in your own
      system.


      The `datasets` API allows you to manage your datasets.
  - name: Destinations
    description: >-
      Destinations associate a subscription to a profile. Optionally, ad-hoc
      quick settings can be configured to a destination.

      Those quick settings have to match the format defined on the app manifest.
  - name: Installations
    description: Installations of Applications for a profile
  - name: Jobs
    description: >-
      Jobs represent an operation done on a given data plane. All jobs today are
      tied to a query that represents a forecast or a materialized view.


      The jobs API provides an interface for interacting with the jobs table,
      which stores various operations involving reading or writing data. This
      API allows users to retrieve detailed information about specific jobs,
      including cost forecasts, data forecasts, NQL forecasts and materialized
      views.
  - name: Mappings
    description: >-
      A mapping is a transformation from a dataset to an attribute. Defining a
      mapping between a dataset and an attribute makes the dataset eligible to
      participate in subscriptions where a buyer is purchasing the target
      attribute.
  - name: Model Inference
    description: Model Inference
  - name: Models
    description: >-
      Machine learning models for training and inference.


      Models can be stored in HuggingFace or Narrative repositories and have
      configurable

      collaborator permissions for training and inference access.


      The `models` API allows you to list, retrieve, and update models
      accessible to your company.
  - name: NQL
    description: >-
      Narrative Query Language (NQL) is a specialized, SQL-inspired language
      designed to query and manipulate data within the Narrative platform. While
      it looks and feels much like standard SQL, it offers extended
      functionality and syntax that let you leverage platform-specific
      features—such as referencing datasets by their IDs, creating materialized
      views, or generating forecasts—without having to manage the complexities
      of different query engines behind the scenes. NQL queries can ultimately
      compile down to multiple underlying engines (e.g., Snowflake, Spark) to
      execute your requests efficiently in the Narrative ecosystem.
  - name: Payment Methods
    description: Payment methods used to purchase data
  - name: Products
    description: Internal routes used to offer datastream as products
  - name: Profiles
    description: >-
      App profiles are associated with an installation. They represent a
      reference to a configuration that the app can use to save confidential
      information outside of Narrative's control.

      Profiles are currently used to configure settings for connector apps.
  - name: Resources
    description: >-
      Narrative gives you access to managed resources, like your own AWS S3
      bucket, so that you can effortlessly buy and sell data on the platform.


      The `resources` API allows you to manage your resources.
  - name: Schema Inference
    description: >-
      The `schema-inference` API analyzes submitted files to automatically infer
      and return their structure as a dataset schema.
  - name: Schema Presets
    description: >-
      The `schema-presets` API allows you to list the available schema presets,
      get detailed information about a specific one and manage its life cycle.


      You can create a schema preset from scratch or create one based on an
      existing one, administrators can create platform wide available (public)
      schema preset.
  - name: Subscriptions
    description: >-
      In the Narrative Data Collaboration Platform a subscription represents a
      set of rules dictating the commercial terms related to the licensing of
      data.


      The `subscriptions` API allows you to set and get information about
      `subscription` objects owned by the authenticated account.
  - name: Uploads
    description: >-
      The `uploads` API allows you to send files to Narrative and use them to
      perform tasks like creating a list or adding data to a dataset.
  - name: Usage
    description: >-
      The `usage` API enables the recording of usage events associated with a
      product.
  - name: Workflows
    description: >-
      The `workflows` API allows you to create, schedule, trigger, and archive
      workflows.

      Workflows are defined using a serverlessworkflow YAML specification.
paths:
  /attributes/{attribute_name_or_id}/references:
    get:
      tags:
        - Attributes
      summary: Get attribute references.
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AttributeNameOrId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AttributeResponse'
      security:
        - {}
components:
  parameters:
    AttributeNameOrId:
      in: path
      name: attribute_name_or_id
      required: true
      description: Either an attribute name or an attribute id
      schema:
        oneOf:
          - type: integer
            description: Unique identifier
          - type: string
            description: Unique name`
  schemas:
    AttributeResponse:
      description: >-
        An attribute models a standardized data point available for sale on the
        Narrative marketplace.


        Narrative automatically turns data points from provider datasets into
        attributes so that buyers can purchase

        well-formed, standardized data from any supplier on the marketplace.


        The response will be one of two types:

        - AttributeOwnedResponse: When the requesting company owns the attribute
        (includes company_id and collaborators)

        - AttributeSharedResponse: When the requesting company does not own the
        attribute
      oneOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AttributeOwnedResponse'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AttributeSharedResponse'
    AttributeOwnedResponse:
      description: >-
        An owned attribute response includes additional fields for attributes
        owned by the requesting company.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AttributeResponseWithoutExample'
        - type: object
          required:
            - company_id
            - collaborators
          properties:
            company_id:
              type: integer
              description: The ID of the company that owns this attribute
            collaborators:
              type: object
              description: >-
                Defines which companies have access to view and map this
                attribute
              properties:
                view:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Participants'
                map:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Participants'
      example:
        id: 123456789
        name: price
        description: >-
          The price of an order, product, or a price component. Currency field
          accepts ISO 4217 currency codes
        display_name: Price
        type: object
        properties:
          value:
            type: double
            validations:
              - $this.value >= 0.0
          iso_4217_currency:
            type: string
            enum:
              - USD
              - GBP
              - JPY
        required:
          - value
          - iso_4217_currency
        company_id: 12345
        collaborators:
          view:
            type: inclusion
            companies:
              - 12345
              - 67890
          map:
            type: inclusion
            companies:
              - 12345
        tags:
          - ecommerce
          - transaction
    AttributeSharedResponse:
      description: >-
        A shared attribute response is returned when the requesting company does
        not own the attribute.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AttributeResponseWithoutExample'
      example:
        id: 123456789
        name: price
        description: >-
          The price of an order, product, or a price component. Currency field
          accepts ISO 4217 currency codes
        display_name: Price
        type: object
        properties:
          value:
            type: double
            validations:
              - $this.value >= 0.0
          iso_4217_currency:
            type: string
            enum:
              - USD
              - GBP
              - JPY
        required:
          - value
          - iso_4217_currency
        tags:
          - ecommerce
          - transaction
    AttributeResponseWithoutExample:
      allOf:
        - type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: integer
              description: Unique identifier for the attribute.
            description:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AttributeDescription'
            display_name:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AttributeDisplayName'
            name:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AttributeName'
            tags:
              type: array
              description: List of tags associated with the attribute
              items:
                type: string
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AttributeTypeWithoutRef'
    Participants:
      description: >-
        Defines which companies can participate in viewing or mapping
        attributes.
      oneOf:
        - type: object
          description: No companies are allowed
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              enum:
                - none
          required:
            - type
        - type: object
          description: Specific companies are included
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              enum:
                - inclusion
            companies:
              type: array
              items:
                type: integer
                description: Company ID
          required:
            - type
            - companies
        - type: object
          description: All companies except the listed ones are allowed
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              enum:
                - exclusion
            companies:
              type: array
              items:
                type: integer
                description: Company ID
          required:
            - type
            - companies
        - type: object
          description: All companies are allowed
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              enum:
                - all
          required:
            - type
    AttributeDescription:
      type: string
      description: >-
        A description of the type of data the attribute represents, including
        collection methodology, assumptions, etc.
    AttributeDisplayName:
      type: string
      description: A public-facing descriptive name for the attribute.
    AttributeName:
      type: string
      description: >-
        An short identifier for the attribute to be used when it is referenced
        in validations.


        Attribute names must consist of only alphanumeric characters or
        underscores and be < 255 characters long.
    AttributeTypeWithoutRef:
      oneOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArrayType'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/BooleanType'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DoubleType'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/LongType'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ObjectType'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/StringType'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TimestampTzType'
    ArrayType:
      type: object
      required:
        - type
        - items
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: An array with elements of any data type.
          enum:
            - array
        items:
          oneOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/BooleanType'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DoubleType'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/LongType'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ObjectType'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/StringType'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TimestampTzType'
        validations:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Validations'
    BooleanType:
      type: object
      required:
        - type
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: True/false values. Input values must be one of `true` or `false`.
          enum:
            - boolean
        validations:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Validations'
    DoubleType:
      type: object
      required:
        - type
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: 64-bit IEEE 754 floating point values.
          enum:
            - double
        validations:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Validations'
    LongType:
      type: object
      required:
        - type
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: 64-bit signed integer values.
          enum:
            - long
        enum:
          type: array
          description: An optional set of possible values for the field.
          items:
            type: integer
            format: int64
        validations:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Validations'
    ObjectType:
      type: object
      required:
        - type
        - properties
      properties:
        type:
          description: A record consisting of named fields of any type.
          enum:
            - object
        properties:
          type: object
          description: >-
            A map from field names to field types.


            Field names must consist of only alphanumeric characters or
            underscores and be < 255 characters long.
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ObjectProperty'
        required:
          description: >-
            An optional array of properties whose values are never missing or
            null.
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        unsellable:
          description: An optional array of properties that cannot be sold to buyers.
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    StringType:
      type: object
      required:
        - type
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: Abitrary-length character sequences encoded with UTF-8.
          enum:
            - string
        enum:
          type: array
          description: An optional set of possible values for the field.
          items:
            type: string
        validations:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Validations'
    TimestampTzType:
      type: object
      required:
        - type
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Timestamp with timezone, stored as microseconds. Input values are
            expected to be valid
            [ISO-8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) strings.
          enum:
            - timestamptz
        validations:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Validations'
    Validations:
      type: array
      description: >-
        A raw Spark SQL expression determining whether a value for the given
        column is valid or not.


        If more than one validation is specified then _all_ the validation must
        evaluate to `true` for the column value to be considered valid.


        If `validations` is not specified or empty then all rows will match the
        access rule.


        E.g. for an attribute with the following definition:


        ```

        {
          "name": "unique_id",
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "identifier_value": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "identifier_type": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "timestamp": {
              "type": "timestamptz"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "value"
          ]
        }

        ```


        Valid validations include:


        - Is the ID type lowercased?


        ```sql

        "identifier_type": {
          "type": "string",
          "validations": [
            "lower($this.identifier_type) = $this.identifier_type"
          ]
        }

        ```

        - Was the row collected within the last 90 days?


        ```sql

        "timestamp": {
          "type": "timestamptz",
          "validations": [
            "$this.timestamp > date_sub(current_date(), 90)"
          ]
        }

        ```
      items:
        type: string
    ObjectProperty:
      allOf:
        - type: object
          properties:
            description:
              type: string
              description: A description of the named field.
            display_name:
              type: string
              description: A display name of the named field.

````