# Retrieve an entity definition by name (V2)

Retrieves an entity definition by its name (V2 endpoint).

Endpoint: GET /api/entitydefinitions/name/{name}
Version: v1.0
Security: OAuth2.0

## Security:

  - `OAuth2.0` (unknown)
    oauth2

## Path parameters:

  - `name` (string, required)
    The definition name, for example, `M.Asset`.

## Response 200:

  - `200` (unknown)
    Successful operation

## Response 200 fields (application/json):

  - `id` (integer)

  - `name` (string)

  - `modified_on` (string)

  - `created_on` (string)

  - `display_template` (string)

  - `is_taxonomy_item_definition` (boolean)

  - `is_path_enabled_definition` (boolean)

  - `is_manual_sorting_allowed` (boolean)

  - `is_system_owned` (boolean)

  - `is_built_in` (boolean)

  - `is_light` (boolean)
    Gets a value indicating whether the entity definition is a light definition.

  - `labels` (object)

  - `member_groups` (array)

  - `member_groups.name` (string)

  - `member_groups.content_group` (string)

  - `member_groups.labels` (object)

  - `member_groups.members` (array)

  - `member_groups.members.name` (string)

  - `member_groups.members.labels` (object)

  - `member_groups.members.helptext` (object)

  - `member_groups.members.is_conditional` (boolean)

  - `member_groups.members.conditions` (array)

  - `member_groups.members.conditions.member` (string)

  - `member_groups.members.can_trigger_conditional_members` (boolean)

  - `member_groups.members.is_system_owned` (boolean)

  - `member_groups.members.is_secured` (boolean)

  - `member_groups.members.can_write` (boolean)

  - `member_groups.members.allow_updates` (boolean)

  - `member_groups.is_system_owned` (boolean)

  - `member_groups.is_conditional` (boolean)

  - `member_groups.conditions` (array)

  - `member_groups.is_secured` (boolean)

  - `member_groups.can_write` (boolean)

  - `entities` (object)
    Represents a link to a resource.

  - `entities.href` (string)
    Gets or sets the URI that points to the resource this link refers to.

  - `entities.filename_properties` (array)
    Gets or sets the URI that points to the resource this link refers to.

  - `entities.title` (string)
    Gets or sets the title that describes this link.

  - `entities.templated` (boolean)
    Gets or sets a value indicating whether the contained URI is a template.

  - `permissions` (array)
    All available permissions for the entity definition

## Response 401:

  - `401` (unknown)
    Unauthorized request or invalid access token

## Response 404:

  - `404` (unknown)
    Entity definition not found or user not authorized