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title: Get a namespace
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# Get a namespace
GET/accounts/{account\_id}/storage/kv/namespaces/{namespace\_id}
Returns the Workers KV namespace for the specified account and namespace ID.
##### Security
API Token
The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.
**Example:**Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
API Email + API Key
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.
**Example:**X-Auth-Email: user@example.com
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.
**Example:**X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194
##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
`Workers KV Storage Write``Workers KV Storage Read`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
ID of the Cloudflare account that owns the Workers KV namespaces.
maxLength32
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namespace\_id: string
ID of the Workers KV namespace.
maxLength32
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errors: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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messages: array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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success: true
Whether the API call was successful.
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result: optional Namespace { id, title, jurisdiction, 2 more }
id: string
ID of the Workers KV namespace.
maxLength32
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title: string
Human-readable string name for a Workers KV namespace.
maxLength512
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jurisdiction: optional "eu"or "fedramp"or "us"
Specify the jurisdiction to restrict the KV namespace to durably store data within. Can only be set at namespace creation time.
One of the following:
"eu"
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"fedramp"
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"us"
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mode: optional "instant"
The mode of the Workers KV namespace. Specify instant when creating a namespace to create a KV Instant namespace. Omit this field when creating a namespace to create a classic namespace. Currently, instant is the only supported explicit value.
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supports\_url\_encoding: optional boolean
True if keys written on the URL will be URL-decoded before storing. For example, if set to “true”, a key written on the URL as “%3F” will be stored as ”?”.
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### Get a namespace
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/storage/kv/namespaces/$NAMESPACE_ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"success": true,
"result": {
"id": "0f2ac74b498b48028cb68387c421e279",
"title": "My Own Namespace",
"jurisdiction": "eu",
"mode": "instant",
"supports_url_encoding": true
}
}
```
##### Returns Examples
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"success": true,
"result": {
"id": "0f2ac74b498b48028cb68387c421e279",
"title": "My Own Namespace",
"jurisdiction": "eu",
"mode": "instant",
"supports_url_encoding": true
}
}
```