Collections

Get a collection

GET
/v2/asset_management/{cloud_name}/collections/{collection_id}

Returns a single collection by its external ID.

Authorization

AuthorizationBasic <token>

Basic authentication using Cloudinary API Key and API Secret.

In: header

Path Parameters

cloud_name*string

The cloud name of your Cloudinary product environment.

collection_id*string

External ID of the collection to retrieve, update, or delete.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X GET "https://example.com/v2/asset_management/demo/collections/col_8f3a2b1c9d4e"
{  "data": {    "id": "col_8f3a2b1c9d4e",    "name": "Summer Campaign Assets",    "creator_type": "user",    "creator_id": "usr_4a1b2c3d5e6f",    "created_at": "2026-03-14T10:15:00Z",    "updated_at": "2026-03-15T09:30:00Z",    "description": "Approved photography for the summer campaign launch.",    "type": "dynamic",    "configuration": {      "expression": "tags = \"summer-campaign\" AND resource_type:image"    },    "asset_count": 12,    "cover_asset_url": "https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/sample.jpg"  }}