---
title: "Get a dataset's traces sampling policy"
description: "The dataset's edge tail sampling policy for traces. A dataset that never had one answers enabled false, no rules, version 0 and the dataset's createdAt. 404 while sampling isn't offered yet."
---

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Path: Observability API

`GET /v1/organizations/{orgId}/projects/{projectId}/obs/datasets/{datasetId}/sampling`

The dataset's edge tail sampling policy for traces. A dataset that never had one answers enabled false, no rules, version 0 and the dataset's createdAt. 404 while sampling isn't offered yet.

## Authentication

Requires one of the following:

- `apiKey`, http, header `Authorization`
- `oauth`, http, header `Authorization`
- `sessionCookie`, apiKey, in cookie

## Path parameters

- `GetDatasetSampling.path.orgId` (string, required)
  - format `uuid`
- `GetDatasetSampling.path.projectId` (string, required)
  - format `uuid`
- `GetDatasetSampling.path.datasetId` (string, required)
  - format `uuid`

## Code samples

### cURL

```curl
curl --request GET \
  --url https://obs.ezghcloud.com/v1/organizations/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08/projects/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08/obs/datasets/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08/sampling \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
```

### TypeScript

```typescript
const url = 'https://obs.ezghcloud.com/v1/organizations/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08/projects/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08/obs/datasets/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08/sampling';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch(url, options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(json => console.log(json))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
```

### Python

```python
import requests

url = "https://obs.ezghcloud.com/v1/organizations/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08/projects/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08/obs/datasets/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08/sampling"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
```

## Responses

### 200

The policy.

#### Example

```json
{
  "policy": {
    "decisionWait": "30s",
    "default": "all",
    "enabled": true,
    "rules": [
      {
        "keep": "all",
        "name": "string",
        "when": {
          "attributes": [
            {
              "equals": "string",
              "exists": true,
              "key": "string",
              "scope": "record"
            }
          ],
          "minDuration": "string",
          "root": true,
          "service": [
            "string"
          ],
          "spanName": [
            "string"
          ],
          "status": "error"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "updatedAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "version": 0
}
```

- `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.policy` (object, required) — As stored: decisionWait and rules are always present.
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.policy.enabled` (boolean, required)
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.policy.decisionWait` (string, optional) — A Go duration from 5s to 120s: how long a trace's spans are buffered before it's decided.
    - default `"30s"`
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.policy.default` (one of, optional) — all, none or percent; required when enabled.
    - one of: `string`, `object`, `object`
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.policy.rules` (array<object>, optional)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.policy.rules.keep` (one of, required) — What a rule (or the default) decides: all keeps, none drops, percent keeps the traces whose trace ID randomness is below the threshold (the same answer on every replay), perSecond keeps up to n traces a second for the rule in the dataset (when spent, the rule doesn't match and evaluation goes on). The default takes all, none or percent.
      - one of: `string`, `object`, `object`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.policy.rules.name` (string, required) — Unique in the policy; default is reserved.
      - pattern `^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]{0,39}$`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.policy.rules.when` (object, required) — Every condition given must hold over the trace's buffered spans; {} matches every trace.
      - `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.policy.rules.when.attributes` (array<object>, optional) — One span satisfies all of these.
        - `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.policy.rules.when.attributes.key` (string, required)
          - minLength 1; maxLength 255
        - `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.policy.rules.when.attributes.scope` (string, required) — record: span attributes; resource: resource attributes.
          - one of `"record"`, `"resource"`
        - `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.policy.rules.when.attributes.equals` (string, optional)
          - maxLength 255
        - `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.policy.rules.when.attributes.exists` (boolean, optional)
          - one of `true`
      - `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.policy.rules.when.minDuration` (string, optional) — A Go duration ("2s"), more than 0 and at most 1h: the trace's latest span end minus its earliest start is at least this.
      - `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.policy.rules.when.root` (boolean, optional) — Narrows service, spanName and attributes to the root span.
      - `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.policy.rules.when.service` (array<string>, optional) — A span's service key is one of these.
        - minLength 1; maxLength 255
      - `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.policy.rules.when.spanName` (array<string>, optional) — A span's name is one of these.
        - minLength 1; maxLength 255
      - `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.policy.rules.when.status` (string, optional) — A span has status ERROR.
        - one of `"error"`
- `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.updatedAt` (string, required) — UTC, millisecond precision: 2026-10-02T10:20:00.000Z.
  - format `date-time`
- `GetDatasetSampling.response.200.version` (integer, required) — 0 before the first PUT.
  - min 0

### 400

invalid_request (with issues), invalid_cursor, or the endpoint's own 400 codes.

#### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "issues": [
      {
        "message": "string",
        "path": "string"
      }
    ],
    "message": "string",
    "quota": {
      "id": "string",
      "inFlight": 0,
      "kind": "allocation",
      "limit": 0,
      "periodStart": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "region": "string",
      "resetsAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "scope": "organization",
      "scopeResourceName": "string",
      "used": 0,
      "window": "string"
    }
  }
}
```

- `GetDatasetSampling.response.400.error` (object, required)
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.400.error.code` (string, required)
    - maxLength 64; pattern `^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*$`
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.400.error.message` (string, required)
    - maxLength 1024
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.400.error.issues` (array<object>, optional) — invalid_request: one entry per problem, at a dotted path.
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.400.error.issues.message` (string, required)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.400.error.issues.path` (string, required)
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.400.error.quota` (object, optional) — quota_exceeded: the quota that refused the request. Never with Retry-After.
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.400.error.quota.id` (string, required)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.400.error.quota.kind` (unknown, required)
      - one of `"allocation"`, `"rate"`, `"usage"`, `"concurrency"`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.400.error.quota.limit` (integer, required)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.400.error.quota.scope` (unknown, required)
      - one of `"organization"`, `"project"`, `"resource"`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.400.error.quota.inFlight` (integer, optional)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.400.error.quota.periodStart` (string, optional)
      - format `date-time`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.400.error.quota.region` (string, optional)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.400.error.quota.resetsAt` (string, optional)
      - format `date-time`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.400.error.quota.scopeResourceName` (string, optional)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.400.error.quota.used` (integer, optional)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.400.error.quota.window` (string, optional) — rate only: an ISO 8601 duration, PT1S to PT1H.

### 401

unauthenticated: no credential, or one that doesn't check out.

#### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "issues": [
      {
        "message": "string",
        "path": "string"
      }
    ],
    "message": "string",
    "quota": {
      "id": "string",
      "inFlight": 0,
      "kind": "allocation",
      "limit": 0,
      "periodStart": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "region": "string",
      "resetsAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "scope": "organization",
      "scopeResourceName": "string",
      "used": 0,
      "window": "string"
    }
  }
}
```

- `GetDatasetSampling.response.401.error` (object, required)
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.401.error.code` (string, required)
    - maxLength 64; pattern `^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*$`
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.401.error.message` (string, required)
    - maxLength 1024
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.401.error.issues` (array<object>, optional) — invalid_request: one entry per problem, at a dotted path.
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.401.error.issues.message` (string, required)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.401.error.issues.path` (string, required)
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.401.error.quota` (object, optional) — quota_exceeded: the quota that refused the request. Never with Retry-After.
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.401.error.quota.id` (string, required)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.401.error.quota.kind` (unknown, required)
      - one of `"allocation"`, `"rate"`, `"usage"`, `"concurrency"`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.401.error.quota.limit` (integer, required)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.401.error.quota.scope` (unknown, required)
      - one of `"organization"`, `"project"`, `"resource"`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.401.error.quota.inFlight` (integer, optional)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.401.error.quota.periodStart` (string, optional)
      - format `date-time`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.401.error.quota.region` (string, optional)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.401.error.quota.resetsAt` (string, optional)
      - format `date-time`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.401.error.quota.scopeResourceName` (string, optional)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.401.error.quota.used` (integer, optional)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.401.error.quota.window` (string, optional) — rate only: an ISO 8601 duration, PT1S to PT1H.

### 403

access_denied: the caller's policies don't allow the action; forbidden_origin: a cookie-authenticated write from an origin that isn't allowed; spend_limit_reached.

#### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "issues": [
      {
        "message": "string",
        "path": "string"
      }
    ],
    "message": "string",
    "quota": {
      "id": "string",
      "inFlight": 0,
      "kind": "allocation",
      "limit": 0,
      "periodStart": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "region": "string",
      "resetsAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "scope": "organization",
      "scopeResourceName": "string",
      "used": 0,
      "window": "string"
    }
  }
}
```

- `GetDatasetSampling.response.403.error` (object, required)
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.403.error.code` (string, required)
    - maxLength 64; pattern `^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*$`
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.403.error.message` (string, required)
    - maxLength 1024
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.403.error.issues` (array<object>, optional) — invalid_request: one entry per problem, at a dotted path.
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.403.error.issues.message` (string, required)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.403.error.issues.path` (string, required)
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.403.error.quota` (object, optional) — quota_exceeded: the quota that refused the request. Never with Retry-After.
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.403.error.quota.id` (string, required)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.403.error.quota.kind` (unknown, required)
      - one of `"allocation"`, `"rate"`, `"usage"`, `"concurrency"`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.403.error.quota.limit` (integer, required)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.403.error.quota.scope` (unknown, required)
      - one of `"organization"`, `"project"`, `"resource"`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.403.error.quota.inFlight` (integer, optional)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.403.error.quota.periodStart` (string, optional)
      - format `date-time`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.403.error.quota.region` (string, optional)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.403.error.quota.resetsAt` (string, optional)
      - format `date-time`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.403.error.quota.scopeResourceName` (string, optional)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.403.error.quota.used` (integer, optional)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.403.error.quota.window` (string, optional) — rate only: an ISO 8601 duration, PT1S to PT1H.

### 404

not_found: unknown, malformed, or in an organization the caller isn't in.

#### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "issues": [
      {
        "message": "string",
        "path": "string"
      }
    ],
    "message": "string",
    "quota": {
      "id": "string",
      "inFlight": 0,
      "kind": "allocation",
      "limit": 0,
      "periodStart": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "region": "string",
      "resetsAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "scope": "organization",
      "scopeResourceName": "string",
      "used": 0,
      "window": "string"
    }
  }
}
```

- `GetDatasetSampling.response.404.error` (object, required)
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.404.error.code` (string, required)
    - maxLength 64; pattern `^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*$`
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.404.error.message` (string, required)
    - maxLength 1024
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.404.error.issues` (array<object>, optional) — invalid_request: one entry per problem, at a dotted path.
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.404.error.issues.message` (string, required)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.404.error.issues.path` (string, required)
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.404.error.quota` (object, optional) — quota_exceeded: the quota that refused the request. Never with Retry-After.
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.404.error.quota.id` (string, required)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.404.error.quota.kind` (unknown, required)
      - one of `"allocation"`, `"rate"`, `"usage"`, `"concurrency"`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.404.error.quota.limit` (integer, required)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.404.error.quota.scope` (unknown, required)
      - one of `"organization"`, `"project"`, `"resource"`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.404.error.quota.inFlight` (integer, optional)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.404.error.quota.periodStart` (string, optional)
      - format `date-time`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.404.error.quota.region` (string, optional)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.404.error.quota.resetsAt` (string, optional)
      - format `date-time`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.404.error.quota.scopeResourceName` (string, optional)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.404.error.quota.used` (integer, optional)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.404.error.quota.window` (string, optional) — rate only: an ISO 8601 duration, PT1S to PT1H.

### 429

too_many_requests, with Retry-After; or quota_exceeded (a rate, usage or concurrency quota, with quota), never with Retry-After.

#### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "issues": [
      {
        "message": "string",
        "path": "string"
      }
    ],
    "message": "string",
    "quota": {
      "id": "string",
      "inFlight": 0,
      "kind": "allocation",
      "limit": 0,
      "periodStart": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "region": "string",
      "resetsAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "scope": "organization",
      "scopeResourceName": "string",
      "used": 0,
      "window": "string"
    }
  }
}
```

- `GetDatasetSampling.response.429.error` (object, required)
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.429.error.code` (string, required)
    - maxLength 64; pattern `^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*$`
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.429.error.message` (string, required)
    - maxLength 1024
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.429.error.issues` (array<object>, optional) — invalid_request: one entry per problem, at a dotted path.
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.429.error.issues.message` (string, required)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.429.error.issues.path` (string, required)
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.429.error.quota` (object, optional) — quota_exceeded: the quota that refused the request. Never with Retry-After.
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.429.error.quota.id` (string, required)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.429.error.quota.kind` (unknown, required)
      - one of `"allocation"`, `"rate"`, `"usage"`, `"concurrency"`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.429.error.quota.limit` (integer, required)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.429.error.quota.scope` (unknown, required)
      - one of `"organization"`, `"project"`, `"resource"`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.429.error.quota.inFlight` (integer, optional)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.429.error.quota.periodStart` (string, optional)
      - format `date-time`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.429.error.quota.region` (string, optional)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.429.error.quota.resetsAt` (string, optional)
      - format `date-time`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.429.error.quota.scopeResourceName` (string, optional)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.429.error.quota.used` (integer, optional)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.429.error.quota.window` (string, optional) — rate only: an ISO 8601 duration, PT1S to PT1H.

### 500

internal_error: a bug; the details are in the logs, under the request ID.

#### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "issues": [
      {
        "message": "string",
        "path": "string"
      }
    ],
    "message": "string",
    "quota": {
      "id": "string",
      "inFlight": 0,
      "kind": "allocation",
      "limit": 0,
      "periodStart": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "region": "string",
      "resetsAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "scope": "organization",
      "scopeResourceName": "string",
      "used": 0,
      "window": "string"
    }
  }
}
```

- `GetDatasetSampling.response.500.error` (object, required)
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.500.error.code` (string, required)
    - maxLength 64; pattern `^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*$`
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.500.error.message` (string, required)
    - maxLength 1024
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.500.error.issues` (array<object>, optional) — invalid_request: one entry per problem, at a dotted path.
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.500.error.issues.message` (string, required)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.500.error.issues.path` (string, required)
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.500.error.quota` (object, optional) — quota_exceeded: the quota that refused the request. Never with Retry-After.
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.500.error.quota.id` (string, required)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.500.error.quota.kind` (unknown, required)
      - one of `"allocation"`, `"rate"`, `"usage"`, `"concurrency"`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.500.error.quota.limit` (integer, required)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.500.error.quota.scope` (unknown, required)
      - one of `"organization"`, `"project"`, `"resource"`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.500.error.quota.inFlight` (integer, optional)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.500.error.quota.periodStart` (string, optional)
      - format `date-time`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.500.error.quota.region` (string, optional)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.500.error.quota.resetsAt` (string, optional)
      - format `date-time`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.500.error.quota.scopeResourceName` (string, optional)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.500.error.quota.used` (integer, optional)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.500.error.quota.window` (string, optional) — rate only: an ISO 8601 duration, PT1S to PT1H.

### 503

unavailable: a dependency the request needs is down. Retry after Retry-After.

#### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "issues": [
      {
        "message": "string",
        "path": "string"
      }
    ],
    "message": "string",
    "quota": {
      "id": "string",
      "inFlight": 0,
      "kind": "allocation",
      "limit": 0,
      "periodStart": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "region": "string",
      "resetsAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "scope": "organization",
      "scopeResourceName": "string",
      "used": 0,
      "window": "string"
    }
  }
}
```

- `GetDatasetSampling.response.503.error` (object, required)
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.503.error.code` (string, required)
    - maxLength 64; pattern `^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*$`
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.503.error.message` (string, required)
    - maxLength 1024
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.503.error.issues` (array<object>, optional) — invalid_request: one entry per problem, at a dotted path.
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.503.error.issues.message` (string, required)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.503.error.issues.path` (string, required)
  - `GetDatasetSampling.response.503.error.quota` (object, optional) — quota_exceeded: the quota that refused the request. Never with Retry-After.
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.503.error.quota.id` (string, required)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.503.error.quota.kind` (unknown, required)
      - one of `"allocation"`, `"rate"`, `"usage"`, `"concurrency"`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.503.error.quota.limit` (integer, required)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.503.error.quota.scope` (unknown, required)
      - one of `"organization"`, `"project"`, `"resource"`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.503.error.quota.inFlight` (integer, optional)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.503.error.quota.periodStart` (string, optional)
      - format `date-time`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.503.error.quota.region` (string, optional)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.503.error.quota.resetsAt` (string, optional)
      - format `date-time`
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.503.error.quota.scopeResourceName` (string, optional)
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.503.error.quota.used` (integer, optional)
      - min 0
    - `GetDatasetSampling.response.503.error.quota.window` (string, optional) — rate only: an ISO 8601 duration, PT1S to PT1H.


Source: https://docs.ezghcloud.com/obs-api/GetDatasetSampling/index.md
