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# List all tools

GET https://example.itential.io/tools

Returns all tools in the tool registry.

Reference: https://docs.itential.com/itential-cloud/api-reference/tools/tool-registry-search-tools

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — Basic authentication of the form `Basic <base64(username:password)>`.

## Request

### Query parameters

- `skip` (integer, optional) — The number of results to skip for pagination.
- `limit` (integer, optional) — The maximum number of results to return.
- `type` (string, optional) — The type of tool to search for.
- `name` (string, optional) — Resource name.
- `referenceIds` (string, optional) — Comma separated referenceIds of tools.
- `description` (string, optional) — A keyword to match against tool descriptions.
- `active` (boolean, optional) — Whether to only return active tools.
- `parentIds` (string, optional) — Comma separated list of parentIds to filter tools by.
- `parentTypes` (string, optional) — Comma separated list of parentTypes to filter tools by.
- `parentTitles` (string, optional) — Comma separated list of parentTitles to filter tools by.
- `excludeToolChildren` (boolean, optional) — If true, exclude tools that are children of other tools (i.e. only return top-level tools).
- `sort` (enum, optional, default: name) — Determines which field to sort by. Defaults to name
  - Allowed values: `name`, `type`, `description`, `source`, `referenceId`
- `order` (enum, optional, default: asc) — Determines whether to sort by ascending or descending alphanumeric order. Defaults to ascending.
  - Allowed values: `asc`, `desc`

## Response

### 200

Contains the list of tools

- `any`

## Errors

### 500 Internal Server Error

Error response from API

- `any`

## Examples

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://example.itential.io/tools"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://example.itential.io/tools';
const options = {method: 'GET'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://example.itential.io/tools"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://example.itential.io/tools")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://example.itential.io/tools")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://example.itential.io/tools');

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://example.itential.io/tools");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://example.itential.io/tools")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```