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# Get references to a particular document

GET http://localhost:3000/automation-studio/references-to

Returns references to a particular document.

Reference: https://docs.itential.com/itential-platform/6/api-reference/automation-studio/get-references-to

## Authentication

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

## Request

### Query parameters

- `target-type` (string, optional) — Type of document to search for references to.
- `target-identifiers` (string, optional) — IDs of the components to search for references to.
- `referrer-type` (string, optional) — Type of documents to search for references in.

## Response

### 200

Response object.

- `referencesByTarget` (list of object, optional)
  - `target` (object, optional)
    - `identifer` (string, optional)
    - `type` (enum, optional)
      - Allowed values: `workflow`, `json-form`, `transformation`, `template`, `command-template`, `analytic-template`, `form`
  - `totalReferencingInstances` (double, optional)
  - `totalReferences` (double, optional)
  - `references` (object, optional)
    - `type` (enum, optional)
      - Allowed values: `workflow`, `json-form`, `transformation`, `template`, `command-template`, `analytic-template`, `form`
    - `_id` (string, optional)
    - `name` (string, optional)
    - `referencePaths` (list of string, optional)

## Errors

### 500 Internal Server Error

Error response from API

- `any`

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "referencesByTarget": [
    {
      "target": {
        "identifer": "940a1b4f-399a-44df-a42e-d37da51c7637",
        "type": "workflow"
      },
      "totalReferencingInstances": 1.1,
      "totalReferences": 1.1,
      "references": {
        "type": "workflow",
        "_id": "940a1b4f-399a-44df-a42e-d37da51c7637",
        "name": "string",
        "referencePaths": [
          "string"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "http://localhost:3000/automation-studio/references-to"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'http://localhost:3000/automation-studio/references-to';
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 := "http://localhost:3000/automation-studio/references-to"

	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("http://localhost:3000/automation-studio/references-to")

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

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("http://localhost:3000/automation-studio/references-to")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'http://localhost:3000/automation-studio/references-to');

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:3000/automation-studio/references-to");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:3000/automation-studio/references-to")! 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()
```