# List collections

> Retrieve a paginated list of collections.
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`GET /api/collections`

Retrieves the collection of Collection resources.

Returns a paginated collection of collections in the current organization. Pass `expand` to embed related resources, and set `Flowkiwi-Locale` to read the translatable `name` in a given locale.

## Headers

| Name              | Type     | Required | Description                                                                                                      |
| ----------------- | -------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Flowkiwi-Locale` | `string` | -        | Specifies the locale for properties that support localization. If not provided, the default locale will be used. |

## Query parameters

| Name                 | Type       | Required | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| -------------------- | ---------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `expand`             | `string`   | -        | Comma-separated list of relations to embed as full objects instead of IRI strings. Supported values: `parent` (embeds the direct parent, max 1 level - grand-parents stay as IRIs), `children` (embeds direct children, max 1 level - grand-children stay as IRIs). Tokens are independent; unknown values are silently ignored. |
| `page`               | `integer`  | -        | The collection page number                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `itemsPerPage`       | `integer`  | -        | The number of items per page                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `properties[]`       | `string[]` | -        | Allows you to reduce the response to contain only the properties you need. If your desired property is nested, you can address it using nested arrays. Example: properties[]={propertyName}&properties[]={anotherPropertyName}&properties[{nestedPropertyParent}][]={nestedProperty}                                             |
| `id[]`               | `string[]` | -        | Only the items with one of these ids, each a UUID or the item IRI.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `status`             | `string`   | -        | Collection status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `status[]`           | `string[]` | -        | Collection status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `exists[parent]`     | `boolean`  | -        | Collection exists[parent]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| `name`               | `string`   | -        | Filter on the translated "name" field (case-insensitive partial match, uses the Flowkiwi-Locale header).                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `order[name]`        | `string`   | -        | Order by translated field "name" (uses the Flowkiwi-Locale header)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `productsCount`      | `integer`  | -        | Filter by the exact number of related "products".                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `productsCount[gte]` | `integer`  | -        | Filter by the number of related "products" (gte).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `productsCount[gt]`  | `integer`  | -        | Filter by the number of related "products" (gt).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `productsCount[lte]` | `integer`  | -        | Filter by the number of related "products" (lte).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `productsCount[lt]`  | `integer`  | -        | Filter by the number of related "products" (lt).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `childrenCount`      | `integer`  | -        | Filter by the exact number of related "children".                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `childrenCount[gte]` | `integer`  | -        | Filter by the number of related "children" (gte).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `childrenCount[gt]`  | `integer`  | -        | Filter by the number of related "children" (gt).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `childrenCount[lte]` | `integer`  | -        | Filter by the number of related "children" (lte).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `childrenCount[lt]`  | `integer`  | -        | Filter by the number of related "children" (lt).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `order[createdAt]`   | `string`   | -        | Collection order[createdAt]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| `order[updatedAt]`   | `string`   | -        | Collection order[updatedAt]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |

## Response

**200** - Collection collection

| Property     | Type           | Required | Description |
| ------------ | -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `search`     | `object`       | -        |             |
| `totalItems` | `integer`      | -        |             |
| `view`       | `object`       | -        |             |
| `member`     | `Collection[]` | Yes      |             |

## Errors

**403** - Access denied. The caller is missing one or more permissions required for this operation.

| Property             | Type               | Required | Description                                                                                                            |
| -------------------- | ------------------ | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `@context`           | `string \| object` | -        |                                                                                                                        |
| `@id`                | `string`           | Yes      |                                                                                                                        |
| `@type`              | `string`           | Yes      |                                                                                                                        |
| `detail`             | `string`           | -        |                                                                                                                        |
| `missingPermissions` | `string[]`         | -        | Permissions that the caller is missing for this operation. Present only when the 403 is caused by a denied permission. |
| `status`             | `integer`          | -        |                                                                                                                        |
| `title`              | `string`           | -        |                                                                                                                        |
| `type`               | `string`           | -        |                                                                                                                        |

## Examples

### Example request

```bash
curl -X GET 'https://<tenant>.product-management.flowkiwi.net/api/collections' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access_token}' \
  -H 'Flowkiwi-Api-Version: unstable' \
  -H 'Accept: application/ld+json'
```

### Example response

```json
{
  "@context": "/api/contexts/Collection",
  "@id": "/api/collections",
  "@type": "Collection",
  "member": [
    {
      "@context": "/api/contexts/Collection",
      "@id": "/api/collections/019af8d1-2b3c-7d4e-8f51-2a3b4c5d6e7f",
      "@type": "Collection",
      "childrens": [
        "/api/collections/019af9b2-1d3e-7a45-8c2b-6d7e8f90a1b2",
        "/api/collections/019af9b2-9e4f-7b56-9d3c-7e8f90a1b2c3"
      ],
      "createdAt": "2026-01-15T09:30:00+00:00",
      "id": "019af8d1-2b3c-7d4e-8f51-2a3b4c5d6e7f",
      "name": "Summer 2026",
      "parent": "/api/collections/019af8b0-1a2b-7c3d-8e4f-0a1b2c3d4e5f",
      "products": [
        "/api/products/019af93e-420e-79f8-800b-6680f03dce20",
        "/api/products/019af9a1-7c2d-7e64-9b0a-1f2e3d4c5b6a"
      ],
      "status": "/api/statuses/ACTIVE",
      "updatedAt": "2026-02-03T14:45:12+00:00"
    }
  ],
  "totalItems": 1
}
```