get_region_data.html.md.erb

---
title:  GET /gemfire-api/v1/{region}
---

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Read data for the region. The optional limit URL query parameter specifies the number of values from the Region that will be returned. The default limit is 50. If the user specifies a limit of “ALL”, then all entry values for the region will be returned.

## Resource URL

``` pre
http://<hostname_or_http-service-bind-address>:<http-service-port>/gemfire-api/v1/{region}?[limit={<number>|ALL}]
```

## Parameters

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<th>Parameter</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Example Values</th>
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<td><strong>limit</strong></td>
<td><strong>Optional.</strong> Specify a limit to the number of region entries to return. If the limit parameter is not specified, the default is to return 50 results.
<p>Default: 50</p></td>
<td>ALL
<p>80</p></td>
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## Example Request

``` pre
GET /gemfire-api/v1/orders/
Accept: application/json
```

## Example Success Response

``` pre
Response Payload: application/json

200 OK
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
Content-Location: http://localhost:8080/gemfire-api/v1/orders/3,1
Content-Type: application/json
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 21:03:08 GMT

{
  "orders" : [ {
     "purchaseOrderNo" : 1112,
     "customerId" : 102,
     "description" :  "Purchase order for  company - B",
     "orderDate" :  "02/10/2014",
     "deliveryDate" :  "02/20/2014",
     "contact" :  "John Doe",
     "email" :  "John.Doe@example.com",
     "phone" :  "01-2048096",
     "items" : [ {
       "itemNo" : 1,
       "description" :  "Product-AAAA",
       "quantity" : 10,
       "unitPrice" : 20.0,
       "totalPrice" : 200.0
    }, {
       "itemNo" : 2,
       "description" :  "Product-BBB",
       "quantity" : 15,
       "unitPrice" : 10.0,
       "totalPrice" : 150.0
    } ],
     "totalPrice" : 350.0
  }, {
     "purchaseOrderNo" : 111,
     "customerId" : 101,
     "description" :  "Purchase order for  company - A",
     "orderDate" :  "01/10/2014",
     "deliveryDate" :  "01/20/2014",
     "contact" :  "Jane Doe",
     "email" :  "Jane.Doe@example.com",
     "phone" :  "020-2048096",
     "items" : [ {
       "itemNo" : 1,
       "description" :  "Product-1",
       "quantity" : 5,
       "unitPrice" : 10.0,
       "totalPrice" : 50.0
    }, {
       "itemNo" : 1,
       "description" :  "Product-2",
       "quantity" : 10,
       "unitPrice" : 15.5,
       "totalPrice" : 155.0
    } ],
     "totalPrice" : 205.0
  } ]
}
```

## Error Codes

| Status Code        | Description                                                                                                                      |
|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 400 BAD REQUEST    | Limit parameter **X** is not valid! The specified limit value must ALL or an integer.                                            |
| 404 NOT FOUND      | Returned in region does not exist.                                                                                               |
| 500 INTERNAL ERROR | Error encountered at Geode server. Check the HTTP response body for a stack trace of the exception. |