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Get an extension version

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  • Published Oct 13, 2026

Get details of a specific Extension 2.0 version in Dynatrace, with optional Accept header control over returned content.

GETSaaShttps://{your-environment-id}.apps.dynatrace.com/platform/extensions/v2/extensions/{extension-name}/{extension-version}

Overview

You provide the extension name and extension version in the path to retrieve details for one version of the extension. The Accept header specifies which part of Extension 2.0 is returned, and the operation returns a 200 success response.

Authentication

To execute this request, you need a platform token or OAuth access token with extensions:definitions:read scope. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionInRequired
extension-namestring

The name of the requested Extension 2.0.

pathRequired
extension-versionstring

The version of the requested Extension 2.0

pathRequired
Acceptstring

Accept header. Specifies part of the Extension 2.0 that will be returned:

  • application/json; charset=utf-8 - returns Extension 2.0 metadata in JSON
  • application/octet-stream - returns Extension 2.0 zip package stored on the server.
headerOptional

Response

Response codes

CodeTypeDescription
200Extension

Success.

4XX-

Client error.

5XX-

Server error.

Response body objects

The Extension object

ElementTypeDescription
authorAuthor

Extension author

dataSourcesstring[]

Data sources that extension uses to gather data

extensionNamestring

Extension name

featureSetsstring[]

Available feature sets

featureSetsDetailsobject

Details of feature sets

fileHashstring

SHA-256 hash of uploaded Extension file

minDynatraceVersionstring

Minimal Dynatrace version that works with the extension

minEECVersionstring

Minimal Extension Execution Controller version that works with the extension

variablesstring[]

Custom variables used in extension configuration

versionstring

Extension version

The Author object

Extension author

ElementTypeDescription
namestring

Author name

The FeatureSetDetails object

Additional information about a Feature Set

ElementTypeDescription
descriptionstring

Optional description for the feature set

displayNamestring

Optional display name of the feature set

isRecommendedboolean

Marks the feature set as recommended (selected by default during activation)

metricsMetric[]

Feature set metrics

The Metric object

Metric gathered by an extension

ElementTypeDescription
keystring

Metric key

metadataMetricMetadata

Metric metadata

The MetricMetadata object

Metric metadata

ElementTypeDescription
descriptionstring

A short description of the metric

displayNamestring

The name of the metric in the user interface

unitstring

The unit of the metric

Response body JSON models

{
"author": {
"name": "string"
},
"dataSources": [
"string"
],
"extensionName": "string",
"featureSets": [
"string"
],
"featureSetsDetails": {},
"fileHash": "string",
"minDynatraceVersion": "string",
"minEECVersion": "string",
"variables": [
"string"
],
"version": "1.2.3"
}
Related tags
Platform APIDynatrace PlatformInfrastructure Observability