---
title: "read: lineage"
description: "an artefact to its whole history and footprint, marking unavailable what a store cannot answer"
section: reference
address: /reference/read/lineage
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---
# read: lineage
an artefact to its whole history and footprint, marking unavailable what a store cannot answer
[figure: The caller sends LineageInput to /v1/read/lineage. The platform returns a card whose body is Lineage.]
POST/v1/read/lineage
Read lineage. The call needs the strategy rung under a token with the read grant, and it is served by the platform.
The route takes [LineageInput](/concepts/lineageinput) and returns a card whose body is [Lineage](/concepts/lineage).
## Request body
The request body is [LineageInput](/concepts/lineageinput).
| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `artefact_hash` | `hash` | no | |
| `unit` | `id` | no | |
## Response
The route returns a card whose body is [Lineage](/concepts/lineage). Every card ends with a foot that states the basis of each number, the scope of the call, and the time when the facts were true.
## Headers
| header | required | meaning |
|---|---|---|
| `Scale-Scope` | yes | the scope the call runs in: tenant/, then /brand/, then /strategy/ |
| `Scale-As-True-On` | no | the date the facts must have been true on; defaults to now |
| `Scale-As-Known-On` | no | the date the facts must have been known on; defaults to now |
| `Scale-Key` | no | for a change, the key made from the input; a repeat under the same key returns the unit held and writes nothing |
A caller needs the strategy rung and a token with the read grant. The platform serves this route.
## Example
The example sends the smallest body that LineageInput allows. The build validates it against the schema of LineageInput.
Example
```sh
curl -X POST https://api.scaleintelligence.co/v1/read/lineage \
-H "Scale-Key: $SCALE_KEY" -H "Scale-Scope: tenant/" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{}'
```
```typescript
import { client } from "@scale/sdk";
const answer = await client.read.lineage({});
// answer.body is a Lineage. answer.foot holds the basis, the scope and the time.
```
```python
import requests
answer = requests.post("https://api.scaleintelligence.co/v1/read/lineage",
headers={"Scale-Key": KEY, "Scale-Scope": "tenant/"},
json={}).json()
```
```rust
let answer: Card = client.post("https://api.scaleintelligence.co/v1/read/lineage")
.header("Scale-Key", key).header("Scale-Scope", "tenant/")
.json(&LineageInput { /* the fields of the page */ }).send().await?.json().await?;
```