> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gp.scale.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get vector store details

> Retrieve detailed information about a specific vector store.
    
    This endpoint returns the complete metadata for a vector store including:
    - Vector store ID and name
    - Associated project ID
    - Engine type and configuration
    - Creation timestamp
    
    **Returns:**
    - Complete vector store entity with all metadata
    
    **Example Response:**
    ```json
    {
        "id": "vs_123456789",
        "project_id": "proj_987654321",
        "name": "My Knowledge Base",
        "engine": "sgp_knowledge_base",
        "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
    }
    ```



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://dex.sgp.scale.com/openapi.json get /v1/projects/{project_id}/vector-stores/{vector_store_id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Document Understanding API
  description: API for uploading and processing documents
  version: 0.4.5
servers: []
security:
  - ApiKey: []
    AccountId: []
tags:
  - name: Projects
    description: Operations related to project creation and management
  - name: Files
    description: Operations related to file upload and access
  - name: Parse
    description: Operations related to starting parse jobs and accessing their results
  - name: Vector Stores
    description: Operations related to vector store creation and management
  - name: Extract
    description: Operations related to starting extract jobs and accessing their results
  - name: Research
    description: Dex Research agent kickoff and results.
  - name: Jobs
    description: Operations related to monitoring jobs and their status
paths:
  /v1/projects/{project_id}/vector-stores/{vector_store_id}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Vector Stores
      summary: Get vector store details
      description: |-
        Retrieve detailed information about a specific vector store.
            
            This endpoint returns the complete metadata for a vector store including:
            - Vector store ID and name
            - Associated project ID
            - Engine type and configuration
            - Creation timestamp
            
            **Returns:**
            - Complete vector store entity with all metadata
            
            **Example Response:**
            ```json
            {
                "id": "vs_123456789",
                "project_id": "proj_987654321",
                "name": "My Knowledge Base",
                "engine": "sgp_knowledge_base",
                "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
            }
            ```
      operationId: >-
        get_vector_store_v1_projects__project_id__vector_stores__vector_store_id__get
      parameters:
        - name: project_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            title: Project Id
        - name: vector_store_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            title: Vector Store Id
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Vector store details retrieved successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VectorStoreEntity'
        '404':
          description: Project or vector store not found
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
components:
  schemas:
    VectorStoreEntity:
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          title: Id
          description: ID of the entity
        project_id:
          type: string
          title: Project Id
          description: ID of the project
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
          description: Name of the vector store
        engine:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/VectorStoreEngines'
          description: Engine used for vector store
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          title: Created At
          description: When the vector store was created
        external_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: External Id
          description: >-
            Engine-specific external identifier used when calling the upstream
            API. For SGP Knowledge Base this equals the SGP KB UUID (same as
            id). For SGP Vector Store this is '<account_id>::<name>'.
      additionalProperties: true
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - project_id
        - name
        - engine
        - created_at
      title: VectorStoreEntity
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    VectorStoreEngines:
      type: string
      enum:
        - sgp_knowledge_base
        - sgp_vector_store
      title: VectorStoreEngines
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
        input:
          title: Input
        ctx:
          type: object
          title: Context
      type: object
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
      title: ValidationError
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key
      description: API key for authentication
    AccountId:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-selected-account-id
      description: Selected Account ID

````