# Fetching a list of Vendors

This endpoint returns structured Vendor objects.
As with all Kantata OX API endpoints, the returned data will be referenced in sorted order in the `results` array
and will be indexed by ID in the `vendors` top-level JSON key.
Please see our [Response Format](#section/Response-Format) section for more information.

Endpoint: GET /vendors
Version: 1.0.0

## Query parameters:

  - `archived` (boolean)
    If *True*, returns all archived vendors and false returns all active vendors.

  - `external_reference_external_message` (string)
    Filter the objects based on the external message of their associated external references. This is an exact match.

  - `external_reference_external_status` (string)
    Filter by the status of the external object in the external system.

  - `external_reference_service_model` (string)
    Filter by the type of the external object this external reference belongs to.

  - `external_reference_service_model_ref` (integer)
    Filter by the id of the external object this external reference belongs to.

  - `external_reference_service_model_refs` (string)
    Filter for objects that correlate to the specified external object IDs. Provide a comma-separated list of up to 200 external IDs.

  - `external_reference_service_name` (string)
    Filter by the name of the provider for integration.

  - `external_reference_status` (string)
    Filter by the status of the integration, this can be successful or fail.

  - `has_external_references` (boolean)
    Filter by whether or not the object has external references.

  - `include` (string)
    Any of the below associations can be included in your request by providing the `include` param, e.g. `include=association1,association2`.
- `external_references` (ExternalReference) - Includes references to external integrations for this object.

  - `only` (string)
    Allows you to request one or more resources directly by ID. Multiple IDs can be supplied
in a comma separated list, like `GET /api/v1/workspaces.json?only=5,6,7`.

  - `order` (string)
    Supply `order` with the name of a valid sort field for the endpoint and a direction.

Valid values: `alphabetical:asc` and `alphabetical:desc`.

  - `page` (integer)

  - `per_page` (integer)

  - `without_external_reference_service_name` (string)
    Exclude by the existence of an external reference with the specified service name.

## Response 200:

  - `200` (unknown)
    A list of Vendors have been retrieved.

## Response 200 fields (application/json):

  - `count` (integer)

  - `meta` (object)

  - `meta.count` (integer)

  - `meta.page_count` (integer)

  - `meta.page_number` (integer)

  - `meta.page_size` (integer)

  - `results` (array)

  - `results.key` (string)

  - `results.id` (string)

  - `vendors` (object)

  - `external_references` (object)

## Response 400:

  - `400` (unknown)
    Bad Request

## Response 400 fields (application/json):

  - `errors` (array)

  - `errors.type` (string)

  - `errors.message` (string)

## Response 401:

  - `401` (unknown)
    Unauthorized request

## Response 401 fields (application/json):

  - `errors` (array)

  - `errors.type` (string)

  - `errors.message` (string)

## Response 403:

  - `403` (unknown)
    Forbidden request

## Response 403 fields (application/json):

  - `errors` (array)

  - `errors.type` (string)

  - `errors.message` (string)

## Response 404:

  - `404` (unknown)
    Page Not Found

## Response 404 fields (application/json):

  - `errors` (array)

  - `errors.type` (string)

  - `errors.message` (string)

## Response 422:

  - `422` (unknown)
    Unprocessable Entity

## Response 422 fields (application/json):

  - `errors` (array)

  - `errors.type` (string)

  - `errors.message` (string)

## Response 503:

  - `503` (unknown)
    Service is unavailable

## Response 503 fields (application/json):

  - `errors` (array)

  - `errors.type` (string)

  - `errors.message` (string)