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---
# List Hugging Face dataset rows (https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/hugging-face/datasets/owner/name/rows/get)

## Summary

List rows from a Hugging Face dataset a page at a time.

**Tags:** `Hugging Face`

## HTTP

- **Method:** GET
- **Path:** `/v1/hugging-face/datasets/{owner}/{name}/rows`
- **Base URL:** `https://api.socialfetch.dev`

## Capability summary

- **SDK mapping:** `client.huggingFace.listDatasetRows({ owner: "stanfordnlp", name: "imdb", limit: 5 })`
- **Accepted identifiers:** `owner` (path), `name` (path)
- **Pagination:** page via `page`, next page: `data.page.nextPage`, has more: `data.page.hasMore`
- **Business outcome field:** `data.lookupStatus` with values `found`, `not_found`, `restricted`

## Credits

- **Base:** 1 credit per successful lookup.
- **Maximum on success (200):** 1 credit.
- **Failed requests (`lookup_failed`, `503`):** not charged.
- **Authoritative field:** `meta.creditsCharged`.

## Authentication

- **`x-api-key`**: API key (`sfk_...`)

## Parameters

### `owner` (path)

- **Required:** yes
- **Constraints:** type `string`; pattern: `^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,95}$`
- **Description:** Owner of the repository: a user or organization name.

### `name` (path)

- **Required:** yes
- **Constraints:** type `string`; pattern: `^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,95}$`
- **Description:** Repository name, without the owner.

### `config` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `string`; minLength: 1; maxLength: 200
- **Description:** Subset (config) name, e.g. `plain_text`. Default: the dataset's first subset. An unknown name is refused with a 400.

### `split` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `string`; minLength: 1; maxLength: 200
- **Description:** Split name, e.g. `train`. Default: the subset's first split. An unknown name is refused with a 400.

### `page` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `integer`; minimum: 1; maximum: 1000000
- **Description:** Page number (1-based), `limit` rows a page. Default: 1.

### `limit` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `integer`; minimum: 1; maximum: 100
- **Description:** Items per page, 1-100. A page can hold fewer. Default: 20.

## Responses (status codes)

- **200**: Dataset rows page.
- **400**: Invalid request
- **401**: Missing or invalid API key
- **402**: Insufficient credits
- **500**: Unexpected or billing error
- **502**: Lookup could not be completed.
- **503**: Service temporarily unavailable; safe to retry with backoff.

## Response body (200)

Dataset rows page.

### Field outline

- **data** (required) — type `object`. Endpoint-specific response payload.
  - **lookupStatus** (required) — type `string`; enum: found, not_found, restricted. Whether the item was found. `restricted` means it exists but its content is gated.
  - **viewerStatus** (required) — type `string`; enum: available, unavailable. `available` when Hugging Face can show the dataset's rows; `unavailable` when it cannot.
  - **reason** (required) — type `string`; enum: disabled, no_data_files, empty, unsupported_format, too_large, failed, split_not_found, null; nullable. Why no rows are shown: `disabled` (the owner switched it off), `no_data_files`, `empty`, `unsupported_format`, `too_large`, `failed`, or `split_not_found` when a default lookup finds no split in the dataset. Null when rows are available. A `config` or `split` you name that the dataset does not have is refused with a 400.
  - **config** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Subset the rows are from.
  - **split** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Split the rows are from.
  - **totalRows** (required) — type `integer`; nullable. Rows in the split.
  - **columns** (required) — type `array`. Columns of the split.
    - _items:_
      - **name** (required) — type `string`. Column name.
      - **type** (required) — type `string`. Column type, e.g. `string`, `int64`, `ClassLabel`, `Image`.
  - **rows** (required) — type `array`. Rows on this page.
    - _items:_
      - **index** (required) — type `integer`. Row number within the split, from 0.
      - **values** (required) — type `object`. Column values. Images and audio are links to files Hugging Face hosts.
      - **truncatedColumns** (required) — type `array`. Columns whose long values were cut short.
        - _items:_
          - type `string`
  - **isPartial** (required) — type `boolean`; nullable. Whether the split is only partly available.
  - **page** (required) — type `object`. Pagination state.
    - **offset** (required) — type `integer`. Offset of the first row.
    - **hasMore** (required) — type `boolean`. Whether more rows follow.
    - **nextPage** (required) — type `integer`; nullable. Page number to pass as `page` for the next page; null on the last page.
    - **nextOffset** (required) — type `integer`; nullable. Offset of the next page's first row; null on the last page.
- **meta** (required) — type `object`. Metadata describing the request and billing outcome.
  - **requestId** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Unique request identifier for tracing this API call.
  - **creditsCharged** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. Credits charged for this request.
  - **version** (required) — type `string`; enum: v1. Public API version that served the response.

### Example JSON (found)

```json
{
  "data": {
    "lookupStatus": "found",
    "viewerStatus": "available",
    "reason": null,
    "config": "plain_text",
    "split": "train",
    "totalRows": 25000,
    "columns": [
      {
        "name": "text",
        "type": "string"
      }
    ],
    "rows": [
      {
        "index": 0,
        "values": {
          "text": "I rented I AM CURIOUS-YELLOW from my video store because of all the controversy that surrounded it when it was first released in 1967. I also heard that at first it was seized by U.S. customs if it ever tried to enter this country, therefore being a fan of films considered \"controversial\" I really had to see this for …",
          "label": 0
        },
        "truncatedColumns": []
      }
    ],
    "isPartial": false,
    "page": {
      "offset": 0,
      "hasMore": true,
      "nextPage": 2,
      "nextOffset": 5
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "req_73cb0994-2707-4b7a-9be0-5b75252cb34c",
    "creditsCharged": 1,
    "version": "v1"
  }
}
```

### Machine-readable error codes

When an error JSON body is returned, it may include one of these `error.code` values (derived from the OpenAPI schemas for this operation; additional codes may exist at runtime):

- `bad_request`

## Error handling & retries

Interpret HTTP status codes using the descriptions below. Do not assume a JSON body unless the OpenAPI schema defines one for that status.

- **400**: Invalid request **Retry:** Fix the request; retrying the same invalid payload will not help.
- **401**: Missing or invalid API key **Retry:** Fix the API key first; retrying without changes will not help.
- **402**: Insufficient credits **Retry:** Do not retry without resolving billing/credits (retrying the same request will not help).
- **500**: Unexpected or billing error
- **502**: Lookup could not be completed. **Retry:** May be transient; a few retries with backoff are reasonable.
- **503**: Service temporarily unavailable; safe to retry with backoff. **Retry:** Usually safe to retry with exponential backoff and jitter.

### Suggested client defaults

- Send the API key using the `x-api-key` header on every request.
- On `503` (and sometimes `502`), retry with backoff; cap retries and surface a clear error to the user.
- On `402`, surface an actionable billing message rather than blind retries.

## Examples

### TypeScript SDK

```typescript
import { SocialFetchClient } from "@socialfetch/sdk";

const client = new SocialFetchClient({
  apiKey: process.env.SOCIALFETCH_API_KEY!,
});

const result = await client.huggingFace.listDatasetRows({
  owner: "stanfordnlp",
  name: "imdb",
  limit: 5,
});

if (!result.ok) {
  console.error(result.error);
} else {
  console.log(result.value.data);
}
```

### Node.js

```javascript
const response = await fetch(
  "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/hugging-face/datasets/stanfordnlp/imdb/rows?limit=5",
  {
    headers: {
      "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  }
);

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
```

### cURL

```bash
curl "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/hugging-face/datasets/stanfordnlp/imdb/rows?limit=5" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```

### Python

```python
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/hugging-face/datasets/stanfordnlp/imdb/rows?limit=5",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()
print(data)
```