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# Returns All Schemas (Api-Version: 2)

**`GET /schemas`** — requires `Api-Version: 2` header

Returns all schemas. Version 2 adds `search` and `searchOptions` query filters.

If `category` is omitted, schemas of all categories matching the standard owner/non-system/non-readonly filters are returned. Published tool schemas that do not match the current owner are only included when `category=TOOL`.

**Authentication:** Bearer token required (`Authorization: Bearer <token>`)

**Permission:** `Permissions.SCHEMAS_SCHEMA_READ`

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## Request

### Headers

| Header        | Value | Required | Description                                             |
| ------------- | ----- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Api-Version` | `2`   | Yes      | Enables V2 behaviour (search and searchOptions filters) |

### Query Parameters

| Parameter       | Type      | Required | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| --------------- | --------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `pageIndex`     | number    | No       | The number of pages to skip before starting to collect the result set                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `pageSize`      | number    | No       | The number of items to return                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `category`      | string    | No       | Schema category. Allowed values: `POLICY`, `MODULE`, `TOOL`, `TAG`, `SYSTEM`. If omitted, all categories are returned (excluding tool schemas from other owners)                                                                                        |
| `policyId`      | string    | No       | Filter by policy ID                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `moduleId`      | string    | No       | Filter by module ID                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `toolId`        | string    | No       | Filter by tool ID                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `topicId`       | string    | No       | Filter by topic ID. Use `not-binded` to return policy schemas not bound to any policy topic                                                                                                                                                             |
| `search`        | string    | No       | Free-text search term                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `searchOptions` | string\[] | No       | Search scopes. Supported values: `uuid` (IRI), `name`, `description`, `references` (`$defs`), `fields` (document fields excluding `$defs`). Supports repeated query params or comma-separated values. If omitted, search is performed across all scopes |

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## Response

### Success Response

**Status:** `200 OK`

Returns an array of schema objects. The total item count is provided in the `X-Total-Count` response header.

```json
[
  {
    "id": "f3b2a9c1e4d5678901234567",
    "uuid": "f3b2a9c1e4d5678901234567",
    "name": "Schema name",
    "description": "Description",
    "entity": "string",
    "iri": "string",
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "topicId": "f3b2a9c1e4d5678901234567",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "owner": "did:hedera:testnet:...",
    "messageId": "1700000000.000000001",
    "category": "POLICY",
    "documentURL": "https://example.com",
    "contextURL": "https://example.com",
    "document": {},
    "context": {}
  }
]
```

### Error Responses

| Status                      | Description               |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------- |
| `401 Unauthorized`          | Missing or invalid token  |
| `403 Forbidden`             | Insufficient permissions  |
| `500 Internal Server Error` | Unexpected server failure |