# Obtaining a Project ID

#### Scenarios

A project ID is required for some URLs when an API is called. Therefore, you need to obtain a project ID in advance. Two methods are available:

- Obtaining the Project ID by Calling an API
- Obtain a Project ID from the Console

#### Obtaining the Project ID by Calling an API

The API used to obtain a project ID is GET https://{Endpoint}/v3/projects. {Endpoint} is the IAM endpoint and can be obtained from Regions and Endpoints For details about API authentication, see Token Authentication.

The following is an example response. The value of id is the project ID.

    {
        "projects": [
            {
                "domain_id": "65382450e8f64ac0870cd180d14e684b",
                "is_domain": false,
                "parent_id": "65382450e8f64ac0870cd180d14e684b",
                "name": "project_name",
                "description": "",
                "links": {
                    "next": null,
                    "previous": null,
                    "self": "https://www.example.com/v3/projects/a4a5d4098fb4474fa22cd05f897d6b99"
                },
                "id": "a4a5d4098fb4474fa22cd05f897d6b99",
                "enabled": true
            }
        ],
        "links": {
            "next": null,
            "previous": null,
            "self": "https://www.example.com/v3/projects"
        }
    }

#### Obtain a Project ID from the Console

1. Register yourself on the management console and log in to it.
2. Move your pointer over the username and select My Credential in the displayed drop-down list.

   On the My Credential page, view the project ID in the project list.

   Figure 1 Viewing project IDs

Parent topic: Appendix