---
title: "List licence tags"
description: "The licence tags the shop's keys and licence-key files use, as the Licence tags page lists them: key counts by status and the digital products each tag supplies. No Tag (uploaded keys without a tag) and Autogenerated are"
url: https://docs.filemonk.io/v2/api-reference/licence-tags/list-licence-tags/
api: "API v2 reference"
method: GET
path: "/licence_tags"
---

# List licence tags

`GET https://app.filemonk.io/api/v2/external/licence_tags`

The licence tags the shop's keys and licence-key files use, as the Licence tags page lists them: key counts by status and the digital products each tag supplies. No Tag (uploaded keys without a tag) and Autogenerated are built-in groups, marked virtual. search matches the name.

## Query parameters

- `page` (integer): 1-based page number.
- `per_page` (integer): Rows per page, max 200.
- `search` (string)

## Returns

- `data` (array of objects, required)
  - `name` (string, nullable, required): e.g. `ebook-2026`
  - `virtual` (boolean, nullable, required): e.g. `false`
  - `licences` (object, required)
    - `total` (integer, nullable, required): e.g. `2`
    - `pending` (integer, nullable, required): e.g. `2`
    - `assigned` (integer, nullable, required): e.g. `0`
    - `used` (integer, nullable, required): e.g. `0`
  - `digital_products` (array of anys, required)
- `meta` (object, required): Paging of a list (`page`, `per_page` query params).
  - `total_count` (integer, required): Rows across all pages.
  - `page` (integer, required): 1-based page number.
  - `per_page` (integer, required): Rows per page, max 200.
  - `total_pages` (integer, required): e.g. `1`
- `totals` (object, required)
  - `total` (integer, nullable, required): e.g. `8`
  - `pending` (integer, nullable, required): e.g. `6`
  - `assigned` (integer, nullable, required): e.g. `1`
  - `used` (integer, nullable, required): e.g. `1`

Rate limit: this call costs 1 point ([rate limits](https://docs.filemonk.io/v2/errors-and-rate-limits/)).

## Example request

```sh
curl "https://app.filemonk.io/api/v2/external/licence_tags" \
  -H "X-Auth-Token: $FILEMONK_API_KEY"
```

## 200

Success: one page of rows.

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "name": "ebook-2026",
      "virtual": false,
      "licences": {
        "total": 2,
        "pending": 2,
        "assigned": 0,
        "used": 0
      },
      "digital_products": []
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "total_count": 6,
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 50,
    "total_pages": 1
  },
  "totals": {
    "total": 8,
    "pending": 6,
    "assigned": 1,
    "used": 1
  }
}
```

## 401

Missing or invalid API key.

```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Invalid API key"
  ]
}
```

## 422

The request failed validation, or sent a key the action does not take (`code: "unknown_parameters"` with `unknown` and `accepted`). Nothing was saved.

```json
{
  "errors": [
    "access.download_limit_count must be an integer of at least 0"
  ],
  "field_errors": {
    "access.download_limit_count": [
      "must be an integer of at least 0"
    ]
  }
}
```

## 429

Rate limited. Cost-weighted per API key, shared with API v1: a read costs 1 point, a write 2, 40 points per fixed 60-second window. Every response carries `X-RateLimit-Limit`, `X-RateLimit-Remaining` and `X-RateLimit-Reset` (Unix time the window ends); a 429 adds `Retry-After` (seconds), `retry_after`, `retryable: true` and a `next_step` in the body. A 429 did nothing: wait `retry_after` seconds, then send the same request again. The budget is per key, so every tool or script using the key shares it; prefer one list call with `per_page` over many single reads.

```json
{
  "errors": [
    "You have exceeded the rate limit of 40 points per 60 seconds. Read requests cost 1 point(s) and write requests cost 2 point(s). Please retry after 12 second(s)."
  ],
  "code": "rate_limited",
  "retry_after": 12,
  "error": "Rate limit exceeded",
  "message": "You have exceeded the rate limit of 40 points per 60 seconds. Read requests cost 1 point(s) and write requests cost 2 point(s). Please retry after 12 second(s)."
}
```