# CLI Reference

## Managing Resources

### get

The `fides get` command retrieves the specified resources from the Fides Server and outputs the response in YAML.

When the `get` command is run, it will:

1. Retrieve the specified remote resource from the Server.
2. Output the resources as YAML on the command line.

To learn more about dataset annotation in Fides see the [Dataset Annotation in Fides](/content/docs/integrations/guides/datasets/index.html) guide.

## Usage

Usage: `fides get [args] fides_key`

The command will retrieve the remote resources specified by the `fides_key` from the Server and print the output as YAML.

Accepted arguments for this command are:

- **data_category**: a specific category from the taxonomy. A valid example would be `user.name`.
- **data_qualifier**: a specific qualifier from the taxonomy. A valid example would be `aggregated`.
- **data_subject**: a specific data subject from the taxonomy. A valid example is `customer`.
- **data_use**: a specific use of data from the taxonomy. A valid example is `advertising.third_party`.
- **dataset**: a dataset that represents a collection of information in a system such as the collection of tables in a postgres database.
- **evaluation**: the result of a policy evaluation check.
- **organization**: the name of the organization defined in Fides.
- **policy**: a Fides policy rule.
- **system**: a specific system resource.

## Example: Retrieve a data category from the taxonomy

This example retrieves the full data category resource for `user.contact.address.street` from the server and displays all properties of the data categories.

```
$ fides get data_category user.contact.address.street
Loaded config from: .fides/fides.toml
----------
data_category:
- description: User’s street level address data.
  fides_key: user.contact.address.street
  is_default: true
  name: User Contact Street
  organization_fides_key: acme_inc
  parent_key: user.contact.address
  tags: null
```

## Example: Retrieve a specific system from the server

This example retrieves the system specified by the key `postgres_database` from the server and displays all properties of the system.

```
$ fides get system postgres_database
Loaded config from: .fides/fides.toml
----------
system:
- administrating_department: 'Data Engineering'
  data_protection_impact_assessment:
    is_required: false
    link: null
    progress: null
  data_responsibility_title: Controller
  description: 'Fides Generated Description for RDS Instance: postgres_database'
  fides_key: postgres_database
  fidesctl_meta:
    endpoint_address: postgres_database.cyavuxxlazuu.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com
    endpoint_port: 3306
    resource_id: arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:513247902527:db:postgres_database
  ingress:
  - ecommerce_app
  egress:
  - data_warehouse
  joint_controller: null
  meta: null
  name: postgres_database
  organization_fides_key: acme_inc
  privacy_declarations:
  - data_categories:
    - system.operations
    - user.contact
    - user.contact.email
    - user.organization
    data_qualifier: aggregated.anonymized.unlinked_pseudonymized.pseudonymized.identified
    data_subjects:
    - customer
    data_use: advertising.first_party
    dataset_references: null
    egress:
    - ecommerce_app
    ingress:
    - data_warehouse
    name: 'Track customer details for e-commerce transactions as part of advertising.'
  system_dependencies:
  - ecommerce_app
  - data_warehouse
  system_type: rds_instance
  tags:
  - e-commerce
  third_country_transfers: null
```