# IRPCObjectOperations.GetPromotedObjects

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Badges: `Vault API / core` `write` `session or assertion` `returns metadata structure version`

Lists promoted objects of an external repository. Requires full control of the vault; the maximum
result count must be 1 to 1000.

- **Service:** [Objects, versions, properties and files](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations/index.md) `MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations`
- **gRPC method:** `/MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations/GetPromotedObjects`
- **HTTP (mf-http-grpc):** `POST /grpc/v1/get-promoted-objects`
- **Request:** [`GetPromotedObjectsRequest`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations/GetPromotedObjects/index.md#request)
- **Response:** [`GetPromotedObjectsResponse`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations/GetPromotedObjects/index.md#response)
- **Book and level:** Vault API, core
- **Kind:** write
- **Session:** Required: a session (mfiles-session-id-bin metadata) or a session assertion (x-mf-session-assertion metadata).
- **Idempotent:** no
- **Returns metadata structure version:** yes (in the mfiles-metadata-version-bin trailer)
- **Streaming:** none (unary)

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## Request: GetPromotedObjectsRequest

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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `external_repository` | `string` | If not null or empty, the external repository name. |
| `obj_id_last_seen` | [`ObjID`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.ObjID/index.md) | The last seen object ID. Returns only objects that are after this object when ordered by managed object ID (object type, ID). |
| `obj_id_last_seen.type` | `int32` | The object type ID, for example 0 for documents. In a lookup value, the value list ID (for a lookup to objects, the object type ID). |
| `obj_id_last_seen.item_id` | [`ItemID`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.ItemID/index.md) | The ID of the object within its type, in `item_id.internal_id`. |
| `obj_id_last_seen.item_id.internal_id` | `int32` | The ID of the object or value list item. |
| `obj_id_last_seen.item_id.external_repository_id` | [`ExternalRepositoryID`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.ExternalRepositoryID/index.md) | Used only for objects in external repositories (external connectors). Leave it unset for objects stored in the vault. |
| `max_result_count` | `uint32` | The maximum number of results to return. |

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## Response: GetPromotedObjectsResponse

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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `obj_id_pairs[]` | repeated [`ObjIDPair`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.ObjIDPair/index.md) | Receives the managed and unmanaged object IDs of the promoted objects. Ordered by managed object ID (object type, ID). |
| `obj_id_pairs[].obj_id_managed` | [`ObjID`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.ObjID/index.md) | The managed object ID. |
| `obj_id_pairs[].obj_id_managed.type` | `int32` | The object type ID, for example 0 for documents. In a lookup value, the value list ID (for a lookup to objects, the object type ID). |
| `obj_id_pairs[].obj_id_managed.item_id` | [`ItemID`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.ItemID/index.md) | The ID of the object within its type, in `item_id.internal_id`. |
| `obj_id_pairs[].obj_id_unmanaged` | [`ObjID`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.ObjID/index.md) | The unmanaged object ID. |
| `obj_id_pairs[].obj_id_unmanaged.type` | `int32` | The object type ID, for example 0 for documents. In a lookup value, the value list ID (for a lookup to objects, the object type ID). |
| `obj_id_pairs[].obj_id_unmanaged.item_id` | [`ItemID`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.ItemID/index.md) | The ID of the object within its type, in `item_id.internal_id`. |