$meta

Introduction

The $meta operation retrieves a summary of the profile, tag, and security labels for a given resource. See http://hl7.org/fhir/resource-operation-meta.html for the official documentation.

GET /fhir/<resourceType>/<id>/$meta

The operation returns the resource's meta field.

The $meta operation is only supported at the individual resource level.

Examples

Request Patient metadata.
# Request:
GET /fhir/Patient/pt-1/$meta
Accept: text/yaml

Response
HTTP 200 OK

resourceType: Parameters
parameter:
  - name: return
    valueMeta:
      tag:
        - code: current
          system: http://example.org/codes/tags
          display: Current Inpatient
      profile:
        - http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/daf-patient
        - http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/uslab-patient
      security:
        - code: EMP
          system: http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ActCode
          display: employee information sensitivity
      lastUpdated: '2025-10-27T09:41:07.455313Z'
      versionId: '331'