--- id: get-recommendations sidebar_label: Returns a Recommendation Based on Object hide_title: true hide_table_of_contents: true api: {"operationId":"getRecommendations","tags":["IAI Recommendations"],"description":"The getRecommendations API returns recommendations based on the requested object. 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The recommendations are invoked by IdentityIQ and IdentityNow plug-ins that retrieve recommendations based on the performed calculations.","type":"text/plain"},"url":{"path":["recommendations","request"],"host":["{{baseUrl}}"],"query":[],"variable":[]},"header":[{"key":"Content-Type","value":"application/json"},{"key":"Accept","value":"application/json"}],"method":"POST","body":{"mode":"raw","raw":"\"\"","options":{"raw":{"language":"json"}}}}} sidebar_class_name: "post api-method" info_path: docs/sailpoint-api-beta/sail-point-beta-saa-s-api --- import ApiTabs from "@theme/ApiTabs"; import MimeTabs from "@theme/MimeTabs"; import ParamsItem from "@theme/ParamsItem"; import ResponseSamples from "@theme/ResponseSamples"; import SchemaItem from "@theme/SchemaItem" import SchemaTabs from "@theme/SchemaTabs"; import DiscriminatorTabs from "@theme/DiscriminatorTabs"; import TabItem from "@theme/TabItem"; ## Returns a Recommendation Based on Object The getRecommendations API returns recommendations based on the requested object. The recommendations are invoked by IdentityIQ and IdentityNow plug-ins that retrieve recommendations based on the performed calculations.
Request Body required
    requests object[]
    item object
The recommendations for a customer
Schema
    response object[]
    request object
    item object
    translationMessages undefined[]
    The list of translation messages, if they have been requested.
    recommenderCalculations
    The calcuations performed behind the scenes that provide recommendations to the user.
    featureWeightedScores object
    The weighted score of each individual feature
  • property name* number
  • identityAttributes object
    The values for your configured features
  • property name* object
  • featureValues object
    The feature details
Client Error - Returned if the request body is invalid.
Schema
    messages object[]
    Generic localized reason for error
    causes object[]
    Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field
Unauthorized - Returned if there is no authorization header, or if the JWT token is expired.
Schema
Forbidden - Returned if the user you are running as, doesn't have access to this end-point.
Schema
    messages object[]
    Generic localized reason for error
    causes object[]
    Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field
Too Many Requests - Returned in response to too many requests in a given period of time - rate limited. The Retry-After header in the response includes how long to wait before trying again.
Schema
Internal Server Error - Returned if there is an unexpected error.
Schema
    messages object[]
    Generic localized reason for error
    causes object[]
    Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field