---
title: "descendants"
diataxis: reference
applies_to:
  product: "nirmata-control-hub"
audience: ["platform-engineer","developer"]
last_updated: 2026-03-25
url: https://docs.nirmata.io/docs/reference/rest-api/common_endpoints/descendants/
---

 Returns all descendants of a model type. The full URL is of the form:

    /{service}/api/{model}/{id}/descendants/{model}

Note that the *descendants* keyword is optional. So the following is an
equivalent query to retrieve all direct or sub-descendants:

    /{service}/api/{model}/{id}/{model}