---
title: "Get Channels"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/python/v1/cloud-scale/data-streams/get-channels/
description: "This page describes the methods to retrieve all channels or specific channel details from Catalyst Data Streams in your Python application with sample code snippets."
last_updated: 2026-08-13T11:41:55Z
service: Cloud Scale
type: general
related_links:
  - name: "Data Streams Help"
    url: /en/cloud-scale/help/data-streams/introduction
  - name: "SDK Scopes"
    url: /en/sdk/python/v1/sdk-scopes
---

# Get Channels

[Catalyst Data Streams](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cloud-scale/help/data-streams/introduction/) allows you to retrieve information about channels created in your project. You can fetch a list of all channels or get detailed information about a specific channel.

The `data_streams` reference used in the below code snippets is the component instance created earlier. To know more about this instance, please refer to [this section](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/python/v1/cloud-scale/data-streams/get-component-instance/).

### Get All Channels

This method fetches the list of all Data Streams channels that are created in the project using the `get_all_channels()` method.

```python
# Get all channels (admin)
channels = data_streams.get_all_channels()
```

### Get Channel Details

This method retrieves the metadata and configuration details of a specific channel by passing the channel ID to the `get_channel_details()` method.

**Parameters Used**

<table class="content-table">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th class="w20p">Parameter Name</th>
			<th class="w20p">Data Type</th>
			<th class="w60p">Definition</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>`channel_id`</td>
			<td>String</td>
			<td>A **Mandatory** parameter. Holds the unique ID of the channel.</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

```python
# Get channel details
channel = data_streams.get_channel_details("CHANNEL_ID")
```