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# Mark a deterministic sample of rows

> Send `markField`, `markValue`, and exactly one of `count` or `fraction`, with an optional filter. Marks a repeatable subset of rows in the background and returns a sampling ID. Increasing the size extends the existing sample.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /datasets/{datasetId}/sample
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  description: >-
    Manage projects, datasets, labeling pipelines, and model training. **Beta:**
    endpoints, request and response shapes, and error contracts can change
    without notice or a backward-compatibility promise.
  title: Toloka Platform API
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://platform.toloka.ai/api/v2-beta
security:
  - apiKeyAuth: []
  - scopedTokenAuth: []
tags:
  - description: The authenticated API key owner.
    name: Account
  - description: A project is the container for pipelines, datasets, and files.
    name: Projects
  - description: Rows and typed fields. Field schemas are immutable once created.
    name: Datasets
  - description: Append rows to a dataset from a file.
    name: Dataset uploads
  - description: Read a dataset out as a file.
    name: Dataset exports
  - description: A pipeline is a graph of nodes that processes each dataset item.
    name: Pipelines
  - description: The nodes, connections, fields, and version of a pipeline graph.
    name: Pipeline graph
  - description: Execute a pipeline over a dataset and inspect each item.
    name: Runs
  - description: Per-node checks that a pipeline must pass before deployment.
    name: Checks
  - description: Named credentials available to pipeline code.
    name: Secrets
  - description: Project files available to pipeline code and labeling interfaces.
    name: Files
  - description: >-
      Global, read-only catalog of the models a synthetic generation node can
      use, with their budget bounds.
    name: Generation models
  - description: >-
      Global, read-only catalog of the expert audience: the values a node
      `audience` filter can use.
    name: Audience
  - description: >-
      Project lists of experts a node can take its workforce from with
      `audienceMode: service`. Available only to teams with the audience service
      enabled.
    name: Expert lists
  - description: >-
      Experts banned in a project: they cannot be invited and are removed from
      the work they are in. Available only to teams with expert bans enabled.
    name: Expert ban list
  - description: Global, read-only base model catalog.
    name: Base models
  - description: Project-owned mutable model-training drafts.
    name: Trainings
  - description: Project-owned Models and immutable Model Versions.
    name: Models
  - name: Batch inference
paths:
  /datasets/{datasetId}/sample:
    post:
      tags:
        - Datasets
      summary: Mark a deterministic sample of rows
      description: >-
        Send `markField`, `markValue`, and exactly one of `count` or `fraction`,
        with an optional filter. Marks a repeatable subset of rows in the
        background and returns a sampling ID. Increasing the size extends the
        existing sample.
      operationId: sampleDatasetItems
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: datasetId
          required: true
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DatasetId'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              anyOf:
                - additionalProperties: false
                  properties:
                    count:
                      description: >-
                        How many rows to end up marked with this value, capped
                        at how many the filter matches.
                      exclusiveMinimum: 0
                      maximum: 9007199254740991
                      type: integer
                    itemFilter:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/DatasetItemFilter'
                    markField:
                      description: Field the marker is written to, by field name or id.
                      type: string
                    markValue:
                      description: >-
                        Value written into the marker field, for example
                        "golden".
                      maxLength: 64
                      minLength: 1
                      type: string
                  required:
                    - markField
                    - markValue
                    - count
                  type: object
                - additionalProperties: false
                  properties:
                    fraction:
                      description: Share of the matching rows to end up marked, rounded up.
                      exclusiveMinimum: 0
                      maximum: 1
                      type: number
                    itemFilter:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/DatasetItemFilter'
                    markField:
                      description: Field the marker is written to, by field name or id.
                      type: string
                    markValue:
                      description: >-
                        Value written into the marker field, for example
                        "golden".
                      maxLength: 64
                      minLength: 1
                      type: string
                  required:
                    - markField
                    - markValue
                    - fraction
                  type: object
              description: >-
                Select exactly one of `count` or `fraction`, plus a marker field
                and value. Repeating the request preserves the sample;
                increasing its size extends it.
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SampleResult'
          description: Sampling started
          headers:
            RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
            RateLimit-Policy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
            RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
            RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-Id'
        '400':
          description: Unknown field or invalid count, fraction, or marker
          headers:
            RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
            RateLimit-Policy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
            RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
            RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-Id'
        '404':
          description: Dataset not found
          headers:
            RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
            RateLimit-Policy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
            RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
            RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-Id'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded
          headers:
            RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
            RateLimit-Policy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
            RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
            RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-Id'
components:
  schemas:
    DatasetId:
      description: Dataset ID with prefix `ds.`.
      pattern: >-
        ^ds\.[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[7][0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$
      type: string
    DatasetItemFilter:
      additionalProperties: false
      description: Narrow which rows are eligible. Omit to consider every row.
      properties:
        createdBefore:
          description: >-
            Cutoff for dataset items and field revisions, as an ISO 8601
            timestamp; omit to use the endpoint's cutoff.
          format: date-time
          pattern: >-
            ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?(?:Z))$
          type: string
        excludeParts:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DatasetSplitPartExclusions'
        fieldSources:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DatasetFieldSourceConditions'
        fieldValues:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DatasetFieldValueConditions'
        missingRevisionFields:
          description: >-
            Field IDs with prefix `df.` that must have no revision on a selected
            row; defaults to an empty array.
          items:
            pattern: >-
              ^df\.[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[7][0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$
            type: string
          type: array
        parts:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DatasetSplitPartInclusion'
        slice:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DatasetSliceSelection'
      type: object
    SampleResult:
      properties:
        id:
          description: The sampling ID. Use it to poll the sampling status.
          pattern: >-
            ^dsm\.[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[7][0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$
          type: string
        target:
          description: >-
            The target number of marked rows, calculated when the request is
            made. Poll the sampling status for progress.
          maximum: 9007199254740991
          minimum: 0
          type: integer
      required:
        - id
        - target
      type: object
    DatasetSplitPartExclusions:
      description: Split-part selections to exclude; omit when no parts should be excluded.
      items:
        additionalProperties: false
        description: Split field and selected part names.
        properties:
          fieldId:
            description: Split field ID with prefix `df.`.
            pattern: >-
              ^df\.[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[7][0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$
            type: string
          names:
            description: Names of the split parts to select.
            items:
              maxLength: 64
              pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9_]+(?:[.-][A-Za-z0-9_]+)*$
              type: string
            maxItems: 10
            minItems: 1
            type: array
        required:
          - fieldId
          - names
        type: object
      maxItems: 500
      type: array
    DatasetFieldSourceConditions:
      description: >-
        Field-author conditions that selected rows must satisfy; defaults to no
        conditions.
      items:
        additionalProperties: false
        description: Required authors for a field.
        properties:
          fieldId:
            description: Dataset field ID with prefix `df.`.
            pattern: >-
              ^df\.[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[7][0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$
            type: string
          sources:
            description: Revision authors to match for this field.
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldRevisionSource'
            minItems: 1
            type: array
        required:
          - fieldId
          - sources
        type: object
      type: array
    DatasetFieldValueConditions:
      description: >-
        Field-value conditions that selected rows must satisfy; defaults to no
        conditions.
      items:
        additionalProperties: false
        description: Condition applied to a field value.
        properties:
          fieldId:
            description: Dataset field ID with prefix `df.` to compare.
            pattern: >-
              ^df\.[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[7][0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$
            type: string
          jsonPath:
            description: JSONPath locating the value within the field.
            minLength: 1
            type: string
          latestOnly:
            default: true
            description: >-
              Whether to test only the latest revision from the allowed authors;
              false tests any revision, and the default is true.
            type: boolean
          operator:
            description: >-
              Text comparison: `text_eq` for equality or `text_neq` for
              inequality.
            enum:
              - text_eq
              - text_neq
            type: string
          sources:
            default: []
            description: Allowed revision authors; an empty array allows any author.
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldRevisionSource'
            type: array
          value:
            description: Scalar value compared as text; null is treated as an empty string.
            type:
              - string
              - number
              - boolean
              - 'null'
        required:
          - jsonPath
          - operator
          - value
          - fieldId
        type: object
      type: array
    DatasetSplitPartInclusion:
      additionalProperties: false
      description: Split parts to include; omit to include every part.
      properties:
        fieldId:
          description: Split field ID with prefix `df.`.
          pattern: >-
            ^df\.[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[7][0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$
          type: string
        names:
          description: Names of the split parts to select.
          items:
            maxLength: 64
            pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9_]+(?:[.-][A-Za-z0-9_]+)*$
            type: string
          maxItems: 10
          minItems: 1
          type: array
      required:
        - fieldId
        - names
      type: object
    DatasetSliceSelection:
      additionalProperties: false
      description: >-
        Slice whose frozen rows and fields to read; omit to use live dataset
        rows.
      properties:
        sliceId:
          description: Dataset slice ID with prefix `dsl.`.
          pattern: >-
            ^dsl\.[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[7][0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$
          type: string
      required:
        - sliceId
      type: object
    FieldRevisionSource:
      description: Source that wrote a field revision.
      oneOf:
        - additionalProperties: false
          description: Source that wrote a field revision.
          properties:
            type:
              const: user
              description: >-
                Revision author: `user` for a user action or `system` for a
                platform operation.
              type: string
            userId:
              description: Identifier of the user who wrote the revision.
              minLength: 1
              type: string
          required:
            - type
            - userId
          type: object
        - additionalProperties: false
          description: Source that wrote a field revision.
          properties:
            source:
              description: Identifier of the platform operation that wrote the revision.
              minLength: 1
              type: string
            type:
              const: system
              description: >-
                Revision author: `user` for a user action or `system` for a
                platform operation.
              type: string
          required:
            - type
            - source
          type: object
  headers:
    RateLimit-Limit:
      description: The maximum number of requests allowed in the current window.
      schema:
        type: integer
    RateLimit-Policy:
      description: The rate limit policy (e.g., "60;w=60").
      schema:
        type: string
    RateLimit-Remaining:
      description: The number of requests remaining in the current window.
      schema:
        type: integer
    RateLimit-Reset:
      description: The number of seconds until the current window resets.
      schema:
        type: integer
    X-Request-Id:
      description: >-
        The request id: the X-Request-Id you sent when it is 1-128 characters of
        letters, digits, ".", "_" or "-", otherwise a generated UUID. Present on
        every response, including errors; quote it when reporting a problem.
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      description: >-
        Enter `ApiKey <your-api-key>` in Authorization, including the `ApiKey `
        prefix. In cURL and Python samples, `<api-key>` means this full value.
        The TypeScript SDK adds the prefix for you.
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      type: apiKey
    scopedTokenAuth:
      description: >-
        Enter the project-scoped token as `pst_...` in X-Scoped-Token, without
        an `ApiKey ` prefix. Create a token with POST
        /projects/{projectId}/tokens.
      in: header
      name: X-Scoped-Token
      type: apiKey

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