# Compositions list from OpenEHR REST API
**URL:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/compositions-list-from-openehr-rest-api/2467
**Category:** SM
**Created:** [25 March 2022 11:11 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/compositions-list-from-openehr-rest-api/2467 "2022-03-25T11:11:45Z")
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### Author:  [@surfer](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/surfer)
#### Post date: [25 March 2022 11:11 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/compositions-list-from-openehr-rest-api/2467/1 "2022-03-25T11:11:45Z")
I have a probably naive question. Is there a way through the openEHR REST API to get the list of compositions for a selected EHR?
I mean without using a query. In fact, I managed to do it only with the help of an AQL query.
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### Author:  [@birger.haarbrandt](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/birger.haarbrandt)
#### Post date: [25 March 2022 11:22 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/compositions-list-from-openehr-rest-api/2467/2 "2022-03-25T11:22:42Z")
Hi @surfer,
nope, this is actually the a case for AQL.
There could be a case to list the compositions when retrieving the EHR object, but this part (to my knowledge) is not well-defined in the spec.
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### Author:  [@surfer](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/surfer)
#### Post date: [25 March 2022 11:40 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/compositions-list-from-openehr-rest-api/2467/3 "2022-03-25T11:40:23Z")
Hi @birger.haarbrandt ,
Quoting the [Architecture Overview](https://specifications.openehr.org/releases/BASE/latest/architecture_overview.html) :
“A central EHR object identified by an EHR id specifies references to a number of types of structured, versioned information, plus a list of Contribution objects that act as audits for changes made to the EHR”
So I interpret it as the references to the versioned compositions should exist in a ehr. Right now only the opposite it’s true if I’m not mistaken both for your EHRBase and for Better.
@thomas.beale @ian.mcnicoll may I ask you what do you think about it?