# Collection.find

```python
def Collection.find(
    datapoint_id: str,
    skip_data: bool = False
) -> xarray.Dataset
```

Find a specific datapoint in a collection by its id.

## Parameters

**datapoint\_id**

`str`

The id of the datapoint to find.

**skip\_data**

`bool`

If `True`, the response contains only the ID and the timestamp for the datapoint. Defaults to `False`.

## Returns

An [`xarray.Dataset`](/docs/sdks/python/xarray) containing the requested data point.

Since it returns only a single data point, the output xarray dataset does not include a `time` dimension.

## Errors

**NotFoundError**

`No such datapoint: <id>`

The specified datapoint does not exist in this collection.

```python title="Python"
data = collection.find(
    "0186d6b6-66cc-fcfd-91df-bbbff72499c3",
)


# check if a datapoint exists
from tilebox.datasets.sync.dataset import NotFoundError

try:
    collection.find(
        "0186d6b6-66cc-fcfd-91df-bbbff72499c3",
        skip_data=True,
    )
    exists = True
except NotFoundError:
    exists = False
```