# Dataset.get_or_create_collection

```python
def Dataset.get_or_create_collection(name: str) -> Collection
```

Get a collection by its name. If the collection does not exist, it will be created.

## Parameters

**name**

`string`

The name of the collection

## Returns

A collection object.

```python title="Python"
collection = dataset.get_or_create_collection("My-collection")
```