---
title: fetchRequest()
framework: coredata
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Method
path: coredata/nsmanagedobject/fetchrequest()
---

# fetchRequest()

Returns an initialized fetch request with the entity this subclass represents.

## Declaration

```swift
@objc dynamic class func fetchRequest() -> NSFetchRequest<any NSFetchRequestResult>
```

## Discussion

Discussion This method is only legal to call on subclasses of NSManagedObject that represent a single entity in the model.

## See Also

### Managing Change Events

- [contextShouldIgnoreUnmodeledPropertyChanges](coredata/nsmanagedobject/contextshouldignoreunmodeledpropertychanges.md)
- [awakeFromFetch()](coredata/nsmanagedobject/awakefromfetch().md)
- [awakeFromInsert()](coredata/nsmanagedobject/awakefrominsert().md)
- [awake(fromSnapshotEvents:)](coredata/nsmanagedobject/awake(fromsnapshotevents:).md)
- [changedValues()](coredata/nsmanagedobject/changedvalues().md)
- [changedValuesForCurrentEvent()](coredata/nsmanagedobject/changedvaluesforcurrentevent().md)
- [committedValues(forKeys:)](coredata/nsmanagedobject/committedvalues(forkeys:).md)
- [prepareForDeletion()](coredata/nsmanagedobject/preparefordeletion().md)
- [willSave()](coredata/nsmanagedobject/willsave().md)
- [didSave()](coredata/nsmanagedobject/didsave().md)
- [willTurnIntoFault()](coredata/nsmanagedobject/willturnintofault().md)
- [didTurnIntoFault()](coredata/nsmanagedobject/didturnintofault().md)