get /<uuid>

Get element

Endpoint returns a single element, which can be a node:

Or a relation:

Request

curl \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer secret-token:PIPeJGUt7c00ENn8a5uDlc' \
  https://api.example.com/74a8fcd9-6cb0-4b0d-8d42-0b6c3c54d1ac
import requests


url = "https://api.example.com/74a8fcd9-6cb0-4b0d-8d42-0b6c3c54d1ac"


headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer secret-token:PIPeJGUt7c00ENn8a5uDlc"}


response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)


print(response.json())
const url = 'https://api.example.com/74a8fcd9-6cb0-4b0d-8d42-0b6c3c54d1ac';
const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer secret-token:PIPeJGUt7c00ENn8a5uDlc'}
};


try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
<?php


$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();


$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.example.com/74a8fcd9-6cb0-4b0d-8d42-0b6c3c54d1ac', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer secret-token:PIPeJGUt7c00ENn8a5uDlc',
  ],
]);


echo $response->getBody();

Response

200 · Node

Element found, which happens to be a node.

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200 · Relation

Element found, which happens to be a relation.

Note: The properties start and end are defined, as they are required for relations.

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304 · Not Modified

Not modified. Returned when If-None-Match header matches current ETag.

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401 · Unauthorized

The provided token is either invalid or expired.

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404 · Not Found

Element does not exist, or the current user does not have permissions to access the element.

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412 · Precondition Failed

Precondition failed. If-Match or If-None-Match condition not met.

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{
  "type": "Comment",
  "id": "74a8fcd9-6cb0-4b0d-8d42-0b6c3c54d1ac",
  "data": {
    "created": "2025-09-27T10:39:51+00:00",
    "updated": "2025-09-27T10:39:51+00:00",
    "name": "Blue",
    "content": "Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB colour model...\n"
  }
}
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Authorization, Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Access-Control-Request-Method
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, MKCOL, COPY, MOVE, LOCK, UNLOCK
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Access-Control-Expose-Headers: ETag, Location
Allow: GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, MKCOL, COPY, MOVE, LOCK, UNLOCK
Cache-Control: no-cache, private
ETag: "YgbFC4u5EgC"
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{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "type",
    "id",
    "data"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "Data"
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid",
      "example": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "description": "Global unique identifier for any element"
    },
    "data": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": true,
      "example": {
        "created": "2025-09-27T10:39:51+00:00",
        "updated": "2025-09-27T10:39:51+00:00",
        "name": "some name"
      }
    },
    "file": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": true,
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": {
        "contentLength": 63933,
        "extension": "jpg",
        "mimeType": "image/jpeg"
      }
    },
    "start": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid",
      "example": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "description": "Global unique identifier for any element"
    },
    "end": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid",
      "example": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "description": "Global unique identifier for any element"
    }
  }
}
{
  "type": "OWNS",
  "id": "eb5d2879-c5e6-43a6-b8ce-2a1188ca7073",
  "start": "56fda20c-b238-4034-b555-1df47c47e17a",
  "end": "ce8abdea-2e6c-41d4-b779-87b803f77836",
  "data": {
    "created": "2025-09-27T10:39:58+00:00",
    "updated": "2025-09-27T10:39:58+00:00"
  }
}
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Authorization, Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Access-Control-Request-Method
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, MKCOL, COPY, MOVE, LOCK, UNLOCK
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Access-Control-Expose-Headers: ETag, Location
Allow: GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, MKCOL, COPY, MOVE, LOCK, UNLOCK
Cache-Control: no-cache, private
ETag: "YgbFC4u5EgC"
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{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "type",
    "id",
    "data"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "Data"
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid",
      "example": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "description": "Global unique identifier for any element"
    },
    "data": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": true,
      "example": {
        "created": "2025-09-27T10:39:51+00:00",
        "updated": "2025-09-27T10:39:51+00:00",
        "name": "some name"
      }
    },
    "file": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": true,
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": {
        "contentLength": 63933,
        "extension": "jpg",
        "mimeType": "image/jpeg"
      }
    },
    "start": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid",
      "example": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "description": "Global unique identifier for any element"
    },
    "end": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid",
      "example": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
      "description": "Global unique identifier for any element"
    }
  }
}

response has no body

Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Authorization, Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Access-Control-Request-Method
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, MKCOL, COPY, MOVE, LOCK, UNLOCK
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Access-Control-Expose-Headers: ETag, Location
Allow: GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, MKCOL, COPY, MOVE, LOCK, UNLOCK
Cache-Control: no-cache, private
ETag: "YgbFC4u5EgC"
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no schema available

{
  "type": "https://api.example.com/error/401/unauthorized",
  "title": "Unauthorized",
  "status": 401,
  "detail": "Authorization for the request failed due to possible problems with the token (incorrect or expired), password (incorrect or changed), the user's unique identifier, or the user's status (e.g., missing, blocked, or deleted)."
}
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Authorization, Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Access-Control-Request-Method
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, MKCOL, COPY, MOVE, LOCK, UNLOCK
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Access-Control-Expose-Headers: ETag, Location
Allow: GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, MKCOL, COPY, MOVE, LOCK, UNLOCK
Cache-Control: no-cache, private
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{
  "$schema": "https://spec.openapis.org/oas/3.0/schema/2021-09-28#/definitions/Schema",
  "type": "object",
  "description": "RFC 7807 Problem Details object.",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri"
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "detail": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}
{
  "type": "https://api.example.com/error/404/not-found",
  "title": "Not Found",
  "status": 404,
  "detail": "Requested element was not found."
}
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Authorization, Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Access-Control-Request-Method
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, MKCOL, COPY, MOVE, LOCK, UNLOCK
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Access-Control-Expose-Headers: ETag, Location
Allow: GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, MKCOL, COPY, MOVE, LOCK, UNLOCK
Cache-Control: no-cache, private
X-Powered-By: Ember Nexus API
{
  "$schema": "https://spec.openapis.org/oas/3.0/schema/2021-09-28#/definitions/Schema",
  "type": "object",
  "description": "RFC 7807 Problem Details object.",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri"
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "detail": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}
{
  "type": "https://api.example.com/error/412/precondition-failed",
  "title": "Precondition Failed",
  "status": 412,
  "detail": "Precondition does not match."
}
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Authorization, Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Access-Control-Request-Method
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, MKCOL, COPY, MOVE, LOCK, UNLOCK
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Access-Control-Expose-Headers: ETag, Location
Allow: GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, MKCOL, COPY, MOVE, LOCK, UNLOCK
Cache-Control: no-cache, private
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{
  "$schema": "https://spec.openapis.org/oas/3.0/schema/2021-09-28#/definitions/Schema",
  "type": "object",
  "description": "RFC 7807 Problem Details object.",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri"
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "detail": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

Request Parameters

uuid

required

pathstringuuid

Request Header

Authorization

optional

Bearer token for user authentication. If omitted, the request is processed as an anonymous user; if provided, the associated user account is used.

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If-Match

optional

Used primarily for optimistic concurrency control — the request is only executed if the resource's ETag matches the provided value.

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If-None-Match

optional

Used primarily for caching — skips re-downloading an unchanged resource by returning 304 Not Modified if the resource's ETag matches the provided value.

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Response Header

ETag

always

Entity tag used for caching and optimistic concurrency control.

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Access-Control-Allow-Headers

always

Specifies which HTTP headers can be used during a cross-origin request, returned in preflight responses.

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Access-Control-Allow-Methods

always

Indicates which HTTP methods are permitted for cross-origin requests, typically returned in preflight responses.

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Access-Control-Allow-Origin

always

Specifies which origin(s) may access the resource.

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Access-Control-Expose-Headers

always

Lists the response headers that browsers are allowed to access from JavaScript beyond the default restricted set.

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Allow

always

Lists the HTTP methods supported by the endpoint; returned alongside a 405 Method Not Allowed response.

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Cache-Control

always

Directives controlling caching behavior for the response.

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X-Powered-By

always

Identifies the underlying API implementation.

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