---
title: "Retrieve Api Request"
method: GET
path: "/api_requests/{id}"
tags: ["API Requests"]
---

# Retrieve Api Request

`GET /api_requests/{id}`

Retrieve a specific API request by its ID

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- APIRequestDetail — Represents a request to the API (api.buttondown.com).
  - `id` string, required — A unique TypeID associated with the object.
  - `creation_date` string, date-time, required — The date and time at which the object was first created.
  - `status_code` integer, required — The HTTP status code the API returned.
  - `path` string, required — The request path (e.g. `/v1/subscribers`).
  - `method` string, required — The HTTP method used (e.g. `GET`, `POST`).
  - `source` 'api' | 'app' | 'axios' | 'carrd' | 'cli' | 'curl' | 'go' | 'make' | 'netlify' | 'node' | 'pipedream' | 'powershell' | 'python' | 'ruby' | 'wordpress' | 'zapier', required — An enumeration.
  - `version` '2024-07-01' | '2024-08-01' | '2024-08-15' | '2024-09-30' | '2024-12-30' | '2025-01-02' | '2025-05-19' | '2025-06-01' | '2026-01-01' | '2026-04-01', required — The API version the request was made against.
  - `ip_address` string, required — The IP address the request was made from.
  - `api_key_id` string, nullable — The ID of the API key used, if authenticated via API key.
  - `api_key_label` string, nullable — The human-readable label of the API key used, if any.
  - `request_data` string, required — The raw request body, JSON-encoded as a string.
  - `response_data` string, nullable — The raw response body, JSON-encoded as a string, if retained.
  - `headers` object, required — The request headers. UUIDs within header values are redacted.

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not Found
- `409` — Conflict
- `429` — Too Many Requests

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[API](https://skmtc.net/buttondown/apis/buttondown-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/buttondown/apis/buttondown-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/buttondown/buttondown-api/versions/3a702c095d22/schema)