---
title: "The ancestors of a specified weakness, sampling by the view"
method: GET
path: "/cwe/{id}/ancestors"
tags: ["CWE"]
---

# The ancestors of a specified weakness, sampling by the view

`GET /cwe/{id}/ancestors`

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `view` string
- `primary` boolean

## Response `200`

success

- Ancestors
  - `Data` Node
    - `Type` string, required
    - `ID` string, integer, required
    - `ViewID` string, integer, required
    - `Primary_Parent` boolean
  - `Parents` Ancestors[]

## Other responses

- `404` — CWE relationship data not found
- `500` — An Internal Server Error occurred

---

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