---
title: "Get a short URL"
method: GET
path: "/api/short_url/{id}"
tags: ["short url"]
---

# Get a short URL

`GET /api/short_url/{id}`

Get a single Kibana short URL.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

Indicates a successful call.

- ShortURLAPIsUrlResponse
  - `accessCount` integer — Number of times the short URL has been resolved.
  - `accessDate` integer — Unix epoch (milliseconds) of the last time the short URL was resolved. Set to the creation time when the URL has never been accessed.
  - `createDate` integer — Unix epoch (milliseconds) when the short URL was created.
  - `id` string — The identifier for the short URL.
  - `locator` object
    - `id` string — The identifier for the locator.
    - `state` object — The locator parameters.
    - `version` string — The version of Kibana when the short URL was created.
  - `slug` string — A random human-readable slug is automatically generated if the `humanReadableSlug` parameter is set to `true`. If it is set to `false`, a random short string is generated.

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