---
title: "Test an ability"
method: GET
path: "/abilities/{id}"
tags: ["Abilities"]
---

# Test an ability

`GET /abilities/{id}`

Test whether your account has a given ability.

"Abilities" describes your account's capabilities by feature name. For example `"teams"`.

An ability may be available to your account based on things like your pricing plan or account state.

For more information see the [API Concepts Document](../../api-reference/a47605517c19a-api-concepts#abilities)

Scoped OAuth requires: `abilities.read`

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Headers

- `Accept` string, required
- `Content-Type` 'application/json', required

## Response `204`

The account has the requested ability.

## Other responses

- `401` — Caller did not supply credentials or did not provide the correct credentials. If you are using an API key, it may be invalid or your Authorization header may be malformed.
- `402` — Account does not have the abilities to perform the action. Please review the response for the required abilities. You can also use the [Abilities API](#resource_Abilities) to determine what features are available to your account.
- `403` — Caller is not authorized to view the requested resource. While your authentication is valid, the authenticated user or token does not have permission to perform this action.
- `404` — The requested resource was not found.
- `429` — Too many requests have been made, the rate limit has been reached.

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