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---
title: "{{ replace .Name "-" " " | title }}"
description:
menu:
docs:
parent: methods
aliases: [
"/api/methods/SOMETHING",
"/api/methods/something",
]
---
## What the method does {#anchor}
```http
GET /api/v1/example HTTP/1.1
```
**Returns:** [SOMETHING]({{< relref "entities/SOMETHING" >}})\
**OAuth:** User token + `oauth:scope`\
**Permissions:** Manage ???\
**Version history:**\
x.x.x - added
#### Request
##### Path parameters
:id
: {{<required>}} String. The ID of the SOMETHING in the database.
##### Headers
Authorization
: {{<required>}} Provide this header with `Bearer <user token>` to gain authorized access to this API method.
##### Query parameters
**Internal parameter.** Use HTTP `Link` header for pagination.
max_id
: String. Return results older than ID.
since_id
: String. Return results newer than ID.
min_id
: String. Return results immediately newer than ID.
limit
: Integer. Maximum number of results to return. Defaults to 20 statuses or 40 accounts. Max twice the default limit.
##### Form data parameters
#### Response
##### 200: OK
```json
```
Because SOMETHING IDs are generally not exposed via any API responses, you will have to parse the HTTP `Link` header to load older or newer results. See [Paginating through API responses]({{<relref "api/guidelines#pagination">}}) for more information.
```http
Link: <https://mastodon.example/api/v1/SOMETHING?max_id=441449>; rel="next", <https://mastodon.example/api/v1/SOMETHING?since_id=444808>; rel="prev"
```
##### 401: Unauthorized
Invalid or missing Authorization header.
```json
{
"error": "The access token is invalid"
}
```
##### 403: Forbidden
Authorized user is missing a permission, or invalid or missing Authorization header
```json
{
"error": "This action is not allowed"
}
```
##### 404: Not found
SOMETHING is not owned by you or does not exist
```json
{
"error": "Record not found"
}
```
##### 410: Gone
##### 422: Unprocessable entity
##### 429: Rate limited
```json
{
"error": "Too many requests"
}
```
##### 503: Service unavailable
```json
{
"error": "There was a temporary problem serving your request, please try again"
}
```
---
## See also
{{< page-relref ref="methods/SOMETHING#anchor" caption="POST /api/v1/something/" >}}
{{< page-ref page="client/authorized" >}}
{{< caption-link url="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/controllers/api/v1/SOMETHING_controller.rb" caption="app/controllers/api/v1/SOMETHING_controller.rb" >}}
{{< caption-link url="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/controllers/api/v1/SOMETHING" caption="app/controllers/api/v1/SOMETHING/" >}}