Get topic

Get a topic by ID

GET/topics/{topicId}

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer token · headerrequired

Organization API key (modem_…).

Path parameters

topicIdstring<uuid>required

Responses

200

archivedAtstring<date-time> | null

Timestamp when the topic was archived.

Show properties

Any of:

string<date-time>

string<date-time>

null

null

archivedByUserIdstring | nullrequired

User who archived the topic.

Show properties

Any of:

string

Any of:

string

string

string

string

null

null

archivedReasonstring | nullrequired

Optional reason for archiving.

Show properties

Any of:

string

string

null

null

createdAtstring<date-time>

eventCountintegerrequired

Number of events grouped under this topic.

graphStatusstring

Graph-structural lifecycle: active (live), superseded (system-dissolved, terminal), archived (user-dismissed, retains members).

Allowed:activearchivedsuperseded

idstring<uuid>required

Show properties

Any of:

string<uuid>

string<uuid>

string<uuid>

string<uuid>

issueTypestring | nullrequired

Optional issue classification for the topic.

Show properties

Any of:

string

string

null

null

keywordsstring[]required

Keywords associated with the topic.

lifecycleStatestring | nullrequired

Most recent LLM-assessed lifecycle state for this topic.

Show properties

Any of:

string

string

null

null

lifecycleStateConfidencenumber | nullrequired

Confidence for the most recent lifecycle assessment.

Show properties

Any of:

number

number

null

null

prioritystringrequired

Priority level: very_low, low, default, high, or very_high

Allowed:defaulthighlowvery_highvery_low

priorityReasoningstring | nullrequired

Reasoning from the most recent automatic topic-priority scoring decision. Null when priority was manually overridden or never auto-scored.

Show properties

Any of:

string

string

null

null

successorTopicobject | null

The topic that replaced a superseded v2 topic, when one can be resolved.

Show properties

Any of:

object

idstring<uuid>required

titlestringrequired

null

null

summarystringrequired

Descriptive summary of the topic.

supersededAtstring<date-time> | null

Timestamp when a v2 topic was superseded; null unless graphStatus is superseded.

Show properties

Any of:

string<date-time>

string<date-time>

null

null

timeRangeEndany

timeRangeStartany

titlestringrequired

Short human-readable title of the topic.

updatedAtstring<date-time>

Timestamp when the topic was last updated.

400

Invalid request (validation failed).

codestringrequired

Machine-readable error code, e.g. NOT_FOUND.

dataany

Optional structured error details.

definedbooleanrequired

True if the error was declared in the procedure contract.

messagestringrequired

Human-readable error message.

statusintegerrequired

HTTP status code.

401

Missing or invalid API key.

codestringrequired

Machine-readable error code, e.g. NOT_FOUND.

dataany

Optional structured error details.

definedbooleanrequired

True if the error was declared in the procedure contract.

messagestringrequired

Human-readable error message.

statusintegerrequired

HTTP status code.

403

The API key does not have access to this resource.

codestringrequired

Machine-readable error code, e.g. NOT_FOUND.

dataany

Optional structured error details.

definedbooleanrequired

True if the error was declared in the procedure contract.

messagestringrequired

Human-readable error message.

statusintegerrequired

HTTP status code.

404

The requested resource was not found.

codestringrequired

Machine-readable error code, e.g. NOT_FOUND.

dataany

Optional structured error details.

definedbooleanrequired

True if the error was declared in the procedure contract.

messagestringrequired

Human-readable error message.

statusintegerrequired

HTTP status code.

429

Rate limit exceeded.

codestringrequired

Machine-readable error code, e.g. NOT_FOUND.

dataany

Optional structured error details.

definedbooleanrequired

True if the error was declared in the procedure contract.

messagestringrequired

Human-readable error message.

statusintegerrequired

HTTP status code.

500

Internal server error.

codestringrequired

Machine-readable error code, e.g. NOT_FOUND.

dataany

Optional structured error details.

definedbooleanrequired

True if the error was declared in the procedure contract.

messagestringrequired

Human-readable error message.

statusintegerrequired

HTTP status code.

Try it

Server

Base URLCustom base URLOverrides the selected server when set.

Authorization

Bearer tokenRemember on this deviceInclude my values in samples

Parameters

topicIdpath*

Request

curl -X GET 'https://api.modem.dev/v1/topics/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json'

const response = await fetch("https://api.modem.dev/v1/topics/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
    "Accept": "application/json"
  }
});

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.modem.dev/v1/topics/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
        "Accept": "application/json"
    },
)

Response

{
  "archivedAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "archivedByUserId": "string",
  "archivedReason": "string",
  "createdAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "eventCount": 0,
  "graphStatus": "active",
  "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
  "issueType": "bug_report",
  "keywords": [
    "string"
  ],
  "lifecycleState": "completed",
  "lifecycleStateConfidence": 0,
  "priority": "default",
  "priorityReasoning": "string",
  "successorTopic": {
    "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
    "title": "string"
  },
  "summary": "string",
  "supersededAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "timeRangeEnd": null,
  "timeRangeStart": null,
  "title": "string",
  "updatedAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
}

{
  "code": "NOT_FOUND",
  "data": null,
  "defined": true,
  "message": "string",
  "status": 404
}

{
  "code": "NOT_FOUND",
  "data": null,
  "defined": true,
  "message": "string",
  "status": 404
}

{
  "code": "NOT_FOUND",
  "data": null,
  "defined": true,
  "message": "string",
  "status": 404
}

{
  "code": "NOT_FOUND",
  "data": null,
  "defined": true,
  "message": "string",
  "status": 404
}

{
  "code": "NOT_FOUND",
  "data": null,
  "defined": true,
  "message": "string",
  "status": 404
}

{
  "code": "NOT_FOUND",
  "data": null,
  "defined": true,
  "message": "string",
  "status": 404
}