---
title: "Get events by creation number"
method: GET
path: "/accounts/{address}/events/{creation_number}"
tags: ["Events"]
---

# Get events by creation number

`GET /accounts/{address}/events/{creation_number}`

Event types are globally identifiable by an account `address` and
monotonically increasing `creation_number`, one per event type emitted
to the given account. This API returns events corresponding to that
that event type.

## Path parameters

- `address` string, hex, required — A hex encoded 32 byte Aptos account address. This is represented in a string as a 64 character hex string, sometimes shortened by stripping leading 0s, and adding a 0x. For example, address 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 is represented as 0x1.
- `creation_number` string, uint64, required — A string containing a 64-bit unsigned integer. We represent u64 values as a string to ensure compatibility with languages such as JavaScript that do not parse u64s in JSON natively.

## Query parameters

- `start` string, uint64 — A string containing a 64-bit unsigned integer. We represent u64 values as a string to ensure compatibility with languages such as JavaScript that do not parse u64s in JSON natively.
- `limit` integer

## Response `200`

- VersionedEvent[]
  - `version` string, uint64, required — A string containing a 64-bit unsigned integer. We represent u64 values as a string to ensure compatibility with languages such as JavaScript that do not parse u64s in JSON natively.
  - `guid` EventGuid, required
    - `creation_number` string, uint64, required — A string containing a 64-bit unsigned integer. We represent u64 values as a string to ensure compatibility with languages such as JavaScript that do not parse u64s in JSON natively.
    - `account_address` string, hex, required — A hex encoded 32 byte Aptos account address. This is represented in a string as a 64 character hex string, sometimes shortened by stripping leading 0s, and adding a 0x. For example, address 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 is represented as 0x1.
  - `sequence_number` string, uint64, required — A string containing a 64-bit unsigned integer. We represent u64 values as a string to ensure compatibility with languages such as JavaScript that do not parse u64s in JSON natively.
  - `type` string, required — String representation of an on-chain Move type tag that is exposed in transaction payload. Values: - bool - u8 - u16 - u32 - u64 - u128 - u256 - i8 - i16 - i32 - i64 - i128 - i256 - address - signer - vector: `vector<{non-reference MoveTypeId}>` - struct: `{address}::{module_name}::{struct_name}::<{generic types}>` Vector type value examples: - `vector<u8>` - `vector<vector<u64>>` - `vector<0x1::coin::CoinStore<0x1::aptos_coin::AptosCoin>>` Struct type value examples: - `0x1::coin::CoinStore<0x1::aptos_coin::AptosCoin> - `0x1::account::Account` Note: 1. Empty chars should be ignored when comparing 2 struct tag ids. 2. When used in an URL path, should be encoded by url-encoding (AKA percent-encoding).
  - `data` unknown, required

## Other responses

- `400`
- `403`
- `404`
- `410`
- `500`
- `503`

## Changes

- **2026-03-23** `10ecd1005697` — 6 warning
  - added the new `rate_limited` enum value to the `error_code` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `rate_limited` enum value to the `error_code` response property for the response status `403`
  - added the new `rate_limited` enum value to the `error_code` response property for the response status `404`
  - added the new `rate_limited` enum value to the `error_code` response property for the response status `410`
  - …2 more
- **2025-10-14** `5510dfe434b5` — 1 info
  - the `items/type` response's property pattern was changed from `^(bool|u8|u64|u128|address|signer|vector<.+>|0x[0-9a-zA-Z:_<, >]+)$` to `^(bool|u8|u16|u32|u64|u128|u256|i8|i16|i32|i64|i128|i256|address|signer|vector<.+>|0x[0-9a-zA-Z:_<, >]+)$` for the status `200`
- **2025-06-03** `6a8502f67ac1` — 6 warning
  - added the new `rejected_by_filter` enum value to the `error_code` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `rejected_by_filter` enum value to the `error_code` response property for the response status `403`
  - added the new `rejected_by_filter` enum value to the `error_code` response property for the response status `404`
  - added the new `rejected_by_filter` enum value to the `error_code` response property for the response status `410`
  - …2 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/aptoslabs/apis/aptos-node-api/changes/accounts/:address/events/:creation_number/get.md)

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