scenes
Get scene metadata
Changed onRetrieve detailed metadata for a specific scene by its ID.
This endpoint returns:
- Complete scene metadata (name, dates, pinned status)
- All associated read-only sharing links
- All shared slides presentation links
- Collection assignment information
<Callout type="info">
This endpoint only returns metadata. To get the actual scene content (drawings, shapes, etc.), use the content endpoint.
</Callout>
**Use cases:**
- Displaying scene information in UI
- Checking scene permissions and sharing status
- Building scene detail views
- Validating scene existence before operations
get/api/v1/scenes/{sceneId}
Request
- Base URLhttps://api.excalidraw.com
- URLhttps://api.excalidraw.com/api/v1/scenes/{sceneId}
- AuthHTTP bearer
Path parameters
sceneIdstring required
Response
This response returns the metadata for the requested scene.
Changes
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- warning
removed the optional property
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