---
title: "Retrieve a meta event"
method: GET
path: "/v1/projects/{projectID}/meta-events/{metaEventID}"
tags: ["Meta Events"]
---

# Retrieve a meta event

`GET /v1/projects/{projectID}/meta-events/{metaEventID}`

This endpoint retrieves a meta event

## Path parameters

- `projectID` string, required
- `metaEventID` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `message` string
  - `status` boolean
  - `data` ModelsMetaEventResponse
    - `attempt` DatastoreMetaEventAttempt
      - `request_http_header` DatastoreHttpHeader, nullable
      - `response_data` string
      - `response_http_header` DatastoreHttpHeader, nullable
    - `created_at` string
    - `deleted_at` string, nullable
    - `event_type` string
    - `metadata` DatastoreMetadata
      - `data` object, nullable — Data to be sent to endpoint.
      - `interval_seconds` integer
      - `max_retry_seconds` integer
      - `next_send_time` string
      - `num_trials` integer — NumTrials: number of times we have tried to deliver this Event to an application
      - `raw` string
      - `retry_limit` integer
      - `strategy` 'linear' | 'exponential' | ''
    - `project_id` string
    - `status` 'Scheduled' | 'Processing' | 'Discarded' | 'Failure' | 'Success' | 'Retry' | ''
    - `uid` string
    - `updated_at` string

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `404` — Not Found

## Changes

- **2026-07-20** (v3) `bae289777c91` — 11 breaking, 12 warning, 5 info
  - the response property `allOf[subschema #2]/data` became nullable for the status `400`
  - the response property `allOf[subschema #2]/data` became nullable for the status `401`
  - the response property `allOf[subschema #2]/data` became nullable for the status `404`
  - the response property `allOf[subschema #2]/data/attempt` became nullable for the status `200`
  - …24 more
- **2026-07-19** (v3) `e171f744d209` — 1 breaking
  - the `allOf[subschema #2]/data/metadata/data` response's property type/format changed from `array`/`` to `object`/`` for status `200`
- **2024-07-15** (v3) `f48524f80fda` — 1 info
  - added the optional property `allOf[subschema #2]/data/metadata/max_retry_seconds` to the response with the `200` status
- **2024-03-26** (v3) `28d285e4302c` — 4 warning, 1 info
  - removed the optional property `allOf[#/components/schemas/util.ServerResponse]/data` from the response with the `200` status
  - removed the optional property `allOf[#/components/schemas/util.ServerResponse]/data` from the response with the `400` status
  - removed the optional property `allOf[#/components/schemas/util.ServerResponse]/data` from the response with the `401` status
  - removed the optional property `allOf[#/components/schemas/util.ServerResponse]/data` from the response with the `404` status
  - …1 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/getconvoy/apis/convoy-api-reference/changes/v1/projects/:projectID/meta-events/:metaEventID/get.md)

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