---
title: "Get one story as JSON"
method: GET
path: "/stories/{date}/{slug}/index.json"
tags: ["stories"]
---

# Get one story as JSON

`GET /stories/{date}/{slug}/index.json`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://hangingcontext.com`
- URL: `https://hangingcontext.com/stories/{date}/{slug}/index.json`
- Auth: none required

Get one story with its sections, key facts and cited Manifests.

## Path parameters

- `date` string, date, required
- `slug` string, required

## Headers

- `HC-API-Version` '1'

## Response `200`

The story.

- Story: One story with the Manifests it cites.
  - `slug` string, required
  - `url` string, uri, required
  - `headline` string, required
  - `dek` string
  - `published_at` string, date-time, required
  - `key_facts` object[]
    - `text` string
    - `manifest_ids` string[]
  - `sections` object[], required
  - `unresolved` string[]
  - `cited_manifest_ids` string[], required
  - `manifests` object[]
  - `reuse` ReuseTerms: The reuse terms for stories.
    - `version` string
    - `summary` string
    - `attribution` string
    - `link_rule` string
    - `keep_ids_rule` string
    - `no_endorsement` string
    - `license_url` string, uri
    - `machine_url` string, uri

## Other responses

- `404`: No such file. The body is JSON, Markdown or HTML, chosen by the Accept header.

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