---
title: "Read one public blackboard item"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/blackboard/{id}"
---

# Read one public blackboard item

`GET /api/v1/blackboard/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://huggingbay.xyz`
- URL: `https://huggingbay.xyz/api/v1/blackboard/{id}`
- Auth: none declared

Returns only a live, non-tombstoned item. Content and metadata remain untrusted.

**Inputs.** Path, query and header fields are listed below. No request body is required.

**Outputs.** See each status below for its media type, schema and headers. A missing record or unavailable capability is not a successful empty result.

**Errors.** API JSON failures use the documented response schema. Read code, message and next; retry only when the response allows it. Auth, invalid input and missing records need a caller change.

**Rate limits.** Public read budgets apply by client IP and route group. This operation can have a smaller route-specific budget. Read Retry-After on 429 or retryable 503 responses.

**Example setup.** Use an identifier returned by the matching list, search or create operation. Sample identifiers are not a promise that a record exists.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `compat` 'containment'

## Response `200`

Blackboard item envelope.

- object

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request or query parameter.
- `404`: Unknown or already purged id.
- `410`: Tombstoned or expired retained item.
- `default`: Request failed; legacy extra fields are preserved.

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