---
title: "Get channel"
method: GET
path: "/channels/{channelId}"
tags: ["Channels"]
---

# Get channel

`GET /channels/{channelId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.modem.dev/v1`
- URL: `https://api.modem.dev/v1/channels/{channelId}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Get a single channel by ID

## Path parameters

- `channelId` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `channelName` string, required: Human-readable name of the channel.
  - `context` string, nullable, required: User-provided context about the channel's purpose, used by the ingest pipeline's LLM classification and priority-scoring steps.
  - `createdAt` string, date-time, required: ISO 8601 timestamp of channel creation
  - `description` string, nullable, required: Optional description of the channel.
  - `id` union, required
    - string, uuid
    - string, uuid
  - `isConnected` boolean, required: Whether the source server/workspace is currently connected (bot has not left)
  - `lastSeenAt` string, date-time, nullable, required: ISO 8601 timestamp of the most recent message in this channel, or null if no messages
  - `messageCount` integer, required: Total number of messages in this channel
  - `serverName` string, required: Human-readable name of the server/workspace.
  - `sourceChannelId` string, required: Channel identifier in the source system.
  - `sourceName` string, required: Source system for the channel.
  - `sourceServerId` string, required: Identifier of the server/workspace in the source system.
  - `updatedAt` string, date-time, required: ISO 8601 timestamp of last channel update

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request (validation failed).
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key.
- `403`: The API key does not have access to this resource.
- `404`: The requested resource was not found.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded.
- `500`: Internal server error.

---

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