---
title: "Get a memory"
method: GET
path: "/memories/{id}"
tags: ["Memories"]
---

# Get a memory

`GET /memories/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.mymemory.dev/v1`
- URL: `https://api.mymemory.dev/v1/memories/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

One memory with its full content. There is no `GET /memories/search`: search with `POST /search`.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

The memory

- Memory
  - `id` string: The memory's ID (same as `uuid`).
  - `uuid` string: The memory's ID. Pass it to `/memories/{id}`.
  - `url` string, nullable: Source URL, or the memory's page on mymemory.dev for notes.
  - `type` string: note, page, tweet, document, video, audio, notion, reddit, instagram, …
  - `title` string, nullable: Title (generated for notes).
  - `description` string, nullable: Short summary, written in the content's language.
  - `content` string, nullable: The saved text. Lists return at most the first 2,000 characters.
  - `ogImage` string, nullable: Preview image URL.
  - `tags` string[]
  - `metadata` object, nullable
  - `processingStage` string: `ready` once the memory is searchable; earlier stages while it's being processed.
  - `isSuccessfullyProcessed` boolean, nullable
  - `errorMessage` string, nullable: Why processing failed, if it did.
  - `createdAt` string, date-time: When it was saved.
  - `updatedAt` string, date-time: Last change.
  - `eventAt` string, date-time, nullable: When the content happened, if you set it.
  - `lastAccessedAt` string, date-time, nullable: Last time it was opened or returned near the top of a search.
  - `userId` integer
  - `contentHash` string, nullable: Hash of the content, used to detect duplicates.

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing or invalid API key
- `403`: Not allowed: someone else's memory or space, or a plan limit reached (`Memory limit reached`, `Space limit reached`)
- `404`: Not found, or it isn't yours
- `429`: Too many requests. For a rate limit (`error`: `rate_limited`), wait the seconds in the `Retry-After` header; for an AI budget error, until the budget renews.

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