---
title: "Get an existing Sink backend configuration"
method: GET
path: "/features/sinks/{id}"
tags: ["sink"]
---

# Get an existing Sink backend configuration

`GET /features/sinks/{id}`

## Response `200`

Backend object

- SinkBackendObjSchema
  - `backend` string — Name and identifier of the sink backend, used when creating new sinks
  - `description` string
  - `config` array[] — Backend configuration field details
    - ConfigEntrySchema[]
      - `title` string — Visual title of the config item shown in UI
      - `type` 'string' | 'password' | 'int' — Data field type
      - `name` string — The field label used in the JSON config object for this field
      - `description` string — A description of the use of this configuration field

## Other responses

- `404` — A non-existent entity request.
- `500` — Unexpected server-side error occurred.

## Changes

- **2022-10-05** `ba366e36c0ce` — 1 breaking
  - added the new required `header` request parameter `Authorization` to all path's operations
- **2022-10-04** `18ac8e9f047d` — 1 breaking
  - added the new required `header` request parameter `Bearer authorization` to all path's operations

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/orb-community/apis/orb-sinks/changes/features/sinks/:id/get.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/orb-community/apis/orb-sinks.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/orb-community/apis/orb-sinks/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/orb-community/orb-sinks/revisions/fbedacec6f7d/schema)