---
title: "Get event vocabulary"
method: GET
path: "/event-vocabularies/{name}"
tags: ["events"]
---

# Get event vocabulary

`GET /event-vocabularies/{name}`

## Request

- Base URL: `http://localhost:8000`
- URL: `http://localhost:8000/event-vocabularies/{name}`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/palette-labs-inc/apis/local-protocol/docs/event-vocabularies/:name/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Returns a delivery event vocabulary by name.

## Path parameters

- `name` string, required: Event vocabulary name in reverse-domain notation (e.g., xyz.localprotocol.delivery.courier).

## Response `200`

The event vocabulary.

- DeliveryEventVocabulary: Schema for delivery event vocabularies.
  - `name` string, required: Standard identifier in reverse-domain notation (e.g., xyz.localprotocol.delivery.courier).
  - `version` string, required: Version in YYYY-MM-DD format.
  - `extends` string[]: Parent standard this standard extends (optional). Only one parent is allowed; the reference must include a version date. Used for lineage and discovery.
  - `title` string, required: Human-readable title for the standard.
  - `description` string, required: Human-readable description of the standard.
  - `spec` string, uri: URL to human-readable specification document.
  - `events` object, required: Map of all event IDs supported by this standard, including inherited events.

## Other responses

- `404`: Event vocabulary not found.

## Changes

- **2026-02-16** `c2c61c76b0d0`: 1 info
  - the response property `description` became required for the status `200`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/palette-labs-inc/apis/local-protocol/changes/event-vocabularies/:name/get.md)

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