---
title: "Returns a section overview by reference."
method: GET
path: "/api/Search/Paragraph/{reference}"
tags: ["Search"]
---

# Returns a section overview by reference.

`GET /api/Search/Paragraph/{reference}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://erskinemay-api.parliament.uk` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://erskinemay-api.parliament.uk/api/Search/Paragraph/{reference}`
- Auth: none declared

## Path parameters

- `reference` string, required

## Response `200`

Success

- ErskineMaySectionOverview
  - `id` integer
  - `title` string, nullable
  - `titleChain` string, nullable
  - `subSections` ErskineMaySectionOverview[], nullable

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `404`: Not Found

---

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