---
title: "Get a specific post by ID with series ownership validation"
method: GET
path: "/api/posts/{post_id}"
tags: ["Posts"]
---

# Get a specific post by ID with series ownership validation

`GET /api/posts/{post_id}`

# Errors
Returns error if post not found, series access denied, or database connection error

## Path parameters

- `post_id` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

Post retrieved

- PostResponse — API response model for posts
  - `audioFileId` string, uuid, nullable — ID of associated audio file
  - `content` string, required — Post body text and content
  - `createdAt` string, date-time, nullable — Post creation timestamp
  - `id` string, uuid, required — Post's unique identifier
  - `isPublished` boolean, required — Whether the post is published and visible to users
  - `postNumber` integer, required — Position number for ordering this post within its parent series
  - `seriesId` string, uuid, required — Parent series identifier
  - `slug` string, required — SEO-friendly URL identifier for the post
  - `thumbnailUrl` string, nullable — URL to the post's thumbnail image
  - `title` string, required — Post display title
  - `updatedAt` string, date-time, nullable — Post last update timestamp
  - `videoFileId` string, uuid, nullable — ID of associated video file

## Other responses

- `401` — Authentication required to view posts
- `403` — Access denied - post belongs to series not owned by user
- `404` — Post not found or access denied
- `500` — Server error during post retrieval

## Changes

- **2025-10-02** `6348840d4fcf` — 1 breaking
  - removed the required property `isPremium` from the response with the `200` status
- **2025-09-24** `143443c14b73` — 2 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `bearerAuth AND cookieAuth` was added to the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `cookieAuth` was removed from the API
- **2025-09-22** `08a2378b4e66` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2025-09-01** `a2488be8a6e4` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/patroninc/apis/patron-api/changes/api/posts/:post_id/get.md)

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