Returns a single connection by ID, with sensitive fields redacted.

To inspect the schemas available on this connection, trigger a refresh with POST /api/connections/{id}/schemas/refresh and track progress via GET /api/connections/{id}/schemas/status.

Observed rate limits

You can use rate_limit to inspect observed rate limiting separately from Connection health. A Connection can be healthy while Polytomic has an active rate-limit marker. Shared Connections combine observations recorded for their own ID and their root Connection. Observations recorded only for another shared copy are not included.

When these observed periods overlap or touch, limited_since reflects the start of the continuous period and expires_at reflects its latest expiry. An expired period separated from the active period by a gap does not extend that start.

⚠️ Observation, not a capacity guarantee

An active marker does not mean every endpoint or sync is blocked. No active marker does not guarantee that the upstream service has capacity. The marker expiry can be extended and is not a promised provider reset or exact retry time.

If any required lookup is unavailable, rate_limit is null. This does not change status or status_error, and the Connection response is still returned.

{
  "data": {
    "api_calls_last_24_hours": 2021,
    "configuration": {
      "database": "example",
      "hostname": "postgres.example.com",
      "password": "********",
      "port": 5432,
      "username": "user"
    },
    "created_by": {
      "id": "12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012",
      "name": "John Doe",
      "type": "user"
    },
    "id": "248df4b7-aa70-47b8-a036-33ac447e668d",
    "name": "My Postgres Connection",
    "organization_id": "248df4b7-aa70-47b8-a036-33ac447e668d",
    "parent_connection_id": "248df4b7-aa70-47b8-a036-33ac447e668d",
    "policies": [
      "248df4b7-aa70-47b8-a036-33ac447e668d"
    ],
    "saved": true,
    "status": "healthy",
    "status_error": "error message",
    "type": {
      "id": "postgresql",
      "logo_dark_url": "https://connect-assets.polytomic.com/logos/dark/postgresql.svg",
      "logo_url": "https://connect-assets.polytomic.com/logos/postgresql.svg",
      "name": "PostgreSQL"
    },
    "updated_by": {
      "id": "12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012",
      "name": "John Doe",
      "type": "user"
    }
  }
}