---
title: "Retrieve a Conference"
method: GET
path: "/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Conferences/{Sid}"
tags: ["Conferences"]
---

# Retrieve a Conference

`GET /Accounts/{AccountSid}/Conferences/{Sid}`

Retrieves one voice conference by SID so you can inspect a known conference and its current activity. Use [List All Conferences](/docs/compatibility-api/rest/conferences/list-all-conferences) to discover SIDs; Video Conferences are separate hosted video resources.

#### Permissions

The API token used to authenticate must have the following scope(s) enabled to make a successful request: _Voice_.

[Learn more about API scopes](/docs/platform/your-signalwire-api-space).

## Path parameters

- `AccountSid` string, uuid, required — Universal Unique Identifier.
- `Sid` string, uuid, required — Universal Unique Identifier.

## Response `200`

The request has succeeded.

- ConferenceResponse — Response containing a single conference.
  - `sid` string, uuid, required — Universal Unique Identifier.
  - `account_sid` string, uuid, required — Universal Unique Identifier.
  - `date_created` string, required — The date, in RFC 2822 format, this conference was created.
  - `date_updated` string, required — The date, in RFC 2822 format, this conference was updated.
  - `friendly_name` string, required — A description, up to 64 characters, of the conference room.
  - `status` 'init' | 'in-progress' | 'completed', required — Conference status.
  - `api_version` string, required — The version of the SignalWire API.
  - `region` string, required — The region where this conference audio was mixed.
  - `uri` string, required — The URI for this conference.
  - `subresource_uris` ConferenceSubresourceUris, required — Conference subresource URIs.
    - `participants` string, required — Links to the participants.
    - `recordings` string, required — Links to the recordings.

## Other responses

- `400` — The request was invalid or cannot be processed. Check the error details for more information.
- `401` — Authentication failed. Please verify your credentials and try again.
- `404` — The requested resource was not found. Please verify the resource identifier.

## Changes

- **2026-05-12** `2916d5e3072e` — 2 breaking, 2 info
  - the `account_sid` response's property type/format changed from `string`/`uuid` to ``/`` for status `200`
  - the `sid` response's property type/format changed from `string`/`uuid` to ``/`` for status `200`
  - added `#/components/schemas/uuid` to the `account_sid` response property `allOf` list for the response status `200`
  - added `#/components/schemas/uuid` to the `sid` response property `allOf` list for the response status `200`
- **2026-05-12** `5344c0c93a4c` — 5 info
  - added 'unevaluatedProperties' constraint to the response body for the status `200`
  - added 'unevaluatedProperties' constraint to the response body for the status `400`
  - added 'unevaluatedProperties' constraint to the response body for the status `401`
  - added 'unevaluatedProperties' constraint to the response body for the status `404`
  - …1 more
- **2026-01-19** `d5fbaaddfa3e` — 1 breaking, 14 info
  - the `region` response's property type/format changed from ``/`` to `string`/`` for status `200`
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
  - removed `#/components/schemas/ConferenceRegion` from the `region` response property `allOf` list for the response status `200`
  - the response property `account_sid` became required for the status `200`
  - …11 more
- …earlier changes not shown

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/signalwire/apis/compatibility-api/changes/Accounts/:AccountSid/Conferences/:Sid/get.md)

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