---
title: "Get one update (the story)"
method: GET
path: "/v1/updates/{id}"
tags: ["Feed"]
---

# Get one update (the story)

`GET /v1/updates/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `http://api.technooptimist.io`
- URL: `http://api.technooptimist.io/v1/updates/{id}`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in query parameter `api_key`

The feed item plus `points`, the bullets under the summary.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

The story

- Story
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `occurredAt` string, date-time, required
  - `precision` 'day' | 'month' | 'quarter' | 'year', required
  - `headline` string, required
  - `kind` 'test' | 'hardware' | 'software' | 'manufacturing' | 'regulatory' | 'funding' | 'hiring' | 'commercial' | 'research' | 'partnership' | 'people' | 'other', required
  - `importance` 'major' | 'minor', required
  - `rank` integer, required
  - `sourceType` 'x' | 'blog' | 'filing' | 'press' | 'livestream' | 'paper' | 'job' | 'regulator' | 'interview' | 'other', required
  - `sourceUrl` string, uri, nullable, required: Link to the original story (article, press release, filing, video). Null when unknown.
  - `summary` string, nullable, required: The story in our words: 2–4 sentences on what happened and why it matters, written from the source. Null when not written yet.
  - `company` object, required
    - `slug` string, required
    - `name` string, required
  - `program` object, nullable, required
    - `slug` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `frontier` string, required
    - `path` string, required: Canonical site path. Programs live under their frontier.
  - `frontiers` string[], required
  - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
  - `points` string[], required: 2–5 bullets of the key facts (numbers, dates, who, what changes), from the source. Empty when not written yet.

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing or invalid credentials
- `404`: Not found
- `422`: Validation failed
- `429`: Rate limited

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