---
title: "/surveys/:id"
method: GET
path: "/surveys/{id}"
---

# /surveys/:id

`GET /surveys/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://subdomain.workable.com/spi/v3`
- URL: `https://subdomain.workable.com/spi/v3/surveys/{id}`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`

Returns a single survey cycle by its key. Required scope: `r_surveys`. Requires a user token whose member has permission to view survey cycles, or an account token with the `member_id` of such a member; an account token without `member_id` gets `403`. The account must have the Surveys feature enabled.

Deleted survey cycles, and survey cycles outside a scoped member's scope, return `404`.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `member_id` string

## Response `200`

200

- object
  - `id` string: Survey cycle key
  - `name` string
  - `welcome_message` string, nullable: Welcome message shown to participants (HTML)
  - `state` 'draft' | 'scheduled' | 'active' | 'closed' | 'archived'
  - `type` 'cycle' | 'workflow_task' | 'null', nullable: `cycle` = date-based survey, `workflow_task` = survey sent as a workflow task
  - `template_id` string, nullable: Survey master template id
  - `start_date` string, date-time, nullable
  - `end_date` string, date-time, nullable
  - `timezone` string, nullable: IANA timezone
  - `is_anonymous` boolean
  - `min_responses_required` integer: Anonymity threshold; 0 = none
  - `participant_count` integer
  - `employee_sharing_type` 'all' | 'selected' | 'custom' | 'null', nullable
  - `created_at` string, date-time
  - `updated_at` string, date-time

## Other responses

- `400`: 400
- `401`: 401
- `403`: 403
- `404`: 404

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `13ad2e8e2ee9`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/workable/apis/account-root/changes/surveys/:id/get.md)

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