Get a view

GET

/v1/boards/{id}/views/{viewId}

CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();

curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.focal.inc/v1/boards/24ce3d43-516c-4375-9d51-e9a2c8333683/views/a8d4d188-91cb-429f-9fa9-b6b20b43600f");

struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer <token>");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);

CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);

using System.Net.Http.Headers;
var client = new HttpClient();
var request = new HttpRequestMessage
{
    Method = HttpMethod.Get,
    RequestUri = new Uri("https://api.focal.inc/v1/boards/24ce3d43-516c-4375-9d51-e9a2c8333683/views/a8d4d188-91cb-429f-9fa9-b6b20b43600f"),
    Headers =
    {
        { "Authorization", "Bearer <token>" },
    },
};
using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
{
    response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
    var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
    Console.WriteLine(body);
}

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
  "io"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://api.focal.inc/v1/boards/24ce3d43-516c-4375-9d51-e9a2c8333683/views/a8d4d188-91cb-429f-9fa9-b6b20b43600f"

  req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(res)
  fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.focal.inc/v1/boards/24ce3d43-516c-4375-9d51-e9a2c8333683/views/a8d4d188-91cb-429f-9fa9-b6b20b43600f"))
    .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
    .method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
    .build();
HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.focal.inc/v1/boards/24ce3d43-516c-4375-9d51-e9a2c8333683/views/a8d4d188-91cb-429f-9fa9-b6b20b43600f")
  .get()
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .build();

Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

import axios from 'axios';

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://api.focal.inc/v1/boards/24ce3d43-516c-4375-9d51-e9a2c8333683/views/a8d4d188-91cb-429f-9fa9-b6b20b43600f',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}
};

try {
  const { data } = await axios.request(options);
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

const url = 'https://api.focal.inc/v1/boards/24ce3d43-516c-4375-9d51-e9a2c8333683/views/a8d4d188-91cb-429f-9fa9-b6b20b43600f';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

val client = OkHttpClient()

val request = Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.focal.inc/v1/boards/24ce3d43-516c-4375-9d51-e9a2c8333683/views/a8d4d188-91cb-429f-9fa9-b6b20b43600f")
  .get()
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .build()

val response = client.newCall(request).execute()

use reqwest;

#[tokio::main]
pub async fn main() {
    let url = "https://api.focal.inc/v1/boards/24ce3d43-516c-4375-9d51-e9a2c8333683/views/a8d4d188-91cb-429f-9fa9-b6b20b43600f";

    let mut headers = reqwest::header::HeaderMap::new();
    headers.insert("Authorization", "Bearer <token>".parse().unwrap());

    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
    let response = client.get(url)
        .headers(headers)
        .send()
        .await;

    let results = response.unwrap()
        .json::<serde_json::Value>()
        .await
        .unwrap();

    dbg!(results);
}

wget --quiet \
  --method GET \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --output-document \
  - https://api.focal.inc/v1/boards/24ce3d43-516c-4375-9d51-e9a2c8333683/views/a8d4d188-91cb-429f-9fa9-b6b20b43600f

Returns a single view by id, scoped to the calling organization and to the board in the path. Returns 404 if no match — the view doesn’t exist, belongs to another board or organization, is archived, or sits outside the token’s spaces.

Pass fields to trim the response to the properties you actually need — e.g. ?fields=name,html_url returns just those (plus id, always). Unknown names are rejected rather than ignored.

Required scope: boards:read. Rate-limit cost: 1.

Authorizations

bearerAuth

Parameters

Path Parameters

required

string format: uuid

Example

24ce3d43-516c-4375-9d51-e9a2c8333683

viewId

required

string format: uuid

Example

a8d4d188-91cb-429f-9fa9-b6b20b43600f

Query Parameters

fields

string

Return only these properties of each view, instead of the full object. id is always included. Omit for the complete object. Selectable: id, board_id, name, type, position, filters, filters_complete, visible_column_ids, visible_columns_pinned, organization_id, space_id, created_at, updated_at, html_url.

Responses

200

application/json

object

data

required

object

required

string format: uuid

board_id

required

ID of the board this view belongs to.

string format: uuid

name

required

string

type

required

How the view presents the board’s rows (grid, board, timeline, cards). The rows feed applies the same filters and column projection regardless of type.

string

Allowed values: grid board timeline cards

position

required

The view’s sort position among its board’s views (lower renders first). null when unset.

number

nullable

filters

required

The view’s saved conditions, in the same vocabulary as POST /v1/boards/{id}/rows/search. A row must satisfy every entry; within an entry a value array is any-of. Pass this straight to the rows search to reproduce the view’s slice, or to POST/PATCH a view to save it. Empty when the view filters nothing. Check filters_complete before writing it back.

Array<object>

object

column_id

required

The column to filter on — a Column.id from GET /v1/boards/{id}/columns.

string format: uuid

operator

required

How the cell is compared to value:

equals / not_equals — the cell holds (or doesn’t hold) the value. A multi-value cell matches on any of its values, so not_equals reads as “has none of these”. Strings are case-insensitive; date compares by calendar day.
contains — case-insensitive substring of the cell’s text. Not on id-backed cells (tags, user, media, relation) — use equals (it accepts option names) or query.
gt / gte / lt / lte — against a single number or ISO date.
is_empty / is_not_empty — whether the cell holds anything. Takes no value, and the only operators available on structured cells (checklist, insights, metricsdata, externaldata, mediaattribute).

string

Allowed values: equals not_equals contains gt gte lt lte is_empty is_not_empty

value

Any of:

Array
object

Array

Any of:

string

filters_complete

required

false when the view’s stored conditions can’t be expressed faithfully in the public filter vocabulary — a condition on a column that no longer exists, or two conditions on one column that the public AND semantics can’t reproduce. filters then describes the view only approximately, so PATCHing it back would change which rows the view shows. Re-state the filters you want instead of round-tripping them.

boolean

visible_column_ids

required

Column IDs this view shows, in display order — match against Column.id from GET /v1/boards/{id}/columns. This is the set GET /v1/boards/{id}/views/{viewId}/rows projects onto each row’s fields. Falls back to every column on the board when the view declares none — see visible_columns_pinned, and don’t write such a list back: it pins today’s board columns onto the view, so a column added later never appears in it. [] restores “follow the board”.

Array<string>

visible_columns_pinned

required

Whether visible_column_ids is the view’s own column set (true) or was synthesized from the board because the view declares none (false). Writing a synthesized list back pins it — the view stops following the board’s columns — so PATCH visible_column_ids only when you mean to choose the set, and send [] to go back to following the board.

boolean

organization_id

required

string format: uuid

space_id

required

string format: uuid

created_at

required

string format: date-time

updated_at

required

string format: date-time

html_url

required

Browser URL that opens this view on its board in the Focal web app. Hand this to users as a clickable link.

string

Example

{
  "data": {
    "id": "a8d4d188-91cb-429f-9fa9-b6b20b43600f",
    "board_id": "24ce3d43-516c-4375-9d51-e9a2c8333683",
    "name": "Launch calendar",
    "type": "grid",
    "position": 0,
    "filters": [
      {
        "column_id": "c6873aab-85de-4200-9afc-43470b21cf4c",
        "operator": "equals",
        "value": "Meta"
      }
    ],
    "filters_complete": true,
    "visible_column_ids": [
      "3298a55a-c00c-4438-9a92-661ae534c8a3",
      "c6873aab-85de-4200-9afc-43470b21cf4c",
      "993784a7-2dfc-4c80-b52b-0601abf0b58f",
      "3b3fe259-8156-4c9d-967d-614c0eb60daa"
    ],
    "visible_columns_pinned": true,
    "organization_id": "b46d9033-24b2-4441-87ad-2151088fde01",
    "space_id": "6916bc3d-e1ab-425b-ac25-eefada01a9a2",
    "created_at": "2027-03-04T10:15:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2027-03-06T14:42:00Z",
    "html_url": "https://app.focal.inc/spaces/6916bc3d-e1ab-425b-ac25-eefada01a9a2/boards/24ce3d43-516c-4375-9d51-e9a2c8333683/a8d4d188-91cb-429f-9fa9-b6b20b43600f"
  }
}

400

The request was malformed (invalid cursor, unknown type, validation failure, etc.). error.code is bad_request.

application/json

Canonical error envelope. code is stable across releases and intended for programmatic handling; message is human-readable. details only appears for validation failures and lists the offending fields.

object

error

required

object

code

required

string

Allowed values: unauthenticated forbidden not_found bad_request conflict rate_limited internal_error

message

required

string

details

Array<object>

object

field

string

issue

required

string

Example

{
  "error": {
    "code": "bad_request",
    "message": "Invalid request body",
    "details": [
      {
        "field": "space_id",
        "issue": "Invalid UUID"
      }
    ]
  }
}

401

Missing, invalid, or disabled token. error.code is unauthenticated.

application/json

object

error

required

object

code

required

string

Allowed values: unauthenticated forbidden not_found bad_request conflict rate_limited internal_error

message

required

string

details

Array<object>

object

field

string

issue

required

string

Example

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthenticated",
    "message": "Bearer token is missing or invalid"
  }
}

403

The token doesn’t have the scope this endpoint requires. error.code is forbidden.

application/json

object

error

required

object

code

required

string

Allowed values: unauthenticated forbidden not_found bad_request conflict rate_limited internal_error

message

required

string

details

Array<object>

object

field

string

issue

required

string

Example

{
  "error": {
    "code": "forbidden",
    "message": "Token doesn't have the required scope"
  }
}

404

Resource doesn’t exist or is outside the token’s space allow-list. The two cases share a response shape so a restricted token can’t probe for the existence of out-of-scope spaces. error.code is not_found.

application/json

object

error

required

object

code

required

string

Allowed values: unauthenticated forbidden not_found bad_request conflict rate_limited internal_error

message

required

string

details

Array<object>

object

field

string

issue

required

string

Example

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "Not found"
  }
}

429

Rate limit exceeded. error.code is rate_limited. Wait the number of seconds in the Retry-After header before retrying. Quotas are per-token; see the “Rate limiting” section at the top of this document.

application/json

object

error

required

object

code

required

string

Allowed values: unauthenticated forbidden not_found bad_request conflict rate_limited internal_error

message

required

string

details

Array<object>

object

field

string

issue

required

string

Example

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "Rate limit of 1000 units per 60s exceeded (this request cost 5)"
  }
}

Headers

Retry-After

integer

Example

Seconds to wait before retrying.