> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tryordinal.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get idea > Get a single idea by ID. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api/openapi.json get /ideas/{id} openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Ordinal API version: 1.0.0 description: API to create and manage Ordinal workspaces, posts, profiles, and analytics servers: - url: https://app.tryordinal.com/api/v1 description: Production server security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: Analytics description: Social media analytics data - name: Approvals description: Post approval workflows - name: Comments description: >- Post comments for team collaboration. Supports @mentions using the format @[Display Name](userId). - name: Engagements description: Auto-engagements for posts (likes, comments, reposts) - name: Invites description: Workspace invitations for adding new users - name: Labels description: Labels for organizing posts - name: Instagram description: Instagram utilities for location search and tagging - name: LinkedIn description: LinkedIn utilities for profile lookups, tagging, and mentions - name: Posts description: Create and manage posts - name: Profiles description: List connected social profiles - name: Slack Boosts description: >- List connected Slack channels (webhooks), then create and manage slack boosts so teams get notified in Slack when posts publish. Requires Slack connected with marketing boost channels. - name: Subscribers description: Post subscribers for notifications - name: File Uploads description: >- Upload files from URLs for use in posts. Supports images (JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP) up to 10 MB and videos (MP4, MOV) up to 350 MB. - name: Ideas description: >- Create and manage content ideas. Ideas are draft posts without scheduled dates that can be converted to calendar posts. - name: Inline Comments description: >- Text-anchored comments on specific post content. Read-only API for retrieving inline comments across channels. - name: Users description: Workspace users - name: Webhooks description: >- Create, list, get, update, and delete webhooks to receive real-time event notifications - name: Workspaces description: Workspace information paths: /ideas/{id}: get: tags: - Ideas summary: Get idea description: Get a single idea by ID. operationId: ideas-get parameters: - name: id in: path required: true description: Idea ID (UUID) schema: type: string format: uuid responses: '200': description: Idea details content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: idea: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Idea' example: idea: id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 url: >- https://app.tryordinal.com/workspace/ideas/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 title: My Idea channels: - LinkedIn status: Idea createdAt: '2026-02-18T14:30:00.000Z' updatedAt: '2026-02-18T14:30:00.000Z' linkedIn: profile: id: 660e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 name: John Doe detail: johndoe copy: This is my idea content for LinkedIn assets: [] x: null '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized' '404': $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound' components: schemas: Idea: type: object description: Content idea that can be converted to a calendar post properties: id: type: string format: uuid url: type: string format: uri title: type: string channels: type: array items: type: string status: type: string description: Always 'Idea' for ideas createdAt: type: string format: date-time updatedAt: type: string format: date-time linkedIn: type: object nullable: true properties: profile: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChannelProfile' nullable: true copy: type: string assets: type: array description: Assets attached to the LinkedIn content items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Asset' x: type: object nullable: true description: X (Twitter) content properties: profile: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChannelProfile' nullable: true tweets: type: array items: type: object properties: copy: type: string assets: type: array description: Assets attached to this tweet items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Asset' tikTok: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TikTokContent' youTubeShorts: $ref: '#/components/schemas/YouTubeShortsContent' ChannelProfile: type: object description: Profile information for a channel (LinkedIn, X, or Instagram) properties: id: type: string format: uuid description: Profile ID name: type: string nullable: true description: Profile name detail: type: string nullable: true description: Profile detail (vanity name for LinkedIn, @username for X) Asset: type: object description: Asset metadata for files attached to posts properties: id: type: string format: uuid description: Asset ID name: type: string description: Original filename url: type: string format: uri description: URL to access the asset mimetype: type: string description: MIME type of the file (e.g., image/jpeg, video/mp4) size: type: integer description: File size in bytes width: type: integer nullable: true description: Width in pixels for images and videos height: type: integer nullable: true description: Height in pixels for images and videos duration: type: number nullable: true description: Duration in seconds for videos TikTokContent: type: object nullable: true description: TikTok content. Present when the post targets the TikTok channel. properties: profile: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChannelProfile' nullable: true copy: type: string description: Caption text assets: type: array description: Assets attached to the TikTok post (one video). items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Asset' privacyLevel: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TikTokPrivacyLevel' isCommentDisabled: type: boolean isDuetDisabled: type: boolean isStitchDisabled: type: boolean isPromotingBusiness: type: boolean isPaidPartnership: type: boolean videoCoverTimestampMs: type: integer format: int32 nullable: true description: >- Timestamp (in milliseconds) of the video frame used as the cover thumbnail. Null when not set. YouTubeShortsContent: type: object nullable: true description: >- YouTube Shorts content. Present when the post targets the YouTube Shorts channel. properties: profile: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChannelProfile' nullable: true title: type: string nullable: true description: Video title description: type: string nullable: true description: Video description assets: type: array description: Assets attached to the YouTube Shorts post (one video). items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Asset' privacyStatus: $ref: '#/components/schemas/YouTubePrivacyStatus' categoryId: type: string nullable: true notifySubscribers: type: boolean isEmbeddable: type: boolean isSelfDeclaredMadeForKids: type: boolean Error: type: object properties: code: type: string message: type: string TikTokPrivacyLevel: type: string description: Audience visibility for the TikTok video. enum: - PUBLIC_TO_EVERYONE - FOLLOWER_OF_CREATOR - MUTUAL_FOLLOW_FRIENDS - SELF_ONLY YouTubePrivacyStatus: type: string description: Audience visibility for the YouTube Shorts video. enum: - public - private - unlisted responses: Unauthorized: description: Unauthorized - Missing or invalid API key content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: code: UNAUTHORIZED message: Invalid or unauthorized API key NotFound: description: Not Found - Resource does not exist content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: code: NOT_FOUND message: Post not found or does not belong to this workspace securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- API key authentication. Generate an API key from your workspace settings. ````