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# Get a playbook by ID.

GET https://api.devin.ai/v3/enterprise/playbooks/{playbook_id}

Get a specific playbook by ID.

Reference: https://devin.ferndocs.com/api-reference/v-3/get-enterprise-playbooks-by-playbook-id

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Personal API Key (apk_user_*) or Service API Key (apk_*)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `playbook_id` (string, required) — Playbook ID (prefix: playbook-)

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `access_type` (enum, required) — Scope of the playbook: org or enterprise.
  - Allowed values: `enterprise`, `org`
- `body` (string, required) — Markdown body / instructions of the playbook.
- `created_at` (integer, required) — ISO 8601 timestamp when the playbook was created.
- `created_by` (string, required) — User ID of the playbook creator.
- `macro` (string, required, nullable) — Shortcut macro for quick reference.
- `org_id` (string, required, nullable) — Organization that owns this playbook (prefix org-).
- `playbook_id` (string, required) — Unique identifier for the playbook (prefix playbook-).
- `title` (string, required) — Display title of the playbook.
- `updated_at` (integer, required) — ISO 8601 timestamp of the last update.
- `updated_by` (string, required) — User ID of the last person to update the playbook.

## Errors

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation Error

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional)

## Types

### ValidationError

- `loc` (list of ValidationErrorLocItems, required)
- `msg` (string, required)
- `type` (string, required)

### ValidationErrorLocItems

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "access_type": "enterprise",
  "body": "Step 1: Assess the situation.\nStep 2: Notify the incident response team.\nStep 3: Contain the breach.\nStep 4: Eradicate the threat.\nStep 5: Recover systems and data.\nStep 6: Conduct a post-incident review.",
  "created_at": "2024-05-10T09:15:00Z",
  "macro": "incident_response_macro_v2",
  "org_id": "org-456def789",
  "playbook_id": "playbook-abc123def456",
  "title": "Incident Response Playbook",
  "updated_at": "2024-06-01T16:45:00Z",
  "created_by_user_id": "user-7890abc123",
  "created_by_user_name": "Alice Johnson",
  "status": "active",
  "updated_by_user_id": "user-7890abc123",
  "updated_by_user_name": "Alice Johnson"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.devin.ai/v3/enterprise/playbooks/playbook-abc123def456"

payload = {}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.get(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.devin.ai/v3/enterprise/playbooks/playbook-abc123def456';
const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{}'
};

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

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.devin.ai/v3/enterprise/playbooks/playbook-abc123def456"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

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

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.devin.ai/v3/enterprise/playbooks/playbook-abc123def456")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.devin.ai/v3/enterprise/playbooks/playbook-abc123def456")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.devin.ai/v3/enterprise/playbooks/playbook-abc123def456', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.devin.ai/v3/enterprise/playbooks/playbook-abc123def456");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.devin.ai/v3/enterprise/playbooks/playbook-abc123def456")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```