--- title: Get url: https://www.tines.com/docs/api/stories/get/ updated: 2026-01-15T14:21:36+00:00 description: Retrieve a single story. --- *[tines.com](https://www.tines.com/llms.txt) › [Docs](https://www.tines.com/llms.txt) › [Tines API](https://www.tines.com/llms.txt) › [Stories](https://www.tines.com/llm/docs/api/stories.md)* # Get *[View on tines.com](https://www.tines.com/docs/api/stories/get/)* ## Description Retrieve a single story. ## Request HTTP Method: **GET** | Path Parameter | Description | | -------------- | -------------------------------- | | story_id | The ID of the story to retrieve. | | Query Parameter | Description | | --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | story_mode | **Optional** The mode (`TEST` or `LIVE`) of the story to retrieve. | | draft_id | **Optional** The ID of the draft to retrieve. [About drafts](https://www.tines.com/docs/stories/change-control/#api-endpoints). | | include_live_activity | **Optional** When set to `true`, includes live activity metrics like `pending_action_runs_count`, `concurrent_runs_count`, and `tokens_used_percentage`. Defaults to `false`. | ```bash curl -X GET \ https:///api/v1/stories/<>?include_live_activity=true \ -H 'content-type: application/json' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer <>' ``` ## Response A successful request will return a JSON object representing the specified story. ### Field description | Parameter | Description | | --------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | name | The story name. | | user_id | ID of story creator. | | description | A user-defined description of the story. | | keep_events_for | Defined event retention period in seconds. | | disabled | Boolean flag indicating whether story is disabled. | | priority | Boolean flag indicating whether story is high priority story. | | send_to_story_enabled | Boolean flag indicating if Send to Story is enabled. | | send_to_story_access_source | `STS`, `STS_AND_WORKBENCH`, `WORKBENCH` or `OFF` indicating where the send to story can be used. | | send_to_story_access | Controls who is allowed to send to this story (`TEAM`,`GLOBAL`,`SPECIFIC_TEAMS`). | | send_to_story_referring_story_ids | List of story ids that call this Send to Story enabled story. Only present when `send_to_story_enabled` is `true`. | | shared_team_slugs | List of teams' slugs that can send to this story when `send_to_story_access` is `SPECIFIC_TEAMS`, otherwise empty. | | entry_agent_id | The ID of the entry action for this story. | | exit_agents | An Array of objects describing exit actions for this story. | | send_to_story_skill_use_requires_confirmation | Boolean flag indicating whether workbench should ask for confirmation before running this story. | | team_id | ID of team to which the story belongs. | | tags | An array of tags used to classify the story. | | guid | Unique identifier of the story. | | slug | An underscored representation of the story name. | | created_at | ISO 8601 Timestamp representing date and time the story was created. | | updated_at | ISO 8601 Timestamp representing date and time the story row was last updated. It is best to use edited_at to track any modifications made to the story itself. | | edited_at | ISO 8601 Timestamp representing date and time the story was last logically updated. | | mode | The mode of the story. `LIVE` or `TEST` | | monitor_failures | Boolean flag indicating if monitor failures is enabled on all actions in the story. This will be false when only some actions have monitoring enabled. | | actions_with_monitoring | List of action IDs with monitoring enabled. | | recipients | List of monitoring recipients for the story. | | api_enabled | Boolean flag indicating if Webhook API is enabled. | | api_entry_actions | Array of entry action ID for API enabled story. | | api_exit_actions | Array of exit action IDs for API enabled story. | | api_name | Name of API for API enabled story. | | id | The story ID. | | folder_id | ID of folder to which the story belongs. | | published | Boolean flag indicating whether the story is published. | | change_control_enabled | Boolean flag indicating if change control is enabled. | | locked | Boolean flag indicating whether the story is locked to changes. | | owners | List of user IDs that are listed as owners on the story. | | draft_id | ID of the selected draft. | | draft_name | Name of the selected draft. | | pending_action_runs_count | Total number of pending action runs across all actions in the story. Only included when `include_live_activity=true` is set. | | concurrent_runs_count | Number of concurrent story runs currently executing. Only included when `include_live_activity=true` is set. | | tokens_used_percentage | Percentage of token limit used by the story. Only included when `include_live_activity=true` is set. | | not_working_actions_count | Number of actions in a "Not working" state in the story, meaning the action has not emitted an event since its last error log. Only included when `include_live_activity=true` is set. | ### Sample response ```json { "name": "Simple story", "user_id": 167, "description": "In the simple story we will create a fictional situation where a detection system is configured to send alerts to our Tines tenant", "keep_events_for": 604800, "disabled": false, "priority": false, "send_to_story_enabled": false, "send_to_story_access_source": "OFF", "send_to_story_access": null, "shared_team_slugs": [], "entry_agent_id": null, "exit_agents": [], "send_to_story_skill_use_requires_confirmation": true, "team_id": 1, "tags": ["Tag 1", "Tag 2"], "guid": "df1e838a18d20696120b41516497b017", "slug": "simple_story", "created_at": "2021-05-10T08:56:50Z", "updated_at": "2021-05-10T08:56:50Z", "edited_at": "2021-05-10T08:56:50Z", "mode": "LIVE", "monitor_failures": false, "actions_with_monitoring": [], "recipients": [ { "address": "test@example.com" } ], "api_enabled": false, "api_entry_actions": [], "api_exit_actions": [], "api_name": null, "id": 7981, "folder_id": 1, "published": true, "change_control_enabled": false, "locked": false, "owners": [1], "draft_id": 1234, "draft_name": "Initial Draft", "pending_action_runs_count": 150, "concurrent_runs_count": 3, "tokens_used_percentage": 15.7 } ```