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# Get event details

> Retrieve a persisted lifecycle event by its ID.

The entry includes the event payload and the delivery status for each notified backend.




## OpenAPI

````yaml /products/specter/openapi.yaml get /api/events/{id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  contact:
    email: hello@starfish.team
    name: Starfish GmbH & Co. KG
    url: https://hellgate.io/cpa/specter
  description: Composable decision engine and fraud prevention service.
  license:
    name: Hellgate API Terms
    url: https://hellgate.io/terms-and-conditions
  title: Specter API
  version: '1.0'
servers:
  - description: Managed instance of Specter
    url: https://{instance}.{env}.on-hellgate.cloud
    variables:
      instance:
        default: my-instance
        description: Your unique instance slug, provided during onboarding.
      env:
        default: eu1
        description: Deployment environment (currently eu1).
security: []
tags:
  - description: Evaluate transactions and retrieve decision results.
    name: Decisions
  - description: Close decisions that were flagged for manual review.
    name: Resolutions
  - description: Report payment lifecycle events for a prior decision.
    name: Lifecycle Events
  - description: Manage rulesets and their activation lifecycle.
    name: Rulesets
  - description: Configure interceptors and intercept live payment requests.
    name: Interceptors
  - description: Subscribe to decision and event notifications.
    name: Webhooks
  - description: Manage blocked field values.
    name: Blacklist
paths:
  /api/events/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Lifecycle Events
      summary: Get event details
      description: >
        Retrieve a persisted lifecycle event by its ID.


        The entry includes the event payload and the delivery status for each
        notified backend.
      operationId: events_show
      parameters:
        - description: Event ID
          in: path
          name: id
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventEntry'
          description: Event entry
        '401':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Unauthorized'
          description: Unauthorized
        '403':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Forbidden'
          description: Forbidden
        '404':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotFound'
          description: Not found
      callbacks: {}
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    EventEntry:
      description: Persisted lifecycle event log entry.
      properties:
        id:
          format: uuid
          type: string
        backend_notifications:
          items:
            properties:
              accepted:
                description: >-
                  Whether the backend accepted the event. Present when
                  delivered.
                type:
                  - boolean
                  - 'null'
              backend:
                example: vdm
                type: string
              backend_reference:
                description: >-
                  Backend's reference for the notification. Present when
                  delivered.
                type:
                  - string
                  - 'null'
              error:
                description: Error code. Present when failed.
                type:
                  - string
                  - 'null'
              reason:
                description: Why the notification was skipped. Present when skipped.
                type:
                  - string
                  - 'null'
              response:
                description: >-
                  Raw backend response body. Present when a failed HTTP response
                  was received.
                type:
                  - object
                  - 'null'
              status:
                enum:
                  - delivered
                  - skipped
                  - failed
                type: string
            type: object
          type: array
        data:
          additionalProperties: true
          type: object
        decision_id:
          format: uuid
          type: string
        occurred_at:
          format: date-time
          type: string
        processed_at:
          format: date-time
          type: string
        type:
          enum:
            - authorization
            - capture
            - refund
            - void
            - chargeback
            - fraud_report
            - failed
          type: string
      title: EventEntry
      type: object
    Unauthorized:
      description: No valid authentication was provided.
      example:
        classifier: UNAUTHORIZED
        code: 401
        message: No valid means of authentication was provided
      properties:
        classifier:
          enum:
            - UNAUTHORIZED
          type: string
        code:
          enum:
            - 401
          type: integer
        message:
          type: string
      required:
        - classifier
        - code
        - message
      title: Unauthorized
      type: object
    Forbidden:
      description: The token lacks the scope required for this operation.
      example:
        classifier: FORBIDDEN
        code: 403
        message: Not allowed to access this resource or feature
      properties:
        classifier:
          enum:
            - FORBIDDEN
          type: string
        code:
          enum:
            - 403
          type: integer
        message:
          type: string
      required:
        - classifier
        - code
        - message
      title: Forbidden
      type: object
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource does not exist.
      example:
        classifier: NOT_FOUND
        code: 404
        message: The requested resource does not exist
      properties:
        classifier:
          enum:
            - NOT_FOUND
          type: string
        code:
          enum:
            - 404
          type: integer
        message:
          type: string
      required:
        - classifier
        - code
        - message
      title: NotFound
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        HS256-signed JWT bearer token, obtained via the OAuth2
        client-credentials grant (see Authentication).
      scheme: bearer
      type: http

````