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# Get a skill

GET https://example.itential.io/agent-project-service/skills/{skillId}

Returns one version of a skill, with its body and a list of its files. Returns the current version unless another is requested. Requires read access to the skill.

Reference: https://docs.itential.com/itential-platform/6/api-reference/agent-project-service/get-skill

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — Basic authentication of the form `Basic <base64(username:password)>`.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `skillId` (string, required) — Skill id (UUID).

### Query parameters

- `version` (integer, optional) — Version to return; the current version when omitted.
- `includeDeleted` (enum, optional, default: false) — When "true", a deleted Skill is returned too, with the time it was deleted in deleted.at, to callers who could read it before it was deleted; others get 403. "false" is the same as omitting it.
  - Allowed values: `true`, `false`

## Response

### 200

The Skill version. Resource contents are not included, only each resource's path, content type and size.

- `message` (string, required)
- `data` (AgentProjectServiceSkillsSkillIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData, required)

## Errors

### 500 Internal Server Error

Error response from API

- `any`

## Types

### AgentProjectServiceSkillsSkillIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData

- `skillId` (string, required) — Skill id (UUID).
- `name` (string, required)
- `description` (string, required)
- `version` (integer, required) — The version returned: the requested one, or the current one.
- `body` (string, required) — Skill instructions as stored, without frontmatter.
- `resources` (list of AgentProjectServiceSkillsSkillIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataResourcesItems, required) — Files bundled with this version, listed without their content; file contents are not returned.
- `checksum` (string, required) — Content checksum of this version (lowercase hex SHA-256), used as its version ID.
- `createdBy` (string, required) — Username of the account that first created the skill; "unknown" when it cannot be resolved.
- `createdByMe` (boolean, required) — Whether the caller is the account that first created the skill.
- `updatedBy` (string, required) — Username of the account that stored this version; "unknown" when it cannot be resolved.
- `updatedAt` (string, required) — When this version was stored.
- `deleted` (AgentProjectServiceSkillsSkillIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataDeleted, optional) — Only present when the Skill is deleted, which is only returned when includeDeleted is requested.

### AgentProjectServiceSkillsSkillIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataResourcesItems

- `path` (string, required) — Path of the file within the skill.
- `contentType` (string, required)
- `size` (integer, required) — Size of the file in bytes.

### AgentProjectServiceSkillsSkillIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataDeleted

Only present when the Skill is deleted, which is only returned when includeDeleted is requested.

- `at` (string, required) — When the Skill was deleted.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "message": "string",
  "data": {
    "skillId": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "version": 1,
    "body": "string",
    "resources": [
      {
        "path": "string",
        "contentType": "string",
        "size": 1
      }
    ],
    "checksum": "string",
    "createdBy": "string",
    "createdByMe": true,
    "updatedBy": "string",
    "updatedAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    "deleted": {
      "at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z"
    }
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://example.itential.io/agent-project-service/skills/skillId"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://example.itential.io/agent-project-service/skills/skillId';
const options = {method: 'GET'};

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"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://example.itential.io/agent-project-service/skills/skillId"

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

	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://example.itential.io/agent-project-service/skills/skillId")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

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://example.itential.io/agent-project-service/skills/skillId")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://example.itential.io/agent-project-service/skills/skillId');

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://example.itential.io/agent-project-service/skills/skillId");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://example.itential.io/agent-project-service/skills/skillId")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

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()
```