> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get Event

> Retrieves a single event definition by its name.

<Note>
  Looks up a single event definition by its `eventName`. Soft-deleted events are not returned.
</Note>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl --request GET \
    --url https://api.autosend.com/v1/events/eventName/order_completed \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer AS_your-project-api-key'
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  url = "https://api.autosend.com/v1/events/eventName/order_completed"

  headers = {
      "Authorization": "Bearer AS_your-project-api-key"
  }

  response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
  print(response.json())
  ```

  ```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
  fetch('https://api.autosend.com/v1/events/eventName/order_completed', {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer AS_your-project-api-key'
    }
  })
    .then(response => response.json())
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
  ```

  ```php PHP theme={null}
  <?php

  $url = 'https://api.autosend.com/v1/events/eventName/order_completed';

  $ch = curl_init($url);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
      'Authorization: Bearer AS_your-project-api-key'
  ]);

  $response = curl_exec($ch);
  curl_close($ch);

  echo $response;
  ?>
  ```

  ```go Go theme={null}
  package main

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

  func main() {
      url := "https://api.autosend.com/v1/events/eventName/order_completed"

      req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
      req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer AS_your-project-api-key")

      client := &http.Client{}
      resp, err := client.Do(req)
      if err != nil {
          fmt.Println("Error:", err)
          return
      }
      defer resp.Body.Close()

      body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
      fmt.Println(string(body))
  }
  ```

  ```java Java theme={null}
  import java.io.BufferedReader;
  import java.io.InputStreamReader;
  import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
  import java.net.URL;

  public class GetEvent {
      public static void main(String[] args) {
          try {
              URL url = new URL("https://api.autosend.com/v1/events/eventName/order_completed");
              HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

              con.setRequestMethod("GET");
              con.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer AS_your-project-api-key");

              BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
              String inputLine;
              StringBuilder content = new StringBuilder();
              while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
                  content.append(inputLine);
              }
              in.close();
              con.disconnect();

              System.out.println(content.toString());
          } catch (Exception e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
          }
      }
  }
  ```

  ```ruby Ruby theme={null}
  require 'net/http'
  require 'uri'

  uri = URI('https://api.autosend.com/v1/events/eventName/order_completed')

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

  request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
  request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer AS_your-project-api-key'

  response = http.request(request)
  puts response.body
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={null}
  {
    "success": true,
    "data": {
      "id": "60d5ec49f1b2c72d9c8b1234",
      "eventName": "order_completed",
      "description": "Fired when a customer completes a checkout",
      "properties": [
        {
          "propertyName": "order_total",
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Total order value in USD",
          "suggestedValues": []
        },
        {
          "propertyName": "currency",
          "type": "string",
          "suggestedValues": ["USD", "EUR", "GBP"]
        }
      ],
      "createdAt": "2026-05-08T10:00:00.000Z",
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-08T10:00:00.000Z"
    }
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

***

#### Authorizations

<ParamField path="Authorizations" type="string | header" required>
  Project API key header of the form Bearer `AS_<key>`.
</ParamField>

### Path Parameters

<ParamField path="eventName" type="string" required>
  Name of the event to fetch. ASCII letters, digits, and underscores only.

  Maximum length: `64`

  Example: `"order_completed"`
</ParamField>

#### Response

<span className="text-sm">Event retrieved successfully</span>

<ResponseField name="success" type="boolean">
  Indicates if the request was successful

  Example: `true`
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data" type="object">
  The event definition

  <Expandable title="child attributes">
    <ResponseField name="data.id" type="string">
      Unique event definition identifier
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="data.eventName" type="string">
      Event name
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="data.description" type="string | null">
      Human-readable description
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="data.properties" type="object[]">
      Declared property schema.

      <Expandable title="property attributes">
        <ResponseField name="propertyName" type="string">
          Property identifier.
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="type" type="string">
          Declared type: `string`, `number`, `date`, or `boolean`.
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="description" type="string | null">
          Optional human-readable description.
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="suggestedValues" type="array">
          Suggested values for the property (may be empty).
        </ResponseField>
      </Expandable>
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="data.createdAt" type="string">
      ISO 8601 timestamp of creation
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="data.updatedAt" type="string">
      ISO 8601 timestamp of last update
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

#### Error Responses

<ResponseField name="404 - Event not found" type="object">
  ```json theme={null}
  {
    "success": false,
    "error": {
      "message": "Event not found",
      "code": "EVENT_NOT_FOUND"
    }
  }
  ```
</ResponseField>


## OpenAPI

````yaml GET /events/eventName/{eventName}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: AutoSend API
  description: >-
    AutoSend REST API for managing event definitions and recording event logs
    for a project. These endpoints accept a standard project API key (AS_
    prefix).
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.autosend.com/v1
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /events/eventName/{eventName}:
    get:
      summary: Get Event
      description: Retrieves a single event definition by its name.
components: {}

````

## Related topics

- [List Events](/api-reference/events/list-events.md)
- [AutoSend MCP Server](/ai/mcp-server.md)
- [Event Types](/others/webhooks/event-type.md)
- [Events](/automations/events.md)
- [Changelog](/changelog.md)