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# Get a span

GET https://api.respan.ai/api/request-logs/{unique_id}/

Returns the full span, including evaluation scores and credit and budget information (`limit_info`). Metadata keys beginning with `_` are reserved for platform use and omitted from span and trace read responses.

Reference: https://respan.ai/docs/apis/spans/get-span

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Use your Respan API key for Respan API authentication. Enter only the Respan API key value; clients send Authorization: Bearer \<RESPAN\_API\_KEY>. For /api/responses, provider credentials such as Perplexity, OpenAI, or Azure OpenAI go in Settings -> Providers or respan\_params.credential\_override in the request body, not in this authentication field.
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Use a dashboard JWT only for dashboard-authenticated endpoints. Respan API-key endpoints use the respanApiKey auth field instead.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `unique_id` (string, required) — The unique ID of the log to get.

## Response

### 200

Successful response for Retrieve span

- `id` (string, required) — Span ID (alias of `unique_id`).
- `unique_id` (string, optional) — Stored unique span ID.
- `span_unique_id` (string, optional) — Tracing span ID, when supplied.
- `trace_unique_id` (string, optional) — Parent trace ID.
- `span_name` (string, optional) — Span name.
- `span_parent_id` (string, optional) — Parent span ID.
- `span_workflow_name` (string, optional) — Workflow name associated with the span.
- `timestamp` (datetime, optional) — Completion timestamp.
- `start_time` (datetime, optional) — Start timestamp.
- `period_start` (datetime, optional) — Billing/aggregation period start.
- `period_end` (datetime, optional) — Billing/aggregation period end.
- `input` (ApiRequestLogsUniqueIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaInput, optional) — Canonical span input.
- `output` (ApiRequestLogsUniqueIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaOutput, optional) — Canonical span output.
- `prompt_messages` (list of map from string to any, optional)
- `completion_message` (map from string to any, optional)
- `completion_messages` (list of any, optional)
- `full_request` (map from string to any, optional) — Credential-sanitized full request.
- `full_response` (map from string to any, optional) — Credential-sanitized full response.
- `model` (string, optional) — Model used by the span.
- `provider_id` (string, optional) — Provider route used by the span.
- `environment` (string, optional) — API-key environment.
- `log_type` (string, optional) — Span/log type.
- `log_method` (string, optional) — How this span was ingested.
- `status` (string, optional) — Span status.
- `status_code` (integer, optional) — HTTP or application status code.
- `error_code` (string, optional) — Normalized error code.
- `error_message` (string, optional) — Error message, when the span failed.
- `warnings` (ApiRequestLogsUniqueIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaWarnings, optional) — Warnings captured for the request.
- `prompt_tokens` (integer, optional) — Input token count.
- `completion_tokens` (integer, optional) — Output token count.
- `total_request_tokens` (integer, optional) — Total token count.
- `prompt_cache_hit_tokens` (integer, optional) — Cached input-token count.
- `prompt_cache_creation_tokens` (integer, optional) — Cache-creation input-token count.
- `reasoning_tokens` (integer, optional) — Reasoning-token count.
- `cost` (double, optional) — Cost in USD.
- `latency` (double, optional) — End-to-end latency in seconds.
- `time_to_first_token` (double, optional) — Time to first token in seconds.
- `tokens_per_second` (double, optional) — Output throughput.
- `routing_time` (double, optional) — Gateway routing time.
- `metadata` (map from string to any, optional) — Customer metadata. Keys beginning with `_` are reserved and omitted from customer-facing responses.
- `properties` (ApiRequestLogsUniqueIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchema, optional) — Typed span properties.
- `variables` (map from string to any, optional)
- `tools` (list of map from string to any, optional)
- `tool_calls` (list of map from string to any, optional)
- `scores` (map from string to ApiRequestLogsUniqueIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaScores, optional) — Evaluation scores keyed by evaluator identifier or slug.
- `customer_identifier` (string, optional) — End-customer identifier.
- `customer_email` (string, optional) — End-customer email.
- `customer_name` (string, optional) — End-customer name.
- `custom_identifier` (string, optional) — Indexed custom identifier.
- `group_identifier` (string, optional) — Group identifier.
- `session_identifier` (string, optional) — Session identifier.
- `thread_identifier` (string, optional) — Conversation thread identifier.
- `organization_id` (string, optional) — Organization UUID.
- `unique_organization_id` (string, optional) — Organization UUID.
- `organization_key_id` (string, optional) — API-key identifier.
- `organization_key_name` (string, optional) — API-key display name.
- `prompt_id` (string, optional) — Prompt family ID.
- `prompt_name` (string, optional) — Prompt display name.
- `prompt_version_number` (integer, optional) — Prompt version number.
- `deployment_id` (string, optional) — Deployment ID.
- `deployment_name` (string, optional) — Deployment name.
- `stream` (boolean, optional) — Whether the response streamed.
- `temperature` (double, optional) — Sampling temperature.
- `top_p` (double, optional) — Nucleus-sampling parameter.
- `max_tokens` (integer, optional) — Configured generation limit.
- `response_format` (map from string to any, optional)
- `limit_info` (ApiRequestLogsUniqueIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaLimitInfo, optional)
- `blurred` (boolean, optional) — When true, usage policy reduced the response to visibility-safe fields.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `error` (string, optional) — Error message

### 403 Forbidden Error

The API key is missing, invalid or expired.

- `detail` (string, required)

### 404 Not Found Error

Span not found.

- `detail` (string, required)

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Rate Limited

- `error` (string, optional) — Error message

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `error` (string, optional) — Error message

## Types

### ApiRequestLogsUniqueIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaInput

Canonical span input.

### ApiRequestLogsUniqueIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaOutput

Canonical span output.

### ApiRequestLogsUniqueIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaWarnings

Warnings captured for the request.

### ApiRequestLogsUniqueIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchema

Typed span properties.

### ApiRequestLogsUniqueIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaScores

- `id` (string, optional)
- `evaluator_id` (string, optional)
- `evaluator_slug` (string, optional, nullable)
- `evaluator_name` (string, optional, nullable)
- `score_value_type` (string, optional, nullable)
- `numerical_value` (double, optional, nullable)
- `string_value` (string, optional, nullable)
- `boolean_value` (boolean, optional, nullable)
- `categorical_value` (list of string, optional, nullable)
- `json_value` (any, optional, nullable)
- `is_passed` (boolean, optional, nullable)
- `explanation` (string, optional)

### ApiRequestLogsUniqueIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaLimitInfo

- `is_allowed` (boolean, optional)
- `limits` (list of ApiRequestLogsUniqueIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaLimitInfoLimitsItems, optional)

### ApiRequestLogsUniqueIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaLimitInfoLimitsItems

- `name` (string, optional)
- `current_value` (double, optional)
- `new_value` (double, optional)
- `limit_value` (double, optional)
- `is_within_limit` (boolean, optional)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "span_550e8400e29b41d4",
  "limit_info": {
    "is_allowed": true,
    "limits": [
      {
        "name": "org_credits",
        "current_value": 29.99,
        "new_value": 29.98,
        "limit_value": 0,
        "is_within_limit": true
      },
      {
        "name": "customer_budget",
        "current_value": 8.5,
        "new_value": 8.49,
        "limit_value": 10,
        "is_within_limit": true
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Spans_retrieveSpan_example
import requests

url = "https://api.respan.ai/api/request-logs/unique_id/"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <respanApiKey>"}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Spans_retrieveSpan_example
const url = 'https://api.respan.ai/api/request-logs/unique_id/';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <respanApiKey>'}};

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

```go Spans_retrieveSpan_example
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.respan.ai/api/request-logs/unique_id/"

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <respanApiKey>")

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

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

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

}
```

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

url = URI("https://api.respan.ai/api/request-logs/unique_id/")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <respanApiKey>'

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

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

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.respan.ai/api/request-logs/unique_id/")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <respanApiKey>")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.respan.ai/api/request-logs/unique_id/', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <respanApiKey>',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp Spans_retrieveSpan_example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.respan.ai/api/request-logs/unique_id/");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <respanApiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Spans_retrieveSpan_example
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <respanApiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.respan.ai/api/request-logs/unique_id/")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

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()
```