Retrieve a view

Retrieve a view by its ID.

GET /v1/views/{view_id}

TypeScript SDK

JavaScript

import { Client } from "@notionhq/client"

const notion = new Client({ auth: process.env.NOTION_API_KEY })

const response = await notion.views.retrieve({
  view_id: "a3f1b2c4-5678-4def-abcd-1234567890ab"
})

200

{
  "object": "<string>",
  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "parent": {
    "type": "<string>",
    "database_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
  }
}

For a successful request, the response is a View object.

Connection capabilities

This endpoint requires a connection to have read content capabilities. For more information on connection capabilities, see the capabilities guide.

Errors

Returns a 404 HTTP response if the view doesn’t exist, or if the connection doesn’t have access.

Returns a 400 or 429 HTTP response if the request exceeds the request limits.

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Headers

Notion-Version · enum<string> · required

The API version to use for this request. The latest version is 2026-03-11.

Available options: 2026-03-11

Path Parameters

view_id · string · required

ID of a Notion view.

Response

200

application/json

Option 1

Option 2

object · string · required

The object type name.

Allowed value: "view"

id · string<uuid> · required

The ID of the view.

parent · object · required

The parent database of the view.

Show child attributes

type · enum<string> · required

The view type.

Available options: table, board, list, calendar, timeline, gallery, form, chart, map, dashboard