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# Show collection

GET https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/{account_id}/projects/{project_id}/collections/{collection_id}

Show collection details. Rate Limits: 100 calls per 1.00 minute(s) per account\_user

Reference: https://developer.staging.frame.io/platform/v4-experimental/api-reference/collections/show

## Request

### Path parameters

- `account_id` (string, required)
- `project_id` (string, required)
- `collection_id` (string, required)

### Query parameters

- `include` (string, optional)

### Headers

- `api-version` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `experimental`

## Response

### 200

OK

- `data` (Collection, required)

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `errors` (list of BadRequestErrorsItems, required)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `errors` (list of UnauthorizedErrorsItems, required)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `errors` (list of ForbiddenErrorsItems, required)

### 404 Not Found Error

Not Found

- `errors` (list of NotFoundErrorsItems, required)

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Unprocessable Entity

- `errors` (list of UnprocessableEntityErrorsItems, required)

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Too Many Requests

- `errors` (list of TooManyRequestsErrorsItems, required)

## Types

### Collection

- `aggregation_mode` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `static`, `dynamic`
- `auto_generated` (boolean, required)
- `created_at` (string, required) — Creation timestamp
- `description` (string, required, nullable) — Collection description
- `id` (string, required) — Collection ID
- `name` (string, required, nullable) — Collection name
- `private` (boolean, required)
- `project_id` (string, required) — Project ID
- `root_folder_id` (string, required, nullable) — Root folder ID
- `updated_at` (string, required) — Update timestamp
- `creator` (User, optional) — User details
- `project` (Project, optional) — Frame.io Project
- `shares` (list of Share, optional) — Shares

### BadRequestErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (BadRequestErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### UnauthorizedErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (UnauthorizedErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### ForbiddenErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (ForbiddenErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### NotFoundErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (NotFoundErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### UnprocessableEntityErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (UnprocessableEntityErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### TooManyRequestsErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (TooManyRequestsErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### User

User details

- `active` (boolean, required, nullable) — User active status
- `avatar_url` (string, required, nullable) — User avatar image url
- `email` (string, required) — User email
- `id` (string, required, nullable) — User ID - can be null for invited users with no frame account
- `name` (string, required, nullable) — User name
- `adobe_user_id` (string, optional, nullable) — Adobe user ID

### Project

Frame.io Project

- `created_at` (string, required) — Created Timestamp
- `id` (string, required) — Project ID
- `name` (string, required) — Project Name
- `root_folder_id` (string, required) — Root Folder ID
- `storage` (integer, required, default: 0) — Storage Usage
- `updated_at` (string, required) — Updated Timestamp
- `view_url` (string, required) — URL to view the project in the Frame.io web application
- `workspace_id` (string, required) — Workspace ID

### Share

- `access` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `public`, `secure`
- `collection_id` (string, required) — Collection ID
- `commenting_enabled` (boolean, required)
- `created_at` (string, required) — Creation timestamp
- `description` (string, required, nullable) — Share description
- `downloading_enabled` (boolean, required)
- `enabled` (boolean, required)
- `expiration` (string, required, nullable) — Expiration timestamp
- `id` (string, required) — Share ID
- `last_viewed_at` (string, required, nullable) — Last viewed timestamp
- `name` (string, required, nullable) — Share name
- `short_url` (string, required, nullable) — Share URL
- `updated_at` (string, required) — Update timestamp
- `passphrase` (string, optional, nullable) — Passphrase to access share, if passphrase is required and not given it will be generated

### BadRequestErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

### UnauthorizedErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

### ForbiddenErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

### NotFoundErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

### UnprocessableEntityErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

### TooManyRequestsErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "aggregation_mode": "dynamic",
    "auto_generated": false,
    "created_at": "2024-02-02T21:19:24.828948Z",
    "description": "Description of collection",
    "id": "7b10bc38-b17c-4c29-abdc-6f78ae61ee33",
    "name": "Test Collection",
    "private": false,
    "project_id": "8aacb3e6-30b3-4ef8-a770-803a70b6e29c",
    "root_folder_id": "99422c6c-250a-411f-9759-8a4b3e325686",
    "updated_at": "2024-02-02T21:19:24.828948Z"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/139825f1-abda-4f96-89a6-5a2dbd030a37/projects/9a9caabd-9494-456a-9229-147b64a8134b/collections/12b5305e-1fd2-4446-aae6-50b8f51f44d8"

headers = {"api-version": "experimental"}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/139825f1-abda-4f96-89a6-5a2dbd030a37/projects/9a9caabd-9494-456a-9229-147b64a8134b/collections/12b5305e-1fd2-4446-aae6-50b8f51f44d8';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'api-version': 'experimental'}};

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://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/139825f1-abda-4f96-89a6-5a2dbd030a37/projects/9a9caabd-9494-456a-9229-147b64a8134b/collections/12b5305e-1fd2-4446-aae6-50b8f51f44d8"

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

	req.Header.Add("api-version", "experimental")

	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://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/139825f1-abda-4f96-89a6-5a2dbd030a37/projects/9a9caabd-9494-456a-9229-147b64a8134b/collections/12b5305e-1fd2-4446-aae6-50b8f51f44d8")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["api-version"] = 'experimental'

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://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/139825f1-abda-4f96-89a6-5a2dbd030a37/projects/9a9caabd-9494-456a-9229-147b64a8134b/collections/12b5305e-1fd2-4446-aae6-50b8f51f44d8")
  .header("api-version", "experimental")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/139825f1-abda-4f96-89a6-5a2dbd030a37/projects/9a9caabd-9494-456a-9229-147b64a8134b/collections/12b5305e-1fd2-4446-aae6-50b8f51f44d8', [
  'headers' => [
    'api-version' => 'experimental',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/139825f1-abda-4f96-89a6-5a2dbd030a37/projects/9a9caabd-9494-456a-9229-147b64a8134b/collections/12b5305e-1fd2-4446-aae6-50b8f51f44d8");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("api-version", "experimental");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["api-version": "experimental"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/139825f1-abda-4f96-89a6-5a2dbd030a37/projects/9a9caabd-9494-456a-9229-147b64a8134b/collections/12b5305e-1fd2-4446-aae6-50b8f51f44d8")! 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()
```