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# Get Event

> Get a single custom event from your org's default app.

Retrieve a single custom event (trigger) from your organization's default custom application by its ID.

## Authentication

Events are defined at the org level, so this endpoint uses API-key auth.

<ParamField header="x-api-key" type="string" required>
  Your Refold API key. Find it in **Settings → Credentials**.
</ParamField>

## Path Parameters

<ParamField path="event_id" type="string" required>
  The event ID.

  **Example:** `6a314123d0aeb8165be4f175`
</ParamField>

## Response

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="200 OK">
    <ResponseField name="_id" type="string">Event ID.</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="name" type="string">Event name.</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="response" type="array">Parsed payload field map (`{key, type}`).</ResponseField>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="404 Not Found">
    <ResponseField name="status_code" type="integer">HTTP status code.</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="http_error_type" type="string">Error category.</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="error" type="string">Internal error code.</ResponseField>
    <ResponseField name="message" type="string">Human-readable error description.</ResponseField>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json 200 theme={null}
  {
    "_id": "6a314123d0aeb8165be4f175",
    "name": "candidate_created",
    "response": [
      { "key": "event", "type": "text" },
      { "key": "payload", "type": "object" },
      { "key": "payload.email", "type": "text" }
    ]
  }
  ```

  ```json 404 theme={null}
  {
    "status_code": 404,
    "http_error_type": "NOT_FOUND",
    "error": "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "Event not found"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X GET "https://app.refold.ai/api/v2/public/application/event/{event_id}" \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
  ```
</RequestExample>