> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developer.folk.app/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get a note > Retrieve an existing note in the workspace. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /schemas/2025-06-09.json get /v1/notes/{noteId} openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Folk External API description: >- Folk's public REST API lets you manage workspaces, groups, contacts, and real-time triggers. version: '2025-06-09' contact: name: folk email: tech@folk.app url: https://folk.app servers: - url: https://api.folk.app description: Folk's public API production base URL. x-internal: false security: [] tags: - name: Companies description: Operations related to companies. - name: Deals description: Operations related to deals. - name: Groups description: Operations related to groups. - name: Interactions description: Operations related to interactions. - name: Notes description: Operations related to notes. - name: People description: Operations related to people. - name: Reminders description: Operations related to reminders. - name: Tasks description: Operations related to tasks. - name: Users description: Operations related to users. - name: Webhooks description: Operations related to webhooks. paths: /v1/notes/{noteId}: get: tags: - Notes summary: Get a note description: Retrieve an existing note in the workspace. operationId: getNote parameters: - schema: type: string minLength: 40 maxLength: 40 required: true description: The ID of the note to retrieve. name: noteId in: path responses: '200': description: The retrieved note in the workspace. headers: X-RateLimit-Limit: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit' X-RateLimit-Remaining: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining' X-RateLimit-Reset: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset' Retry-After: $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After' content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Note' deprecations: type: array items: type: string example: - This field is deprecated required: - data example: data: id: nte_91118b73-5a75-480b-b8e3-a33671c35cdc entity: id: per_55175e81-9a52-4ac3-930e-82792c23499b entityType: person fullName: John Doe visibility: public content: This is a note about John Doe author: type: user id: usr_14c18444-a0c7-459a-86b0-ccd70ebcd65c fullName: John Doe email: john.doe@example.com deleted: false createdAt: '2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z' parentNote: id: nte_14c18444-a0c7-459a-86b0-ccd70ebcd65c entity: id: per_55175e81-9a52-4ac3-930e-82792c23499b entityType: person fullName: John Doe content: This is a parent note about John Doe visibility: public author: type: user id: usr_14c18444-a0c7-459a-86b0-ccd70ebcd65c fullName: John Doe email: john.doe@example.com deleted: false createdAt: '2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z' deleted: false '400': $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden' '404': $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound' '422': $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity' '429': $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests' '500': $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError' '503': $ref: '#/components/responses/ServiceUnavailable' security: - bearerApiKeyAuth: [] components: headers: X-RateLimit-Limit: schema: type: integer example: 1000 description: >- The maximum number of requests that you can make in the current rate limit window. X-RateLimit-Remaining: schema: type: integer example: 998 description: The number of requests remaining in the current rate limit window. X-RateLimit-Reset: schema: type: integer example: 1747322958 description: >- The time at which the current rate limit window resets, in UTC epoch seconds. Retry-After: schema: type: integer example: 60 description: >- The number of seconds to wait before making a new request after hitting the rate limit. schemas: Note: type: object properties: id: type: string entity: type: object properties: id: type: string minLength: 40 maxLength: 40 description: The ID of the entity connected to the note. example: per_55175e81-9a52-4ac3-930e-82792c23499b entityType: type: string enum: - person - company - object description: >- The type of the entity connected to the note. Can be `person`, `company` or `object`. example: person fullName: type: string maxLength: 1000 description: The full name of the entity connected to the note. example: John Doe required: - id - entityType - fullName content: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 100000 description: The content of the note. Can be in plain text or in markdown format. example: This is a note about **John Doe** visibility: type: string enum: - public - private description: |- The visibility of the note. - `public`: The note is visible to all users in the workspace. - `private`: The note is visible only to the current user. author: anyOf: - type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - user description: >- The type of the author of the note, it can be a user or a folk assistant. example: user id: type: string description: The ID of the author of the note. example: usr_55175e81-9a52-4ac3-930e-82792c23499b fullName: type: string maxLength: 1000 description: The full name of the author of the note. example: John Doe email: type: string maxLength: 254 format: email description: The email of the author of the note. example: john.doe@example.com deleted: type: boolean enum: - false description: >- Whether the author has been deleted and does not exist anymore. example: false required: - type - id - fullName - email - deleted - type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - assistant description: >- The type of the author of the note, it can be a user or a folk assistant. example: assistant fullName: type: string maxLength: 1000 description: The name of the folk assistant that created the note. example: Research assistant required: - type - fullName - type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - user description: >- The type of the author of the note, it can be a user or a folk assistant. example: user id: type: string deleted: type: boolean enum: - true description: >- Whether the author has been deleted and does not exist anymore. example: true required: - type - id - deleted createdAt: type: - string - 'null' minLength: 20 maxLength: 40 description: The date and time the note was created, in ISO format. example: '2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z' parentNote: oneOf: - type: object properties: id: type: string deleted: type: boolean enum: - true description: >- Whether the parent note has been deleted and does not exist anymore. example: true required: - id - deleted - type: object properties: id: type: string entity: type: object properties: id: type: string minLength: 40 maxLength: 40 description: The ID of the entity connected to the note. example: per_55175e81-9a52-4ac3-930e-82792c23499b entityType: type: string enum: - person - company - object description: >- The type of the entity connected to the note. Can be `person`, `company` or `object`. example: person fullName: type: string maxLength: 1000 description: The full name of the entity connected to the note. example: John Doe required: - id - entityType - fullName content: type: - string - 'null' minLength: 1 maxLength: 100000 description: >- The content of the parent note. If the parent note is not visible to the current user, this field will be null. example: This is a parent note about John Doe visibility: type: string enum: - public - private description: >- The visibility of the note. - `public`: The note is visible to all users in the workspace. - `private`: The note is visible only to the current user. author: anyOf: - type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - user description: >- The type of the author of the note, it can be a user or a folk assistant. example: user id: type: string description: The ID of the author of the note. example: usr_55175e81-9a52-4ac3-930e-82792c23499b fullName: type: string maxLength: 1000 description: The full name of the author of the note. example: John Doe email: type: string maxLength: 254 format: email description: The email of the author of the note. example: john.doe@example.com deleted: type: boolean enum: - false description: >- Whether the author has been deleted and does not exist anymore. example: false required: - type - id - fullName - email - deleted - type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - assistant description: >- The type of the author of the note, it can be a user or a folk assistant. example: assistant fullName: type: string maxLength: 1000 description: >- The name of the folk assistant that created the note. example: Research assistant required: - type - fullName - type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - user description: >- The type of the author of the note, it can be a user or a folk assistant. example: user id: type: string deleted: type: boolean enum: - true description: >- Whether the author has been deleted and does not exist anymore. example: true required: - type - id - deleted createdAt: type: - string - 'null' minLength: 20 maxLength: 40 description: >- The date and time the parent note was created, in ISO format. example: '2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z' deleted: type: boolean enum: - false description: >- Whether the parent note has been deleted and does not exist anymore. example: false required: - id - entity - content - visibility - author - createdAt - deleted - type: 'null' description: The parent note, if this note is a reply to another note. example: id: nte_14c18444-a0c7-459a-86b0-ccd70ebcd65c entity: id: per_55175e81-9a52-4ac3-930e-82792c23499b entityType: person fullName: John Doe content: This is a parent note about John Doe visibility: public author: type: user id: usr_14c18444-a0c7-459a-86b0-ccd70ebcd65c fullName: John Doe email: john.doe@example.com deleted: false createdAt: '2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z' deleted: false required: - id - entity - content - visibility - author - createdAt - parentNote description: A note linked to an entity. example: id: nte_91118b73-5a75-480b-b8e3-a33671c35cdc entity: id: per_55175e81-9a52-4ac3-930e-82792c23499b entityType: person fullName: John Doe visibility: public content: This is a note about John Doe author: type: user id: usr_14c18444-a0c7-459a-86b0-ccd70ebcd65c fullName: John Doe email: john.doe@example.com deleted: false createdAt: '2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z' parentNote: id: nte_14c18444-a0c7-459a-86b0-ccd70ebcd65c entity: id: per_55175e81-9a52-4ac3-930e-82792c23499b entityType: person fullName: John Doe content: This is a parent note about John Doe visibility: public author: type: user id: usr_14c18444-a0c7-459a-86b0-ccd70ebcd65c fullName: John Doe email: john.doe@example.com deleted: false createdAt: '2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z' deleted: false Error: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string example: RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED message: type: string example: You have exceeded your rate limit. documentationUrl: type: string format: uri example: https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#rate-limiting requestId: type: string format: uuid example: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000 timestamp: type: string format: date-time example: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z' details: type: object additionalProperties: true example: limit: 1000 remaining: 0 retryAfter: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z' required: - code - message - documentationUrl - requestId - timestamp required: - error description: Error response containing error details. responses: BadRequest: description: The request was unacceptable, often due to missing an invalid parameter. headers: X-RateLimit-Limit: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit' X-RateLimit-Remaining: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining' X-RateLimit-Reset: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset' Retry-After: $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: error: code: INVALID_REQUEST message: The request was invalid. documentationUrl: https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#bad-request requestId: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000 timestamp: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z' Unauthorized: description: No valid API key provided. headers: X-RateLimit-Limit: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit' X-RateLimit-Remaining: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining' X-RateLimit-Reset: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset' Retry-After: $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: error: code: UNAUTHORIZED message: No valid API key provided. documentationUrl: https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#unauthorized requestId: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000 timestamp: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z' Forbidden: description: The API key doesn’t have permissions to perform the request. headers: X-RateLimit-Limit: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit' X-RateLimit-Remaining: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining' X-RateLimit-Reset: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset' Retry-After: $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: error: code: FORBIDDEN message: The API key doesn’t have permissions to perform the request. documentationUrl: https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#forbidden requestId: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000 timestamp: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z' NotFound: description: The requested resource doesn’t exist. headers: X-RateLimit-Limit: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit' X-RateLimit-Remaining: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining' X-RateLimit-Reset: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset' Retry-After: $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: error: code: RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND message: The requested resource was not found. documentationUrl: https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#not-found requestId: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000 timestamp: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z' UnprocessableEntity: description: >- The request was unacceptable, often due to missing or invalid parameters. headers: X-RateLimit-Limit: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit' X-RateLimit-Remaining: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining' X-RateLimit-Reset: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset' Retry-After: $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: error: code: UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY message: Invalid query parameters documentationUrl: >- https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#unprocessable-entity details: issues: - code: too_small minimum: 1 type: number inclusive: true exact: false message: Number must be greater than or equal to 1 path: - limit requestId: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000 timestamp: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z' TooManyRequests: description: >- Too many requests hit the API too quickly. We recommend an exponential backoff of your requests. headers: X-RateLimit-Limit: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit' X-RateLimit-Remaining: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining' X-RateLimit-Reset: $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset' Retry-After: $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: error: code: RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED message: The rate limit has been exceeded. documentationUrl: https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#rate-limiting requestId: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000 timestamp: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z' details: limit: 1000 remaining: 0 retryAfter: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z' InternalServerError: description: Something went wrong on our end. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: error: code: INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR message: An internal server error occurred. documentationUrl: >- https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#internal-server-error requestId: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000 timestamp: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z' ServiceUnavailable: description: The server is overloaded or down for maintenance. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: error: code: SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE message: The service is currently unavailable. documentationUrl: >- https://developer.folk.app/api-reference/errors#service-unavailable requestId: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000 timestamp: '2025-10-01T12:00:00Z' securitySchemes: bearerApiKeyAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: API key for authentication ````