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# Get an automation

> Returns a single automation by ID.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/rest-api-v4.yaml get /automations/{automation_id}
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Qonversion REST API v4
  version: '4.0'
  description: >-
    Qonversion REST API v4 follows REST standards. It has predictable
    resource-oriented URLs, accepts JSON-encoded request bodies, returns
    JSON-encoded responses, and uses standard HTTP response codes,
    authentication, and verbs.
servers:
  - url: https://api.qonversion.io/v4
    description: Production
security:
  - secretAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Users
    description: Retrieve Qonversion users
  - name: User Properties
    description: Manage user-level attributes
  - name: Identities
    description: Link Qonversion users to your own auth IDs
  - name: Entitlements
    description: Entitlement definitions and user grants
  - name: Purchases
    description: A user's purchase history
  - name: Products
    description: Products configured in the Qonversion dashboard
  - name: Customers
    description: Aggregated customer records, properties, permissions, and metrics
  - name: Segments
    description: Dynamic and system segments of users
  - name: Experiments
    description: Paywall and offering A/B experiments
  - name: Screens
    description: No-code paywall screens — CRUD, publish, analytics
  - name: Analytics
    description: Charts, cards, cohorts, LTV, and insights
  - name: Exports
    description: Asynchronous data exports
  - name: Events
    description: Event catalog
  - name: Scheduled Reports
    description: Recurring reports delivered to external destinations
  - name: Integrations
    description: Third-party integrations configuration
  - name: Automations
    description: Event-driven automations
  - name: Project Settings
    description: Project-level configuration, secret, and store credentials
paths:
  /automations/{automation_id}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Automations
      summary: Get an automation
      description: Returns a single automation by ID.
      operationId: v4GetAutomation
      parameters:
        - name: automation_id
          in: path
          required: true
          description: Automation identifier.
          schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$
            maxLength: 256
          example: auto-abc123
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Automation details.
          headers:
            Cache-Control:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: no-cache
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V4Automation'
        '400':
          description: Invalid automation_id
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V4Error'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V4Error'
        '403':
          description: Feature not available
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V4Error'
        '404':
          description: Automation not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V4Error'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Seconds to wait before retrying
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V4Error'
        '500':
          description: Internal error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V4Error'
        '502':
          description: Upstream service failure
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V4Error'
        '504':
          description: Upstream timeout
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/V4Error'
      security:
        - secretAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    V4Automation:
      type: object
      required:
        - object
        - id
        - url
        - name
        - caption
        - status
        - data
      properties:
        object:
          type: string
          enum:
            - automation
          description: Always "automation".
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique automation identifier.
          example: auto-abc123
        url:
          type: string
          description: Canonical API path for this automation.
          example: /v4/automations/auto-abc123
        name:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable name of the automation.
          example: Welcome Flow
        caption:
          type: string
          description: Optional description of the automation.
          example: Sends a welcome message to new users
        status:
          type: string
          description: |
            Lifecycle status of the automation. `paused` is set via
            `PATCH /automations/{id}/status` to temporarily stop an active
            automation without deleting it. `unknown` is returned as a
            forward-compatibility fallback and should not be written.
          x-extensible-enum:
            - active
            - inactive
            - paused
            - unknown
          example: active
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/V4AutomationData'
    V4Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - type
            - code
            - message
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              enum:
                - request
                - resource
                - logical
                - internal
            code:
              type: string
              description: |
                Machine-readable snake_case error code. Examples include
                `invalid_data`, `invalid_request`, `invalid_product_id`,
                `not_found`, `already_exists`, `offering_already_exists`,
                `product_not_in_project`, `cannot_set_main_directly`,
                `cannot_demote_main`, `cannot_patch_experiment_variant`,
                `cannot_delete_experiment_variant`, and
                `cannot_setmain_experiment_variant`. Resource-specific codes
                are documented on the corresponding reference page.
            message:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable description. May change; do not parse.
            details:
              type: array
              nullable: true
              description: Per-field validation errors, present on 400 validation failures.
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  field:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
    V4AutomationData:
      type: object
      required:
        - initiators
        - actions
        - segments
      description: |
        Automation configuration. Push and event resources are dashboard-only;
        this object references them by uid.
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Derived on read from initiator types. Ignored on write.
          x-extensible-enum:
            - event
          example: event
        platform:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Platform filter for the automation. `null` for all platforms.
          enum:
            - iOS
            - Android
            - null
          example: iOS
        initiators:
          type: array
          minItems: 1
          description: One or more event initiators that trigger the automation.
          items:
            type: object
            required:
              - uid
              - type
            properties:
              uid:
                type: string
                description: Dashboard event id (numeric string).
                example: '2'
              type:
                type: string
                enum:
                  - event
                example: event
        actions:
          type: object
          description: >-
            Actions to perform when the automation fires. At least one of `push`
            or `screen` must be present.
          properties:
            push:
              type: string
              nullable: true
              description: Push notification uid (created in the dashboard).
              example: nCRUE7SW
            screen:
              type: string
              nullable: true
              description: Screen uid (see `/v4/screens`).
              example: qUY7JXgF
        segments:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Segment uid to target; `null` runs for all users.
          example: A0SzRbM2vmmwixbpQxtI
  securitySchemes:
    secretAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: sk_…
      description: >-
        Bearer authentication using the project **Secret Key** (prefixed with
        `sk_`, or `test_sk_` for sandbox). All v4 public endpoints require the
        Secret Key — see [Authentication](/reference/v4/authentication). Never
        expose the Secret Key in client-side code.

````