---
title: Get content by given content reference and language
slug: cms-12/api/get-content-by-given-content-reference-and-language
docTags:
createdAt: 2026-08-28T13:16:06.833Z
---
{
"id": "7RaJHXRK2eFxjDPi5HhBF",
"type": "api-oas-v2",
"data": {
"method": "GET",
"url": "http://localhost:65349//api/episerver/v2.0/content/{contentReference}",
"servers": [
{
"url": "http://localhost:65349//api/episerver/v2.0/content/{contentReference}"
}
],
"name": "Get content by given content reference and language",
"description": "",
"contentType": "application/json",
"request": {
"pathParameters": [
{
"kind": "required",
"name": "contentReference",
"type": "string",
"description": "Content reference to retrieve data"
}
],
"headerParameters": [
{
"name": "accept",
"type": "string",
"kind": "optional",
"description": "Generated from available response content types",
"enum": [
"application/json",
"text/json",
"application/xml",
"text/xml"
],
"default": "application/json"
},
{
"kind": "optional",
"name": "Accept-Language",
"type": "string",
"description": "Determines in which language the content should be retrieved. Example: 'en' or 'sv'
"
},
{
"kind": "required",
"name": "Authorization",
"type": "string",
"description": "It should be in the format 'Bearer your_token', where 'your_token' is the token provided after authorization to access API. Note that there should be a space between 'Bearer' and 'your_token'.
"
}
],
"queryParameters": [
{
"kind": "optional",
"name": "expand",
"type": "string",
"description": "List of properties needed to be expanded. The list is separated by comma"
},
{
"kind": "optional",
"name": "select",
"type": "string",
"description": "List of properties needed to be returned. The list is separated by comma. Default are all properties returned"
}
],
"bodyDataParameters": [],
"formDataParameters": [],
"oAuthParameters": [],
"cookieParameters": []
},
"responses": [
{
"statusCode": "200",
"description": "OK",
"jsonExample": "",
"isExpanded": true,
"schema": [
{
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"customType": "ContentApiModel",
"schema": [
{
"name": "ContentLink",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/ContentModelReference",
"customType": "ContentModelReference",
"schema": [
{
"name": "Id",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "integer",
"description": "",
"format": "int32"
},
{
"name": "WorkId",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "integer",
"description": "",
"format": "int32"
},
{
"name": "GuidValue",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "",
"example": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
"format": "uuid"
},
{
"name": "ProviderName",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "Url",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "Language",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/LanguageModel",
"customType": "LanguageModel",
"schema": [
{
"name": "DisplayName",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "Name",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
}
]
},
{
"name": "Expanded",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/ContentApiModel",
"customType": "ContentApiModel",
"schema": [
{
"name": "",
"description": "",
"customType": "Circular-Reference"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "Name",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "Language",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/LanguageModel",
"customType": "LanguageModel",
"schema": [
{
"name": "DisplayName",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "Name",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
}
]
},
{
"name": "ExistingLanguages",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "array",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/LanguageModel",
"customType": "LanguageModel[]",
"schema": [
{
"name": "DisplayName",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "Name",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
}
]
},
{
"name": "MasterLanguage",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/LanguageModel",
"customType": "LanguageModel",
"schema": [
{
"name": "DisplayName",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "Name",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
}
]
},
{
"name": "ContentType",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "array",
"description": "",
"example": "",
"itemType": "string",
"customType": "string[]",
"itemExample": "",
"itemDefault": ""
},
{
"name": "ParentLink",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/ContentModelReference",
"customType": "ContentModelReference",
"schema": [
{
"name": "Id",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "integer",
"description": "",
"format": "int32"
},
{
"name": "WorkId",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "integer",
"description": "",
"format": "int32"
},
{
"name": "GuidValue",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "",
"example": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
"format": "uuid"
},
{
"name": "ProviderName",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "Url",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "Language",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/LanguageModel",
"customType": "LanguageModel",
"schema": [
{
"name": "DisplayName",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "Name",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
}
]
},
{
"name": "Expanded",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/ContentApiModel",
"customType": "ContentApiModel",
"schema": [
{
"name": "",
"description": "",
"customType": "Circular-Reference"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "RouteSegment",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "Url",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "Changed",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "",
"format": "date-time"
},
{
"name": "Created",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "",
"format": "date-time"
},
{
"name": "StartPublish",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "",
"format": "date-time"
},
{
"name": "StopPublish",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "",
"format": "date-time"
},
{
"name": "Saved",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "",
"format": "date-time"
},
{
"name": "Status",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
}
],
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/ContentApiModel",
"isExpanded": true
}
]
},
{
"statusCode": "400",
"description": "Bad Request",
"jsonExample": "",
"isExpanded": true
},
{
"statusCode": "403",
"description": "Forbidden",
"jsonExample": "",
"isExpanded": true
},
{
"statusCode": "404",
"description": "Not Found",
"jsonExample": "",
"isExpanded": true
}
],
"hasXCodeSamples": false,
"examples": {
"languages": [
{
"id": "D567XDuX8z6c2deUjJGGw",
"language": "curl",
"label": "cURL",
"code": "curl --request GET \\\n --url http://localhost:65349//api/episerver/v2.0/content/{contentReference} \\\n --header 'accept: application/json' \\\n --header 'authorization: string'"
},
{
"id": "IPZxhb9GUYVRODD4Ac3ur",
"language": "javascript",
"label": "javascript",
"code": "var myHeaders = new Headers();\nmyHeaders.append(\"accept\", \"application/json\");\nmyHeaders.append(\"content-type\", \"application/json\");\nmyHeaders.append(\"authorization\", \"string\");\n\nvar requestOptions = {\n method: 'GET',\n headers: myHeaders,\n redirect: 'follow'\n};\n\nfetch(\"http://localhost:65349//api/episerver/v2.0/content/{contentReference}\", requestOptions)\n .then(response => response.text())\n .then(result => console.log(result))\n .catch(error => console.log('error', error));"
},
{
"id": "VtH7E6Wkg214l_xQe4iKa",
"language": "ruby",
"label": "Ruby",
"code": "require \"uri\"\nrequire \"json\"\nrequire \"net/http\"\n\nurl = URI(\"http://localhost:65349//api/episerver/v2.0/content/{contentReference}\")\n\nhttp = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);\nrequest = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)\nrequest[\"accept\"] = \"application/json\"\nrequest[\"content-type\"] = \"application/json\"\nrequest[\"authorization\"] = \"string\"\n\nresponse = http.request(request)\nputs response.read_body\n"
},
{
"id": "XVlIAsbFcVLuaAo7wI0fm",
"language": "python",
"label": "Python",
"code": "import requests\nimport json\n\nurl = \"http://localhost:65349//api/episerver/v2.0/content/{contentReference}\"\n\npayload = {}\nheaders = {\n 'accept': 'application/json',\n 'content-type': 'application/json',\n 'authorization': 'string'\n}\n\nresponse = requests.request(\"GET\", url, headers=headers, data=payload)\n\nprint(response.text)\n"
}
],
"selectedLanguageId": "D567XDuX8z6c2deUjJGGw"
},
"results": {
"languages": [
{
"id": "response-0-200",
"language": "200",
"code": "// OK\n{\n \"ContentLink\": {\n \"Id\": \"\",\n \"WorkId\": \"\",\n \"GuidValue\": \"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000\",\n \"ProviderName\": \"\",\n \"Url\": \"\",\n \"Language\": {\n \"DisplayName\": \"\",\n \"Name\": \"\"\n },\n \"Expanded\": {\n \"\": \"\"\n }\n },\n \"Name\": \"\",\n \"Language\": {\n \"DisplayName\": \"\",\n \"Name\": \"\"\n },\n \"ExistingLanguages\": [\n {\n \"DisplayName\": \"\",\n \"Name\": \"\"\n }\n ],\n \"MasterLanguage\": {\n \"DisplayName\": \"\",\n \"Name\": \"\"\n },\n \"ContentType\": [\n \"\"\n ],\n \"ParentLink\": {\n \"Id\": \"\",\n \"WorkId\": \"\",\n \"GuidValue\": \"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000\",\n \"ProviderName\": \"\",\n \"Url\": \"\",\n \"Language\": {\n \"DisplayName\": \"\",\n \"Name\": \"\"\n },\n \"Expanded\": {\n \"\": \"\"\n }\n },\n \"RouteSegment\": \"\",\n \"Url\": \"\",\n \"Changed\": \"\",\n \"Created\": \"\",\n \"StartPublish\": \"\",\n \"StopPublish\": \"\",\n \"Saved\": \"\",\n \"Status\": \"\"\n}"
},
{
"id": "response-1-400",
"language": "400",
"code": "// Bad Request\n"
},
{
"id": "response-2-403",
"language": "403",
"code": "// Forbidden\n"
},
{
"id": "response-3-404",
"language": "404",
"code": "// Not Found\n"
}
],
"selectedLanguageId": "response-0-200"
}
},
"children": [
{
"text": ""
}
]
}