--- title: Get blueprint slug: cms-13/api/get-blueprint docTags: createdAt: 2026-08-28T15:24:16.532Z --- { "id": "RgTAdyLeO5gbLJpDGvgtr", "type": "api-oas-v2", "data": { "method": "GET", "url": "/_cms/v1/blueprints/{key}", "servers": [ { "url": "/_cms/v1/blueprints/{key}", "description": "Optimizely CMS API" } ], "name": "Get blueprint", "description": "Get the blueprint with the provided key.", "contentType": "application/json", "request": { "pathParameters": [ { "kind": "required", "name": "key", "type": "string", "description": "The key of the blueprint to retrieve." } ], "headerParameters": [ { "name": "accept", "type": "string", "kind": "optional", "description": "Generated from available response content types", "enum": [ "application/json" ], "default": "application/json" }, { "kind": "optional", "name": "If-None-Match", "type": "string", "description": "If provided and the value matches the RFC7232 ETag of the current resource a 304 NotModified response will be returned. Weak ETags will always be ignored." }, { "kind": "optional", "name": "If-Modified-Since", "type": "string", "description": "

If provided and the resource has not been modified since the date a 304 NotModified response will be returned. This parameter will be ignored if an 'If-None-Match' parameter is also provided.

", "format": "http-date" } ], "queryParameters": [], "bodyDataParameters": [], "formDataParameters": [], "oAuthParameters": [ { "id": "apiAuth", "name": "apiAuth", "kind": "optional", "type": "oauth2", "description": "Use this scheme to generate an access token that can be used to access the API.", "oauth2Flows": { "clientCredentials": { "tokenUrl": "/_cms/v1/oauth/token", "scopes": { "api:admin": "Grants full administrative access to the API" } } }, "requiredScopes": [ "api:admin" ] } ], "cookieParameters": [] }, "responses": [ { "statusCode": "200", "description": "OK", "jsonExample": "", "isExpanded": true, "headers": [ { "kind": "optional", "name": "ETag", "type": "string", "description": "

The RFC7232 ETag header field in a response provides the current entity-tag for the resource. An entity-tag is an opaque identifier for different versions of a resource over time, regardless whether multiple versions are valid at the same time.

" }, { "kind": "optional", "name": "Last-Modified", "type": "string", "description": "The date and time at which the resource was last modified.", "format": "http-date" } ], "schema": [ { "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "description": "Represents a blueprint of a content item.", "customType": "Blueprint", "schema": [ { "name": "key", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "description": "

The unique identifier (key) of the resource.

" }, { "name": "displayName", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "The display name of this blueprint.", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 255 }, { "name": "contentType", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "The content type of this blueprint.", "minLength": 1 }, { "name": "created", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "readOnly": true, "description": "A timestamp indicating when this resource was first created.", "format": "date-time" }, { "name": "createdBy", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "readOnly": true, "description": "The name of the user or application that created this resource." }, { "name": "lastModified", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "readOnly": true, "description": "Indicates the last time this resource was modified.", "format": "date-time" }, { "name": "lastModifiedBy", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "readOnly": true, "description": "The name of the user or application that last modified this resource." }, { "name": "content", "kind": "required", "type": "object", "description": "Represents the data part of a Blueprint.", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/BlueprintData", "customType": "BlueprintData", "schema": [], "complexType": "allOf", "complexItems": [ { "name": "ContentData", "description": "", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/ContentData", "schema": [ { "name": "binding", "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "description": "

Associates a content item with another source content item, establishing a relationship defined by a content type binding. Used for linking managed content to external or reference content.

", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/ContentBinding", "customType": "ContentBinding", "schema": [ { "name": "contentTypeBinding", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "description": "The binding definition key that controls how the source content item is linked and accessed." }, { "name": "source", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "The reference to the source content item that is being bound. This cannot be empty.", "format": "uri" } ] }, { "name": "properties", "kind": "optional", "type": "map", "description": "Properties as they are defined by corresponding component or content type.", "example": "", "customType": "map", "schema": [] } ] }, { "name": "object", "description": "", "schema": [ { "name": "composition", "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "description": "Specifies a node in a content composition.", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/CompositionNode", "customType": "CompositionNode", "schema": [ { "name": "id", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "description": "Specifies an identifier of this CompositionNode." }, { "name": "displayName", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "description": "The display name of this ContentType.", "maxLength": 255 }, { "name": "nodeType", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "The node type of this CompositionNode.", "minLength": 1 }, { "name": "layoutType", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "description": "The node layout type of this CompositionNode" }, { "name": "displaySettings", "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "description": "Defines display settings for a CompositionNode.", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/CompositionDisplaySettings", "customType": "CompositionDisplaySettings", "schema": [ { "name": "displayTemplate", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "The display template that these settings apply to.", "minLength": 1 }, { "name": "settings", "kind": "optional", "type": "map", "nullable": true, "description": "The display settings of this CompositionNode.", "example": "", "customType": "map", "schema": [] } ] }, { "name": "component", "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "description": "Represents a content component.", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/ContentComponent", "customType": "ContentComponent", "schema": [], "complexType": "allOf", "complexItems": [ { "name": "ContentData", "description": "", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/ContentData", "schema": [ { "name": "", "description": "", "customType": "Circular-Reference" } ] }, { "name": "object", "description": "", "schema": [ { "name": "reference", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "A reference to the content of this component. Cannot be assigned together with 'contentType' or 'properties'.", "format": "uri" }, { "name": "contentType", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "description": "The key of the content type that this is an embedded instance of." } ] } ] }, { "name": "nodes", "kind": "optional", "type": "array", "nullable": true, "description": "The child nodes for this CompositionNode.", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/CompositionNode", "customType": "CompositionNode[]", "schema": [ { "name": "", "description": "", "customType": "Circular-Reference" } ] } ] } ] } ] } ], "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Blueprint", "isExpanded": true } ] }, { "statusCode": "304", "description": "Not Modified", "jsonExample": "", "isExpanded": true, "headers": [ { "kind": "optional", "name": "ETag", "type": "string", "description": "

The RFC7232 ETag header field in a response provides the current entity-tag for the resource. An entity-tag is an opaque identifier for different versions of a resource over time, regardless whether multiple versions are valid at the same time.

" }, { "kind": "optional", "name": "Last-Modified", "type": "string", "description": "The date and time at which the resource was last modified.", "format": "http-date" } ] }, { "statusCode": "401", "description": "Unauthorized", "jsonExample": "", "isExpanded": true }, { "statusCode": "403", "description": "Forbidden", "jsonExample": "", "isExpanded": true }, { "statusCode": "404", "description": "Not Found", "jsonExample": "", "isExpanded": true }, { "statusCode": "500", "description": "Internal Server Error", "jsonExample": "", "isExpanded": true } ], "hasXCodeSamples": false, "examples": { "languages": [ { "id": "yJWAnsuKorpiOwC-uONbM", "language": "curl", "label": "cURL", "code": "curl --request GET \\\n --url /_cms/v1/blueprints/{key} \\\n --header 'accept: application/json'" }, { "id": "zINwDAhhbAa6LvwDdy3UN", "language": "javascript", "label": "javascript", "code": "var myHeaders = new Headers();\nmyHeaders.append(\"accept\", \"application/json\");\nmyHeaders.append(\"content-type\", \"application/json\");\n\nvar requestOptions = {\n method: 'GET',\n headers: myHeaders,\n redirect: 'follow'\n};\n\nfetch(\"/_cms/v1/blueprints/{key}\", requestOptions)\n .then(response => response.text())\n .then(result => console.log(result))\n .catch(error => console.log('error', error));" }, { "id": "Ug_y4FKMOKV_SL3_k2JEg", "language": "ruby", "label": "Ruby", "code": "require \"uri\"\nrequire \"json\"\nrequire \"net/http\"\n\nurl = URI(\"/_cms/v1/blueprints/{key}\")\n\nhttp = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);\nrequest = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)\nrequest[\"accept\"] = \"application/json\"\nrequest[\"content-type\"] = \"application/json\"\n\nresponse = http.request(request)\nputs response.read_body\n" }, { "id": "cq7QaMx-IDfrBclLSTImK", "language": "python", "label": "Python", "code": "import requests\nimport json\n\nurl = \"/_cms/v1/blueprints/{key}\"\n\npayload = {}\nheaders = {\n 'accept': 'application/json',\n 'content-type': 'application/json'\n}\n\nresponse = requests.request(\"GET\", url, headers=headers, data=payload)\n\nprint(response.text)\n" } ], "selectedLanguageId": "yJWAnsuKorpiOwC-uONbM" }, "results": { "languages": [ { "id": "response-0-200", "language": "200", "code": "// OK\n{\n \"key\": \"\",\n \"displayName\": \"\",\n \"contentType\": \"\",\n \"created\": \"\",\n \"createdBy\": \"\",\n \"lastModified\": \"\",\n \"lastModifiedBy\": \"\",\n \"content\": {}\n}" }, { "id": "response-1-304", "language": "304", "code": "// Not Modified\n" }, { "id": "response-2-401", "language": "401", "code": "// Unauthorized\n" }, { "id": "response-3-403", "language": "403", "code": "// Forbidden\n" }, { "id": "response-4-404", "language": "404", "code": "// Not Found\n" }, { "id": "response-5-500", "language": "500", "code": "// Internal Server Error\n" } ], "selectedLanguageId": "response-0-200" } }, "children": [ { "text": "" } ] }