--- title: GET /compose-contents/{content_id} slug: content-marketing-platform/api/get-compose-contentscontentid docTags: createdAt: 2026-10-18T11:50:10.401Z --- { "id": "CCR8xiBuxGIlg4DP4MtM1", "type": "api-oas-v2", "data": { "method": "GET", "url": "https://api.cmp.optimizely.com/v3/compose-contents/{content_id}", "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.cmp.optimizely.com/v3/compose-contents/{content_id}", "description": "v3 version of Optimizely CMP Open API" } ], "name": "GET /compose-contents/{content_id}", "description": "

Experimental Get a compose content from the library, with the field values of its published version. Returns 404 if the content was never published.

", "contentType": "application/json", "request": { "pathParameters": [ { "kind": "required", "name": "content_id", "type": "string", "example": "db1jqsvq64lsu74mnujg", "description": "Unique identifier of the compose content in the library" } ], "headerParameters": [ { "name": "accept", "type": "string", "kind": "optional", "description": "Generated from available response content types", "enum": [ "application/json" ], "default": "application/json" } ], "queryParameters": [], "bodyDataParameters": [], "formDataParameters": [], "oAuthParameters": [ { "id": "OAuth2", "name": "OAuth2", "kind": "optional", "type": "oauth2", "oauth2Flows": { "clientCredentials": { "tokenUrl": "https://accounts.cmp.optimizely.com/o/oauth2/v1/token", "scopes": {} }, "authorizationCode": { "authorizationUrl": "https://accounts.cmp.optimizely.com/o/oauth2/v1/auth", "tokenUrl": "https://accounts.cmp.optimizely.com/o/oauth2/v1/token", "scopes": { "openid": "Grants the ability to receive a unique identifier for the user.", "profile": "Grants access to user profile information.", "offline_access": "Grants the ability to refresh access_token using the refresh token even when user is not present (not logged in)." } } }, "requiredScopes": [ "openid", "profile", "offline_access" ] } ], "cookieParameters": [] }, "responses": [ { "statusCode": "200", "description": "Fetched compose content", "jsonExample": "", "isExpanded": true, "schema": [ { "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "description": "", "customType": "LibraryComposeContentResponse", "schema": [ { "name": "id", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "Unique identifier of the compose content", "example": "db1jqsvq64lsu74mnujg" }, { "name": "title", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "Title of the compose content. Empty string if the content has no title.", "example": "Hello from Open API" }, { "name": "status", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "Status of the library asset", "example": "published" }, { "name": "content_schema", "kind": "required", "type": "object", "nullable": true, "description": "Content schema of the compose content", "example": "", "schema": [ { "name": "id", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "Internal identifier of the content schema", "example": "db5lfu5h7f0s1otndoug" }, { "name": "name", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "Name of the content schema", "example": "Blog Post" } ] }, { "name": "created_at", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "

Date and time on which the compose content was created, in ISO 8601 UTC format

", "example": "2026-10-11T09:36:01Z", "format": "date-time" }, { "name": "modified_at", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "

Date and time of the most recent modification of the compose content, in ISO 8601 UTC format

", "example": "2026-10-11T10:02:45Z", "format": "date-time" }, { "name": "folder_id", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "ID of the folder containing the compose content in the library", "example": "6bb8db20a5b611ebae319b7c541b1a5a" }, { "name": "file_location", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "Location of the folder containing the compose content in the library", "example": "/all files/" }, { "name": "is_archived", "kind": "required", "type": "boolean", "description": "Whether the compose content is archived or not", "example": false }, { "name": "owner_organization_id", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "ID of owner organization of the compose content", "example": "5108c3a9becac35915111191" }, { "name": "fields", "kind": "required", "type": "object", "description": "Field values of the published version of the compose content", "complexType": "allOf", "complexItems": [ { "name": "ComposeContentFields", "description": "", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/ComposeContentFields", "schema": [] } ], "schema": [] }, { "name": "labels", "kind": "required", "type": "array", "description": "Labels associated with the compose content", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/ResourceLabelResponse", "customType": "ResourceLabelResponse[]", "schema": [ { "name": "group", "kind": "required", "type": "object", "description": "Label group", "example": "", "schema": [ { "name": "id", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "Identifier of the label group", "example": "2467e583a60e23fda2b89db81a453cd2" }, { "name": "name", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "Name of the label group", "example": "Content Format" } ] }, { "name": "values", "kind": "required", "type": "array", "description": "List of values of the label", "example": "", "itemType": "object", "customType": "object[]", "schema": [ { "name": "id", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "Identifier of the label value", "example": "71c378f3fee3d822759d1bdc2aab628c" }, { "name": "name", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "Name of the label value", "example": "Photos" } ] } ] }, { "name": "links", "kind": "required", "type": "object", "description": "Meta links", "example": "", "schema": [ { "name": "self", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "URL of the compose content", "example": "https://api.cmp.optimizely.com/v3/compose-contents/db1jqsvq64lsu74mnujg" }, { "name": "content_schema", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "URL of the content schema", "example": "https://api.cmp.optimizely.com/v3/compose/content-schemas/db5lfu5h7f0s1otndoug" } ] } ], "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/LibraryComposeContentResponse", "isExpanded": true } ] }, { "statusCode": "400", "description": "Client error", "jsonExample": "", "isExpanded": true, "schema": [ { "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "example": "{\"message\":\"Unsupported arguments: a,b,c\"}", "description": "Error payload", "customType": "Error", "schema": [ { "name": "message", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "Message describing the error", "example": "Not found" }, { "name": "errors", "kind": "optional", "type": "map", "description": "Additional information", "example": "", "customType": "map", "schema": [] } ], "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Error", "isExpanded": true } ] }, { "statusCode": "401", "description": "Authorization error", "jsonExample": "", "isExpanded": true, "schema": [ { "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "example": "{\"message\":\"Unauthorized\"}", "description": "Error payload", "customType": "Error", "schema": [ { "name": "message", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "Message describing the error", "example": "Not found" }, { "name": "errors", "kind": "optional", "type": "map", "description": "Additional information", "example": "", "customType": "map", "schema": [] } ], "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Error", "isExpanded": true } ] }, { "statusCode": "403", "description": "Permission error", "jsonExample": "", "isExpanded": true, "schema": [ { "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "example": "{\"message\":\"You do not have the permission to perform this operation\"}", "description": "Error payload", "customType": "Error", "schema": [ { "name": "message", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "Message describing the error", "example": "Not found" }, { "name": "errors", "kind": "optional", "type": "map", "description": "Additional information", "example": "", "customType": "map", "schema": [] } ], "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Error", "isExpanded": true } ] }, { "statusCode": "404", "description": "Not found error", "jsonExample": "", "isExpanded": true, "schema": [ { "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "example": "{\"message\":\"Resource not found\"}", "description": "Error payload", "customType": "Error", "schema": [ { "name": "message", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "Message describing the error", "example": "Not found" }, { "name": "errors", "kind": "optional", "type": "map", "description": "Additional information", "example": "", "customType": "map", "schema": [] } ], "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Error", "isExpanded": true } ] } ], "hasXCodeSamples": false, "examples": { "languages": [ { "id": "FB9JaOnifN8wDu8tSXzqP", "language": "curl", "label": "cURL", "code": "curl --request GET \\\n --url https://api.cmp.optimizely.com/v3/compose-contents/{content_id} \\\n --header 'accept: application/json'" }, { "id": "DF5eTteaKwRkUSjRYav_u", "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(\"https://api.cmp.optimizely.com/v3/compose-contents/{content_id}\", requestOptions)\n .then(response => response.text())\n .then(result => console.log(result))\n .catch(error => console.log('error', error));" }, { "id": "L_vR0mk3yHcsn6kICwhu_", "language": "ruby", "label": "Ruby", "code": "require \"uri\"\nrequire \"json\"\nrequire \"net/http\"\n\nurl = URI(\"https://api.cmp.optimizely.com/v3/compose-contents/{content_id}\")\n\nhttps = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)\nhttps.use_ssl = true\n\nrequest = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)\nrequest[\"accept\"] = \"application/json\"\nrequest[\"content-type\"] = \"application/json\"\n\nresponse = https.request(request)\nputs response.read_body\n" }, { "id": "OUB5BMZ1p28VDIt_gBllt", "language": "python", "label": "Python", "code": "import requests\nimport json\n\nurl = \"https://api.cmp.optimizely.com/v3/compose-contents/{content_id}\"\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": "FB9JaOnifN8wDu8tSXzqP" }, "results": { "languages": [ { "id": "kYCflCUgRoZDsMphNJofW", "language": "200", "code": "// Fetched compose content\n{\n \"id\": \"db1jqsvq64lsu74mnujg\",\n \"title\": \"Hello from Open API\",\n \"status\": \"published\",\n \"content_schema\": {\n \"id\": \"db5lfu5h7f0s1otndoug\",\n \"name\": \"Blog Post\"\n },\n \"created_at\": \"2026-10-11T09:36:01Z\",\n \"modified_at\": \"2026-10-11T10:02:45Z\",\n \"folder_id\": \"6bb8db20a5b611ebae319b7c541b1a5a\",\n \"file_location\": \"/all files/\",\n \"is_archived\": false,\n \"owner_organization_id\": \"5108c3a9becac35915111191\",\n \"fields\": {},\n \"labels\": [\n {\n \"group\": {\n \"id\": \"2467e583a60e23fda2b89db81a453cd2\",\n \"name\": \"Content Format\"\n },\n \"values\": [\n {\n \"id\": \"71c378f3fee3d822759d1bdc2aab628c\",\n \"name\": \"Photos\"\n }\n ]\n }\n ],\n \"links\": {\n \"self\": \"https://api.cmp.optimizely.com/v3/compose-contents/db1jqsvq64lsu74mnujg\",\n \"content_schema\": \"https://api.cmp.optimizely.com/v3/compose/content-schemas/db5lfu5h7f0s1otndoug\"\n }\n}" }, { "id": "99YX1P-wkkRWb1jA-5ykf", "language": "400", "code": "// Client error\n{\n \"message\": \"Not found\",\n \"errors\": \"\"\n}" }, { "id": "FFUn4jWGY3vnfVY7telJ0", "language": "401", "code": "// Authorization error\n{\n \"message\": \"Not found\",\n \"errors\": \"\"\n}" }, { "id": "lV8lGQAYjFJTAN1jPHhZ2", "language": "403", "code": "// Permission error\n{\n \"message\": \"Not found\",\n \"errors\": \"\"\n}" }, { "id": "59yexB-4P5p4TmoDMxpro", "language": "404", "code": "// Not found error\n{\n \"message\": \"Not found\",\n \"errors\": \"\"\n}" } ], "selectedLanguageId": "kYCflCUgRoZDsMphNJofW" } }, "children": [ { "text": "" } ] }