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Get Database

Retrieves a database object using the ID specified in the request path.

External Documentation

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Parameters

ParameterDescription
Database IDThe ID of the database you want to retrieve.Note: Only databases with titles will appear in the autofill. If the relevant database name does not appear, manually add it's ID instead.The ID can be found in the suffix of the database's web link, e.g. the database in link https://www.notion.so/d132f3904fbc45329chjc7b1d52661e5 will have the id d132f3904fbc45329chjc7b1d52661e5.

Example Output

{
"archived": false,
"cover": null,
"created_by": {
"id": "6794760a-1f15-45cd-9c65-0dfe42f5135a",
"object": "user"
},
"created_time": "2021-04-27T20:38:00.000Z",
"icon": null,
"id": "8e2c2b76-9e1d-47d2-87b9-ed3035d607ae",
"last_edited_by": {
"id": "6794760a-1f15-45cd-9c65-0dfe42f5135a",
"object": "user"
},
"last_edited_time": "2022-02-24T22:14:00.000Z",
"object": "database",
"parent": {
"page_id": "c4d39556-6364-46a1-8a61-ebbb668f7445",
"type": "page_id"
},
"properties": {
"Author": {
"id": "qNw_",
"multi_select": {
"options": [
{
"color": "default",
"id": "15592971-7b30-43d5-9406-2eb69b13fcae",
"name": "Spencer Greenberg"
},
{
"color": "default",
"id": "b80a988e-dccf-4f74-b764-6ca0e49ed1b8",
"name": "Seth Stephens-Davidowitz"
},
{
"color": "default",
"id": "0e71ee06-199d-46a4-834c-01084c8f76cb",
"name": "Andrew Russell"
},
{
"color": "default",
"id": "5807ec38-4879-4455-9f30-5352e90e8b79",
"name": "Lee Vinsel"
},
{
"color": "default",
"id": "4cf10a64-f3da-449c-8e04-ce6e338bbdbd",
"name": "Megan Greenwell"
},
{
"color": "default",
"id": "833e2c78-35ed-4601-badc-50c323341d76",
"name": "Kara Swisher"
},
{
"color": "default",
"id": "82e594e2-b1c5-4271-ac19-1a723a94a533",
"name": "Paul Romer"
},
{
"color": "default",
"id": "ae3a2cbe-1fc9-4376-be35-331628b34623",
"name": "Karen Swallow Prior"
},
{
"color": "default",
"id": "da068e78-dfe2-4434-9fd7-b7450b3e5830",
"name": "Judith Shulevitz"
}
]
},
"name": "Author",
"type": "multi_select"
},
"Link": {
"id": "VVMi",
"name": "Link",
"type": "url",
"url": {}
},
"Name": {
"id": "title",
"name": "Name",
"title": {},
"type": "title"
},
"Publisher": {
"id": "%3E%24Pb",
"name": "Publisher",
"select": {
"options": [
{
"color": "default",
"id": "c5ee409a-f307-4176-99ee-6e424fa89afa",
"name": "NYT"
},
{
"color": "blue",
"id": "1b9b0c0c-17b0-4292-ad12-1364a51849de",
"name": "Netflix"
},
{
"color": "brown",
"id": "f3533637-278f-4501-b394-d9753bf3c101",
"name": "Indie"
},
{
"color": "yellow",
"id": "e70d713c-4be4-4b40-a44d-fb413c8b9d7e",
"name": "Bon Appetit"
},
{
"color": "pink",
"id": "9c2bd667-0a10-4be4-a044-35a537a14ab9",
"name": "Franklin Institute"
},
{
"color": "orange",
"id": "6849b5f0-e641-4ec5-83cb-1ffe23011060",
"name": "Springer"
},
{
"color": "gray",
"id": "6a5bff63-a72d-4464-a5d0-1a601af2adf6",
"name": "Emerald Group"
},
{
"color": "red",
"id": "01f82d08-aa1f-4884-a4e0-3bc32f909ec4",
"name": "The Atlantic"
}
]
},
"type": "select"
},
"Publishing/Release Date": {
"date": {},
"id": "%3Fex%2B",
"name": "Publishing/Release Date",
"type": "date"
},
"Read": {
"checkbox": {},
"id": "_MWJ",
"name": "Read",
"type": "checkbox"
},
"Score /5": {
"id": ")Y7%22",
"name": "Score /5",
"select": {
"options": [
{
"color": "default",
"id": "5c944de7-3f4b-4567-b3a1-fa2c71c540b6",
"name": "⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"
},
{
"color": "default",
"id": "b7307e35-c80a-4cb5-bb6b-6054523b394a",
"name": "⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"
},
{
"color": "default",
"id": "9b1e1349-8e24-40ba-bbca-84a61296bc81",
"name": "⭐️⭐️⭐️"
},
{
"color": "default",
"id": "66d3d050-086c-4a91-8c56-d55dc67e7789",
"name": "⭐️⭐️"
},
{
"color": "default",
"id": "d3782c76-0396-467f-928e-46bf0c9d5fba",
"name": "⭐️"
}
]
},
"type": "select"
},
"Status": {
"id": "%60zz5",
"name": "Status",
"select": {
"options": [
{
"color": "yellow",
"id": "8c4a056e-6709-4dd1-ba58-d34d9480855a",
"name": "Ready to Start"
},
{
"color": "red",
"id": "5925ba22-0126-4b58-90c7-b8bbb2c3c895",
"name": "Reading"
},
{
"color": "blue",
"id": "59aa9043-07b4-4bf4-8734-3164b13af44a",
"name": "Finished"
},
{
"color": "red",
"id": "f961978d-02eb-4998-933a-33c2ec378564",
"name": "Listening"
},
{
"color": "red",
"id": "1d450853-b27a-45e2-979f-448aa1bd35de",
"name": "Watching"
}
]
},
"type": "select"
},
"Summary": {
"id": "%3F%5C25",
"name": "Summary",
"rich_text": {},
"type": "rich_text"
},
"Type": {
"id": "%2F7eo",
"name": "Type",
"select": {
"options": [
{
"color": "default",
"id": "f96d0d0a-5564-4a20-ab15-5f040d49759e",
"name": "Article"
},
{
"color": "default",
"id": "4ac85597-5db1-4e0a-9c02-445575c38f76",
"name": "TV Series"
},
{
"color": "default",
"id": "2991748a-5745-4c3b-9c9b-2d6846a6fa1f",
"name": "Film"
},
{
"color": "default",
"id": "82f3bace-be25-410d-87fe-561c9c22492f",
"name": "Podcast"
},
{
"color": "default",
"id": "861f1076-1cc4-429a-a781-54947d727a4a",
"name": "Academic Journal"
},
{
"color": "default",
"id": "9cc30548-59d6-4cd3-94bc-d234081525c4",
"name": "Essay Resource"
}
]
},
"type": "select"
}
},
"title": [
{
"annotations": {
"bold": false,
"code": false,
"color": "default",
"italic": false,
"strikethrough": false,
"underline": false
},
"href": null,
"plain_text": "Ever Better Reading List Title",
"text": {
"content": "Ever Better Reading List Title",
"link": null
},
"type": "text"
}
],
"url": "https://www.notion.so/8e2c2b769e1d47d287b9ed3035d607ae"
}

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