# Get a chat

> One chat and its participants.

`GET /v1/chats/{id}`

One chat and its participants.

Needs a key with the `messages:read` scope. [Keys and scopes](https://usebluebot.com/docs/concepts/api-keys)

## Path parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | Yes | The chat’s id. Starts with `chat_` |

## Example

```bash
curl "https://usebluebot.com/api/v1/chats/chat_1Hq2LxW9cVbN3mKpRtYs0a" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BLUEBOT_API_KEY"
```

```ts
import BlueBot from '@usebluebot/sdk';

const client = new BlueBot({ apiKey: process.env.BLUEBOT_API_KEY });

const chat = await client.chats.get('chat_1Hq2LxW9cVbN3mKpRtYs0a');
console.log(chat);
```

```python
import os
from bluebot import BlueBot

client = BlueBot(api_key=os.environ["BLUEBOT_API_KEY"])

chat = client.chats.get("chat_1Hq2LxW9cVbN3mKpRtYs0a")
print(chat)
```

## Response

`200`: The chat.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | Yes | A chat_ id. Starts with `chat_` |
| `object` | "chat" | Yes |   |
| `name` | string or null | Yes | The group’s name, when it has one. |
| `is_group` | boolean | Yes |   |
| `participants` | array of strings | Yes | The other people in the chat. |
| `service` | string or null | Yes | The chat’s service. One of `imessage`, `sms` |
| `last_message_at` | timestamp or null | Yes | The newest text in the chat. |
| `created_at` | timestamp | Yes | When BlueBot first saw the chat. |

The answer, `200`:

```json
{
  "id": "chat_1Hq2LxW9cVbN3mKpRtYs0a",
  "object": "chat",
  "name": "Oak St closing",
  "is_group": true,
  "participants": [
    "+15555550123",
    "+15555550187"
  ],
  "service": "imessage",
  "last_message_at": "2026-11-13T19:41:00.000Z",
  "created_at": "2026-11-02T14:00:00.000Z"
}
```

## Errors

Every refusal has the same envelope and a page of its own. These are the ones this operation can give.

| Code                                                    | Status | What it means                                                                                                                               |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`unauthorized`](https://usebluebot.com/docs/errors/unauthorized)             | 401    | The request carried no key, or a key BlueBot doesn’t know: mistyped, revoked, or a test key sent to the live API.                           |
| [`insufficient_scope`](https://usebluebot.com/docs/errors/insufficient_scope) | 403    | The key doesn’t carry the scope the endpoint needs. Each endpoint’s reference names its scope.                                              |
| [`rate_limited`](https://usebluebot.com/docs/errors/rate_limited)             | 429    | Too many requests. A key may make 120 requests a minute. The `RateLimit` header says how many are left, and `Retry-After` how long to wait. |
| [`internal`](https://usebluebot.com/docs/errors/internal)                     | 500    | Something went wrong on BlueBot’s side. It was reported. Send the request again; with an Idempotency-Key that is always safe.               |
| [`not_found`](https://usebluebot.com/docs/errors/not_found)                   | 404    | There is no such thing on this account. Ids are prefixed by kind, so a message id starts with `msg_`.                                       |

## Try it