Get a specific element

GET /elements/{elementId}

This endpoint retrieves all the details of a specific element including the answers of the forms and the documents that have been uploaded.

Path parameters

  • elementId string Required

    The ID of the element to retrieve

Query parameters

  • expires integer

    Optionally specify the period of validity of the url to access the uploaded documents. Should be an integer, default is 900 (15 minutes) and maximum is 3600 (1 hour).

Responses

  • 200 application/json

    Returns a specific element

    One of:
  • 400

    Bad Request -- Your request is invalid.

  • 401

    Unauthorized -- Your API key is wrong.

  • 403

    Forbidden -- The object requested is hidden for administrators only.

  • 404

    Not Found -- The specified object could not be found.

  • 429

    Too Many Requests -- You're requesting too many objects! Slow down!

  • 500

    Internal Server Error -- We had a problem with our server. Try again later.

  • 503

    Service Unavailable -- We're temporarily offline for maintenance. Please try again later.

GET /elements/{elementId}
curl \
 -X GET https://api.usecollect.com/v1/elements/{elementId} \
 --user "username:password"
Response examples (200)
{
  "id": "eEDJFD5unNQTHoSBZ",
  "itemId": "urRJfPK7CfyGBnHg8",
  "name": "ID",
  "order": 3,
  "visibility": true,
  "status": "approved",
  "mandatory": true,
  "multipleupload": true,
  "uploads": [
    {
      "createdAt": "2022-02-21 11:27:32 UTC",
      "name": "Elon's ID.pdf",
      "url": "https://collectuseast.s3.amazonaws.com/elon_id.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJTQD6LRBSTO25FSQ&Expires=1561559790&Signature=bglKxNBqqcDKkAeuzmxoBS2IOQQ%3D",
      "size": 2414511,
      "scannedOn": "2022-02-21 11:27:52 UTC",
      "virusScanned": true
    }
  ],
  "type": "docs",
  "request": {
    "_id": "bbbBkrejSaJkHWwDE",
    "campaignId": "7gDq3XyLyixkhqoHa"
  }
}
{
  "id": "2ewEw5L6amQiJ6J2A",
  "itemId": "dy8SYGJauWwhDcGrp",
  "name": "Company info",
  "order": 0,
  "visibility": true,
  "status": "open",
  "items": [
    {
      "name": "What size is your company",
      "type": "dropdown",
      "answer": "50-250 employees"
    },
    {
      "name": "Where is your company located?",
      "type": "multi",
      "answer": [
        "🇺🇸 USA",
        "🇪🇺 Europe"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "type": "form",
  "request": {
    "_id": "GTonevwqoPPJ2PYEy",
    "campaignId": "3ya2sjN9GYwYAHeSi"
  }
}
{
  "id": "e6bggjBX7vdWKWYwq",
  "itemId": "urRJfPK7CfyGBnHg8",
  "name": "NDA with ACME Corp",
  "order": 2,
  "visibility": true,
  "status": "signed",
  "uploads": [
    {
      "id": "KErM5RgjHWjnBPLXz",
      "createdAt": "2023-04-18 10:19:31 UTC",
      "name": "New doc to sign.pdf",
      "url": "https://collecteurope.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/YcnS5JKMnG5cA3TXK/qtBHzvbbjsiuW8NSr/1681813171409_new_doc_to_sign.pdf",
      "size": 199498,
      "scannedOn": "2023-04-18 10:19:51 UTC",
      "virusScanned": true
    },
    {
      "id": "SjgRfMK9Bnj6JYvTy",
      "createdAt": "2023-04-18 10:19:33 UTC",
      "name": "Summary.pdf",
      "url": "https://collecteurope.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/YcnS5JKMnG5cA3TXK/qtBHzvbbjsiuW8NSr/1681813171675_summary.pdf",
      "size": 280284,
      "scannedOn": "2023-04-18 10:19:53 UTC",
      "virusScanned": true
    }
  ],
  "type": "sign",
  "request": {
    "_id": "bbbBkrejSaJkHWwDE",
    "campaignId": "7gDq3XyLyixkhqoHa"
  }
}
{
  "id": "BKJ95xmpHSyo7KuRC",
  "itemId": "7LBBC8LwnBnQoz8ae",
  "name": "Text block",
  "order": 4,
  "visibility": true,
  "type": "text",
  "text": "Hello World!",
  "request": {
    "_id": "GTonevwqoPPJ2PYEy",
    "campaignId": "3ya2sjN9GYwYAHeSi"
  }
}
{
  "id": "XigRzPs4N5vwX3Rks",
  "itemId": "L3uAmzDRJjWTm2TMR",
  "name": "More details",
  "order": 2,
  "visibility": true,
  "type": "page",
  "request": {
    "_id": "GTonevwqoPPJ2PYEy",
    "campaignId": "3ya2sjN9GYwYAHeSi"
  }
}