# 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.


## Servers
- Production server.: https://api.usecollect.com/v1 (Production server.)


## Authentication methods
- Basic auth


## Parameters

### Path parameters
- **elementId** (string)
  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
Returns a specific element

#### Body: application/json (object)
- **id** (string)
  Element ID
- **itemId** (string)
  Reference of the element in the campaign
- **name** (string)
  Element name
- **order** (integer)
  Element order
- **status** (string)
  Element status
- **mandatory** (boolean)
  Whether element is mandatory
- **multipleupload** (boolean)
  Whether multiple uploads are allowed
- **uploads** (array[object])

- **type** (string)
  Element type
- **request** (object)


### 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.


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