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# Read an execution journal

GET https://api.runtype.com/v1/executions/{executionId}/journal

Returns the durable flow-execution journal events for an execution the caller owns, in replay order. At most 1000 events are returned; when the execution has more, the response is capped at that many rows and `truncated` is true.

Reference: https://docs.runtype.com/api-reference/runtype-api/executions/read-an-execution-journal

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — API key or Clerk session token

## Servers

- `https://api.runtype.com` (Production, default)
- `https://api.runtype-staging.com` (Staging)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `executionId` (string, required) — Execution ID to read

## Response

### 200

Journal events returned

- `executionId` (string, required)
- `journalEvents` (list of V1ExecutionsExecutionIdJournalGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaJournalEventsItems, required)
- `truncated` (boolean, required) — True when the execution has more than 1000 journal events and the returned list is capped.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Invalid execution ID

- `error` (string, required)
- `details` (list of ErrorDetailsItems, optional)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `error` (string, required)
- `details` (list of ErrorDetailsItems, optional)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Insufficient API key permissions

- `error` (string, required)
- `details` (list of ErrorDetailsItems, optional)

### 404 Not Found Error

Not found

- `error` (string, required)
- `details` (list of ErrorDetailsItems, optional)

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal server error

- `error` (string, required)
- `details` (list of ErrorDetailsItems, optional)

## Types

### V1ExecutionsExecutionIdJournalGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaJournalEventsItems

- `attempt` (integer, required, nullable)
- `createdAt` (string, required, nullable)
- `eventName` (string, required)
- `id` (string, required)
- `payload` (map from string to any, required)
- `seq` (integer, required)
- `stepId` (string, required, nullable)

### ErrorDetailsItems

- `message` (string, required)
- `code` (string, optional) — Stable Runtype validation code (e.g. MISSING_REQUIRED_FIELD, INVALID_ENUM).
- `path` (string, optional) — Dotted JSON path to the offending field.
- `suggestion` (string, optional) — Actionable hint (allowed values, accepted range, …).

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "executionId": "string",
  "journalEvents": [
    {
      "attempt": 1,
      "createdAt": "string",
      "eventName": "string",
      "id": "string",
      "payload": {},
      "seq": 1,
      "stepId": "string"
    }
  ],
  "truncated": true
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.runtype.com/v1/executions/executionId/journal"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.runtype.com/v1/executions/executionId/journal';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.runtype.com/v1/executions/executionId/journal"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.runtype.com/v1/executions/executionId/journal")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.runtype.com/v1/executions/executionId/journal")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.runtype.com/v1/executions/executionId/journal', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.runtype.com/v1/executions/executionId/journal");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.runtype.com/v1/executions/executionId/journal")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```