Get a knowledge base item

GET

/api/v1/knowledge_base_items/{id}

Authorizations

bearerAuth

Path Parameters

NameType

required

string

The record’s prefixed ID

Responses

200

The item

Response body

application/json

object

string

web_link

string format: uri

The item’s page in the web app

question

string

answer

string | null

state

string

Allowed values: new ready_to_answer applicability_checked references_fetched needs_input auto_answered approved

Lifecycle state. approved items are used to answer questionnaires.

applicable

boolean | null

Whether the question applies to your organisation

rationale

string | null

auto_answer

boolean

Whether the AI may answer or re-answer this item

answer_detail_level

string

Allowed values: low normal high

confidence

string | null

0–1, encoded as a decimal string

confidence_as_words

string

Allowed values: Excellent Very good Good Ok Low

language

string

framework

string | null

Allowed values: nist-csf-2.0 hecvat-3.06 hecvat-4.1 rh-1.0 cjis-5 cjis-6

requires_attention

boolean

The confidence rating flagged points a human should review

category

object

integer

Numeric category ID, as accepted by category_id

name

string

area

string | null

created_at

string format: date-time

updated_at

string format: date-time

404

No such record in this account

Response body

application/json

object

error

object

code

string

A stable machine-readable code

message

string

details

Array<string>

Present on validation errors; one entry per failed validation

Request

curl --request GET \
  --url https://app.responsehub.io/api/v1/knowledge_base_items/example \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.responsehub.io/api/v1/knowledge_base_items/example")

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

<?php

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://app.responsehub.io/api/v1/knowledge_base_items/example', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();

const url = 'https://app.responsehub.io/api/v1/knowledge_base_items/example';
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);
}

package main

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

func main() {

  url := "https://app.responsehub.io/api/v1/knowledge_base_items/example"

  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))

}

200example

Example^generated

{
  "id": "kbi_1a2b",
  "web_link": "https://example.com",
  "question": "example",
  "answer": "example",
  "state": "new",
  "applicable": true,
  "rationale": "example",
  "auto_answer": true,
  "answer_detail_level": "low",
  "confidence": "0.85",
  "confidence_as_words": "Excellent",
  "language": "english",
  "framework": "nist-csf-2.0",
  "requires_attention": true,
  "category": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "example",
    "area": "example"
  },
  "created_at": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z"
}

404example

Example^generated

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "example",
    "details": [
      "example"
    ]
  }
}