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Get case

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Returns the specified case.

Request URL

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GET <kibana host>:<port>/api/cases/<case ID>

URL parts

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The URL must include the case ID of the case you are retrieving. Call Find cases to retrieve case IDs.

URL query parameters

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Name	Type	Description	Required
`includeComments`	Boolean	Determines whether case comments are returned.	No, defaults to `true`.

Example request

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Returns case ID a18b38a0-71b0-11ea-a0b2-c51ea50a58e2 without comments:

GET api/cases/a18b38a0-71b0-11ea-a0b2-c51ea50a58e2?includeComments=false

Response code

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200: Indicates a successful call.

Response payload

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The requested case JSON object.

Response example

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{
  "id": "a18b38a0-71b0-11ea-a0b2-c51ea50a58e2",
  "version": "Wzk4LDFd",
  "comments": [],
  "totalComment": 0,
  "closed_at": null,
  "closed_by": null,
  "created_at": "2020-03-29T11:30:02.658Z",
  "created_by": {
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "full_name": "Alan Hunley",
    "username": "ahunley"
  },
  "external_service": null,
  "updated_at": "2020-03-29T12:01:50.244Z",
  "updated_by": {
    "full_name": "Classified",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "username": "M"
  },
  "description": "James Bond clicked on a highly suspicious email banner advertising cheap holidays for underpaid civil servants. Operation bubblegum is active. Repeat - operation bubblegum is now active!",
  "title": "This case will self-destruct in 5 seconds",
  "status": "open",
  "tags": [
    "phishing",
    "social engineering",
    "bubblegum"
  ]
}

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