---
title: "Retrieve an event"
description: "One event with its attendees and their answers, how it repeats and its reminders."
url: "https://openemail.uk/docs/api/calendar/get"
area: "API"
category: "Mailbox"
---

# Retrieve an event

One event with its attendees and their answers, how it repeats and its reminders.

`GET /calendar/events/{id}`

**Also documents:** `GET /calendar/events/{id}/ics`

## GET /calendar/events/{id}

One event with its attendees and their answers, how it repeats and its reminders.

## Example

Needs `calendar:read`.

**curl**

```
curl "$OE/calendar/events/cal_3f9a1c7e5b2d48a06c1e9f4b" -H "$AUTH"
```

**Response**

```
{
  "object": "calendar_event",
  "id": "cal_3f9a1c7e5b2d48a06c1e9f4b",
  "uid": "5d2c8e1a-7b3f-4c9d-a6e2-1f8b0c4d7e93@openemail",
  "sequence": 0,
  "summary": "Planning",
  "description": null,
  "location": "Room 2",
  "url": null,
  "start": "2026-10-12T09:00:00.000Z",
  "end": "2026-10-12T09:30:00.000Z",
  "allDay": false,
  "timezone": "Europe/London",
  "recurrence": "FREQ=WEEKLY;BYDAY=MO",
  "exdates": [],
  "status": "CONFIRMED",
  "transparency": "OPAQUE",
  "visibility": "PUBLIC",
  "organizer": { "email": "team@acme.com", "name": null },
  "isOrganizer": true,
  "source": "local",
  "messageId": null,
  "threadId": null,
  "alarms": [{ "minutesBefore": 10, "action": "DISPLAY" }],
  "attendees": [
    {
      "object": "calendar_attendee",
      "email": "ada@example.com",
      "name": "Ada",
      "partstat": "NEEDS-ACTION",
      "role": "REQ-PARTICIPANT",
      "rsvp": true,
      "cutype": null,
      "respondedAt": null
    }
  ],
  "createdAt": "2026-10-02T14:03:11.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-02T14:03:11.000Z"
}
```

> `GET /calendar/events/{id}/ics` serves the same event as an iCalendar document with no `METHOD`, so importing it shows the event rather than offering to answer it.

## Reference

- [`GET /calendar/events/{id}`](https://openemail.uk/docs/api/reference/calendar#get-calendar-events-id): full reference
- [`GET /calendar/events/{id}/ics`](https://openemail.uk/docs/api/reference/calendar#get-calendar-events-id-ics): full reference