# GET /v1/notebooks/{notebook_id}

> One notebook and who may read it.

In [Notebooks API](https://vestra.ai/developers/reference/api/notebooks.md): Knowledge Bash reads before it answers: notebooks, and the documents in them.

Send `Authorization: Bearer vk_test_...` on every call.

One notebook and who may read it.

Your API key, scope `setup` or `all`. On the card: [`deploy`](https://vestra.ai/developers/deploy.md). Over HTTP it is made from the contract: fill in each {…} and every value.

## Request

Path:

- `notebook_id` (`string`, required): The notebook's id (`nb_...`).

## Answers 200

- `object` (`"notebook"`): Always `notebook`.
- `id` (`string`): The notebook's id. Example: `nb_8f2k`.
- `slug` (`string`): Its short name.
- `name` (`string`): Its name, as people read it.
- `description` (`string`): What it holds; empty when none was given.
- `access` (`object`): Who may read it. One of: `{ mode }`, `{ mode, user_ids }`.
- `document_count` (`integer`): How many documents it holds.
- `bytes` (`integer`): The size of its text, in bytes, at most 5 MB.
- `created_at` (`string`): When it was made, as an ISO 8601 date and time in UTC.
- `updated_at` (`string`): When it last changed, as an ISO 8601 date and time in UTC.

## Code

**HTTP**

```bash
curl "$VESTRA_BASE_URL/v1/notebooks/{notebook_id}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VESTRA_API_KEY"
```

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