Events

Retrieve raw event data for projects and organizations using the Sentry API.

Event endpoints give you access to individual raw events — the underlying data captured by the Sentry SDK before it is aggregated into an issue.

Retrieve a project event

GET /api/0/projects/{organization_id_or_slug}/{project_id_or_slug}/events/{event_id}/

Returns the full details for a single event, including stack trace, breadcrumbs, context, and tags.

Required scope: project:read

Path parameters

organization_id_or_slug · string · required

The ID or slug of the organization.

project_id_or_slug · string · required

The ID or slug of the project.

event_id · string · required

The hexadecimal event ID as reported by the SDK (e.g. 9999aaaaca8b46d797c23c6077c6ff01).

Example request

curl https://sentry.io/api/0/projects/my-org/pump-station/events/9999aaaaca8b46d797c23c6077c6ff01/ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"

Example response

{
  "eventID": "9999aaaaca8b46d797c23c6077c6ff01",
  "id": "9999aaafcc8b46d797c23c6077c6ff01",
  "groupID": "1341191803",
  "title": "This is an example Python exception",
  "message": "",
  "platform": "javascript",
  "type": "error",
  "dateCreated": "2020-06-17T22:26:56.098086Z",
  "dateReceived": "2020-06-17T22:26:56.428721Z",
  "tags": [
    { "key": "browser", "value": "Chrome 83.0.4103" },
    { "key": "environment", "value": "prod" },
    { "key": "level", "value": "error" }
  ],
  "user": {
    "id": "550747",
    "name": "Hell Boy",
    "email": "[e-mail]",
    "ip_address": "192.168.1.1"
  },
  "contexts": {
    "browser": { "name": "Chrome", "version": "83.0.4103", "type": "browser" },
    "os": { "name": "Windows", "version": "10", "type": "os" },
    "trace": {
      "trace_id": "da6caabcd90e45fdb81f6655824a5f88",
      "span_id": "83db1ad17e67dfe7",
      "op": "navigation",
      "type": "trace"
    }
  },
  "entries": [
    {
      "type": "exception",
      "data": { "values": [] }
    },
    {
      "type": "breadcrumbs",
      "data": { "values": [] }
    },
    {
      "type": "request",
      "data": {
        "url": "https://sentry.io/organizations/my-org/issues/",
        "method": "GET"
      }
    }
  ],
  "sdk": {
    "name": "sentry.javascript.browser",
    "version": "5.17.0"
  },
  "release": {
    "version": "b65bc521378269d3eaefdc964f8ef56621414943",
    "shortVersion": "b65bc521"
  }
}

Response fields

eventID · string

The unique hexadecimal ID of the event as reported by the SDK.

id · string

The internal Sentry ID for the event.

groupID · string

The ID of the issue this event belongs to.

title · string

The event title.

platform · string

The platform that generated the event (e.g. javascript, python).

type · string

The event type. One of error, transaction, csp, hpkp, expectct, expectstaple, default.

dateCreated · string

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the event was created on the client.

dateReceived · string

ISO 8601 timestamp of when Sentry received the event.

tags · array

A list of {key, value} tag objects attached to the event.

user · object | null

The user context associated with the event.

contexts · object

Additional context objects such as browser, os, trace, and device.

entries · array

A list of structured event entries. Types include exception, breadcrumbs, request, message, and threads.

sdk · object

Information about the Sentry SDK that captured the event.

release · object | null

The release associated with this event, if any.

Org-level event query

For querying events with Discover-style filters and field selection across an organization, see Events queries.