Get an approval decision
Platform module
GET/approval-decisions/{id}approvalDecisions.get
A decision by an eligible approver, never the requester. Returns one approval decision with its `ETag`. A approval decision the caller may not see returns 404.
- Requires the capability inbox.notifications.read.
- OAuth scopes: inbox.
- Error statuses: 400, 401, 404, 429. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details.
Path and query parameters
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the approval decision. |
| fields | Fields | No | Sparse fieldset: a comma-separated list of top-level fields to return. `id` is always returned.Constraints: pattern ^[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*(,[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)*$ |
Response 200: ApprovalDecision
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the approval decision. |
| org_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the owning organization, derived from the parent row and never accepted from the caller. |
| created_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was created. |
| created_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who created the row; null when a seed, platform or system process created it. |
| updated_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was last updated. |
| updated_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who last updated the row; null when a seed, platform or system process updated it. |
| approval_instance_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the approval instance. |
| approved | boolean | Yes | Whether the step is approved. |
| comment | string | null | Yes | Decision comment.Constraints: length 1 to 20000 |
| approver_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the approver. |
| decided_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When it was decided. |
| step_order | integer | Yes | Step decided.Constraints: range 1 to any |
{
"id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"org_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"created_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"created_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"updated_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"updated_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"approval_instance_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"approved": true,
"comment": "Within budget.",
"approver_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"decided_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"step_order": 1
}Code samples
curl -X GET "$XOS_BASE_URL/approval-decisions/0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY"const { data, etag } = await xos.approvalDecisions.get("0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f");response = xos.approval_decisions.get("0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f")xos approval-decisions get 0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f