Get a recognition
Workforce module
GET/recognitions/{id}recognitions.get
A shout-out from one member to another, tied to a project or shift and posted to the feed. No points currency. Returns one recognition with its `ETag`. A recognition the caller may not see returns 404.
- Requires the capability knowledge.sop.read.
- OAuth scopes: knowledge.
- 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 recognition. |
| 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: Recognition
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the recognition. |
| 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 | Person who created the row; null for seed, platform or system writes. |
| updated_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was last updated. |
| updated_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Person who last updated the row; null for seed, platform or system writes. |
| from_membership_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the member who gave the recognition. |
| to_membership_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the member recognized. |
| project_id | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the project the recognition is for. |
| shift_id | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the shift the recognition is for. |
| message | string | Yes | What they did well.Constraints: length 1 to 1000 |
| feed_post_id | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the recognition post in the feed. |
{
"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",
"from_membership_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"to_membership_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"project_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"shift_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"message": "Re-rigged the truss in record time.",
"feed_post_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"
}Code samples
curl -X GET "$XOS_BASE_URL/recognitions/0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY"const { data, etag } = await xos.recognitions.get("0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f");response = xos.recognitions.get("0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f")xos recognitions get 0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f