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  • Get Started
    • Introduction
    • Quickstart
    • Authentication
    • Data Models
    • API Conventions
  • Metrics
    • GETList Metrics
    • POSTCreate Metrics
    • PUTUpdate Metrics
    • POSTBatch Create
  • Metric Collections
    • GETList Metric Collections
    • POSTAdd Collection
    • PUTUpdate Collection
  • Datasets
    • GETList Datasets
    • GETPull Dataset
    • POSTPush Dataset
    • DELDelete Dataset
  • Evaluation
    • POSTRun LLM Evals
    • POSTSimulate Conversation
    • POSTEvaluate Span
    • POSTEvaluate Trace
    • POSTEvaluate Thread
    • GETRetrieve Test Run
    • GETList Test Runs
  • Tracing
    • GETList Traces
    • POSTTrace Ingestion
    • GETRetrieve Trace
    • GETList Spans
    • GETRetrieve Span
  • Threads
    • GETList Threads
    • GETRetrieve Thread
  • Prompt
    • GETList Prompts
    • POSTPush Prompts
    • GETPull Prompts By Label
    • GETPull Prompts By Version
    • GETPull Prompts By Commit
    • GETList Versions
    • POSTCreate Version
    • GETList Commits
    • GETList Branches
    • POSTCreate Branch
    • PUTUpdate Branch
    • DELDelete Branch
  • Metric Data
    • GETList Metrics Data
  • Annotations
    • GETList Annotations
    • POSTCreate Annotation
    • GETGet Annotation
    • PUTUpdate Annotation
  • Annotation Queues
    • GETList Annotation Queues
    • POSTCreate Annotation Queue
    • GETGet Annotation Queue
    • DELDelete Annotation Queue
    • GETList Queue Items
    • POSTAnnotate Queue Item
  • Projects
    • GETList Projects
    • POSTCreate Project
    • PUTUpdate Project
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Annotations

Get Annotation

GET
https://api.confident-ai.com/v1/annotations/:annotationId
GET
/v1/annotations/:annotationId
$curl https://api.confident-ai.com/v1/annotations/annotationId \
> -H "CONFIDENT_API_KEY: <PROJECT-API-KEY>"
1{
2 "success": true,
3 "data": {
4 "annotation": {
5 "id": "annotation-uuid",
6 "rating": 1,
7 "type": "THUMBS_RATING",
8 "name": "Quality Check",
9 "expectedOutput": "Provide clear password reset instructions",
10 "explanation": "Response correctly guides user through password reset",
11 "createdAt": "2025-11-12T10:30:00Z",
12 "traceUuid": "trace-uuid-1",
13 "user": {
14 "id": "user-uuid-1",
15 "email": "user1@example.com",
16 "name": "User One",
17 "image": "https://example.com/user1.png"
18 }
19 }
20 }
21}

Retrieves a specific annotation by its unique ID. Returns the complete annotation details including rating, type, expected output/outcome, explanation, and associated trace/span/thread identifiers.

This endpoint verifies that the annotation belongs to your project before returning it.

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Path parameters

annotationIdstringRequired
The ID of the annotation to retrieve.

Headers

CONFIDENT_API_KEYstringRequired
The API key of your Confident AI project.

Response

Successfully retrieved annotation
successboolean
Indicates if the request was successful.
dataobject
Contains the annotation information.

Errors

404
Not Found Error