# Result detail

`GET /v1/items/{id}`

Full detail for one result, by the id another endpoint returned: story:, x:, video: or letter:. A letter names every company it mentions, where lists name only the ones it is mainly about. Any other parameter is refused.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string, in the path, required | The id of a result another endpoint returned, such as story:123. Its number is at most 2147483647. |

```sh
curl "https://api.bullpen.news/v1/items/story:5301754" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BULLPEN_KEY"
```

```python
import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api.bullpen.news/v1/items/story:5301754",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['BULLPEN_KEY']}"},
)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json())
```

```js
const r = await fetch('https://api.bullpen.news/v1/items/story:5301754', {
	headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BULLPEN_KEY}` }
});
if (!r.ok) throw new Error((await r.json()).detail);
console.log(await r.json());
```

## What comes back

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `result` | [Story](/docs/reference#story), [XPost](/docs/reference#xpost), [Video](/docs/reference#video) or [Letter](/docs/reference#letter) |  |
| `tickers` | map of [TickerEntry](/docs/reference#tickerentry) | Each company the results name, by ticker. |

| Header | Sent with | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `Request-Id` | every answer | This request's id, such as req_ followed by 24 letters and digits. Quote it to support. |
| `RateLimit-Policy` | 200, 400, 404, 429, 500, 503 | Your plan's quotas, per minute and per day (IETF draft-11). It may change to match the RFC. |
| `RateLimit` | 200, 400, 404, 429, 500, 503 | What each window has left, and the seconds until it resets (IETF draft-11). |
| `WWW-Authenticate` | 401 | Bearer realm="bullpen.news" |
| `Retry-After` | 429, 503 | How many seconds to wait. |

`GET /v1/items/story:5301754`

```json
{
  "result": {
    "id": "story:5301754",
    "kind": "story",
    "title": "When the liquidity does not add up",
    "summary": "Arbor Realty Trust’s dividend suspension is presented as creating $60 million of liquidity, raising questions about its ability to meet 2027 debt maturities.",
    "source": "John Hempton's Newsletter",
    "published": "2026-10-31T05:50:32Z",
    "wentLive": "2026-10-31T05:55:59Z",
    "url": "https://johnhempton.substack.com/p/when-the-liquidity-does-not-add-up",
    "companies": [
      "ABR"
    ]
  },
  "tickers": {
    "ABR": {
      "name": "Arbor Realty Trust INC",
      "sector": "Financials",
      "marketCapUsd": 2244160000,
      "bullpenUrl": "https://bullpen.news/ticker/ABR"
    }
  }
}
```

## Status codes

| Status | Meaning | Codes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `200` | The answer. |  |
| `400` | A parameter is invalid or unknown (invalid_request), a key is in the URL (key_in_url), or a cursor is not this call's (invalid_cursor). | [`key_in_url`](/docs/errors#key_in_url), [`invalid_request`](/docs/errors#invalid_request), [`invalid_cursor`](/docs/errors#invalid_cursor) |
| `401` | No valid key (unauthorized), or a revoked one (revoked). | [`unauthorized`](/docs/errors#unauthorized), [`revoked`](/docs/errors#revoked) |
| `403` | Your account can't use this endpoint now: invite, disabled, terms, no_plan, ended, unpaid or tool. | [`no_plan`](/docs/errors#no_plan), [`ended`](/docs/errors#ended), [`unpaid`](/docs/errors#unpaid), [`terms`](/docs/errors#terms), [`disabled`](/docs/errors#disabled), [`invite`](/docs/errors#invite), [`tool`](/docs/errors#tool) |
| `404` | Nothing by that ticker, firm, id or day (not_found). | [`not_found`](/docs/errors#not_found) |
| `429` | Your plan's minute or day limit is reached (minute, day). | [`minute`](/docs/errors#minute), [`day`](/docs/errors#day) |
| `500` | Something went wrong on bullpen.news (internal). | [`internal`](/docs/errors#internal) |
| `503` | The API is paused (off), busy (ceiling) or having trouble (unavailable). Retry-After comes with all but off. | [`ceiling`](/docs/errors#ceiling), [`off`](/docs/errors#off), [`unavailable`](/docs/errors#unavailable) |

**Fresh:** Up to a minute old. A taken-down result answers `404`.
**History:** Any result we've returned.
**Cost:** One call.