# Read one request for approval, with what changed

> Page: https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/get-orgs-org-approvals-id. Index of every page: https://docs.plotwork.dev/llms.txt

The request, and for a new version what changed against the one the library shows (compare_diagrams).

`GET /orgs/{org}/approvals/{id}`

## TL;DR

| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does it do? | Read one request for approval, with what changed. |
| What does it take? | `org`, `id` in the path. |
| What does it return? | Status 200 with a body of type [`ApprovalRequestDetail`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#approvalrequestdetail). |
| What can go wrong? | `401` not signed in; `403` the caller does not approve (orgs.forbidden); `404` no such organisation or request, or the request is about a diagram in a folder the caller may not use; `429` too many requests; `503` organisations are not set up on this server. Every failure uses the one error envelope. |

## What it does

The request, and for a new version what changed against the one the library shows (compare_diagrams). Approvers only.

## Path parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `org` | `string` | yes | The organisation's id or its slug. |
| `id` | `string` | yes |  |

## Responses

| Status | Meaning | Body |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | The request and its diff. | [`ApprovalRequestDetail`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#approvalrequestdetail) |
| 401 | Not signed in. | [`ErrorResponse`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#errorresponse) |
| 403 | The caller does not approve (orgs.forbidden). | [`ErrorResponse`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#errorresponse) |
| 404 | No such organisation or request, or the request is about a diagram in a folder the caller may not use. | [`ErrorResponse`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#errorresponse) |
| 429 | Too many requests. | [`ErrorResponse`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#errorresponse) |
| 503 | Organisations are not set up on this server. | [`ErrorResponse`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#errorresponse) |

## Response body

A 200 answer has the type [`ApprovalRequestDetail`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#approvalrequestdetail).

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `item` | `ApprovalRequest` | yes |  |
| `item.id` | `string` | yes |  |
| `item.kind` | `"publish" \| "change" \| "share"` | yes |  |
| `item.status` | `"pending" \| "approved" \| "rejected" \| "expired"` | yes |  |
| `item.diagram` | `object \| null` | yes | The diagram as the library has it now, or null once it is gone (a rejected new diagram). |
| `item.diagram.id` | `string` | yes |  |
| `item.diagram.name` | `string \| null` | yes |  |
| `item.diagram.folder` | `string \| null` | yes |  |
| `item.diagram.classification` | `Classification` | yes | A diagram's classification label: `public`, `internal` (the default, and what a diagram published before labels reads as) or `confidential`. Confidential is never shared publicly; under "Share only diagrams labelled Public" only public is. |
| `item.diagram.theme` | `"light" \| "dark" \| "auto"` | yes |  |
| `item.requestedBy` | `object \| null` | yes | Who asked, or null for an organisation key and once the account is gone. |
| `item.requestedBy.userId` | `string` | yes |  |
| `item.requestedBy.email` | `string` | yes |  |
| `item.requestedAt` | `integer` | yes |  |
| `item.expiresAt` | `integer` | yes |  |
| `item.secretFindings` | `integer` | yes | How many things that look like a secret the scan found when the request was made, under the organisation's scanning options. minimum 0. |
| `item.reviewedBy` | `object \| null` | yes |  |
| `item.reviewedBy.userId` | `string` | yes |  |
| `item.reviewedBy.email` | `string` | yes |  |
| `item.reviewedAt` | `integer \| null` | yes |  |
| `item.comment` | `string \| null` | yes | The approver's comment, when they gave one. |
| `diff` | `object \| null` | yes | For a new version: what changed against the one the library shows, by meaning (compare_diagrams). Null for a publish and a share. |
| `diff.same` | `boolean` | yes |  |
| `diff.compared` | `boolean` | yes | False when a side carries no source, so nothing could be compared. |
| `diff.counts` | `object` | yes |  |
| `diff.counts.added` | `integer` | yes |  |
| `diff.counts.removed` | `integer` | yes |  |
| `diff.counts.renamed` | `integer` | yes |  |
| `diff.counts.moved` | `integer` | yes |  |
| `diff.counts.changed` | `integer` | yes |  |
| `diff.changes` | `object[]` | yes |  |
| `diff.changes[].change` | `string` | yes |  |
| `diff.changes[].subject` | `string` | yes |  |
| `diff.changes[].name` | `string` | yes |  |
| `diff.changes[].line` | `integer \| null` | yes |  |
| `diff.changes[].detail` | `string` | yes |  |
| `diff.truncated` | `boolean` | yes |  |
| `diff.summary` | `string` | yes |  |

## See also

| Doc | Why |
|---|---|
| [API reference](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/reference.md) | Every endpoint, and the error envelope |
| [Schemas](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md) | Every request and response type |
| [Tool reference](https://docs.plotwork.dev/mcp/tools.md) | The operations as callable tools |