# Whether the organisation allows guests on its boards

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

The owner's setting "Allow guests on boards", and how many boards share their link with guests now.

`GET /orgs/{org}/sharing/board-guests`

## TL;DR

| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does it do? | Whether the organisation allows guests on its boards. |
| What does it take? | `org` in the path. |
| What does it return? | Status 200 with a body of type [`OrgBoardGuests`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#orgboardguests). |
| What can go wrong? | `401` not signed in; `404` no such organisation, or the caller is not a member of it; `429` too many requests; `503` live whiteboards are not available on this server. Every failure uses the one error envelope. |

## What it does

The owner's setting "Allow guests on boards", and how many boards share their link with guests now. Every member may read it.

## Path parameters

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

## Responses

| Status | Meaning | Body |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | The setting. | [`OrgBoardGuests`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#orgboardguests) |
| 401 | Not signed in. | [`ErrorResponse`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#errorresponse) |
| 404 | No such organisation, or the caller is not a member of it. | [`ErrorResponse`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#errorresponse) |
| 429 | Too many requests. | [`ErrorResponse`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#errorresponse) |
| 503 | Live whiteboards are not available on this server. | [`ErrorResponse`](https://docs.plotwork.dev/api/schemas.md#errorresponse) |

## Response body

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

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `allowGuests` | `boolean` | yes | Whether a board may be shared with anyone signed in, read only. Off by default. |
| `sharedBoards` | `integer` | yes | Boards that share their link with guests now (their label is not Confidential). |

## 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 |