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# Get thread summary

GET https://api.getzep.com/api/v4/threads/{thread_uuid}/summary

Reference: https://docs-beta.getzep.com/sdk-reference/thread/get-summary

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (required) (prefixed with ` Api-Key  `) — Type "Api-Key" followed by a space and the project API key.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `thread_uuid` (string, required) — Thread UUID

## Response

### 200

OK

- `created_at` (string, optional) — The time the summary was first created.
- `last_summarized_at` (string, optional) — The wall-clock time of the most recent summary update.
- `last_summarized_episode_valid_at` (string, optional) — The latest episode reference time covered by the most recent summary update.
- `relevance` (double, optional) — A cross-encoder-derived relevance score, present only when the cross-encoder reranker scored this result; like score, it is omitted from plain list results.
- `score` (double, optional) — A score accompanies every search result; it is omitted when the summary appears in a plain list rather than a search result.
- `summary` (string, optional) — The generated summary text for the thread.
- `thread_uuid` (string, optional) — The unique identifier of the thread this summary belongs to.
- `uuid` (string, optional) — The unique identifier of the thread summary.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `error` (v4.ErrorBody, optional)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `error` (v4.ErrorBody, optional)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `error` (v4.ErrorBody, optional)

### 404 Not Found Error

Not Found

- `error` (v4.ErrorBody, optional)

## Types

### v4.ErrorBody

- `code` (string, optional)
- `details` (map from string to any, optional)
- `message` (string, optional)
- `param` (string, optional)
- `request_id` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "created_at": "string",
  "last_summarized_at": "string",
  "last_summarized_episode_valid_at": "string",
  "relevance": 1.1,
  "score": 1.1,
  "summary": "string",
  "thread_uuid": "string",
  "uuid": "string"
}
```