---
title: "Retrieve a memory"
url: "https://docs.unified.to/genai/memory/Retrieve_a_memory"
description: "Retrieve a memory with Unified's Memory API (GET /genai/{connection_id}/memory/{id}). Filter by fields and raw. Supported by 11 Memory integrations."
date: "2026-10-23T00:56:35.091Z"
updated: "2026-10-23T00:56:35.091Z"
---
# Retrieve a memory

Updated: October 23, 2026

 GET/genai/{connection\_id}/memory/{id}

Retrieves a single GenaiMemory by its \`id\`. Obtain \`id\` values from the corresponding list endpoint. Use \`fields\` to return only the fields you need.

## Parameters

**fields**string array 

id

created\_at

updated\_at

type

parent\_id

user\_identifier

name

content

description

metadata

raw

Fields to return

**raw**string 

Raw parameters to include in the 3rd-party request. Encoded as a URL component. eg. raw parameters: foo=bar&zoo=bar -> raw=foo%3Dbar%26zoo%3Dbar

**connection\_id**string  required 

ID of the connection

**id**string  required 

ID of the Memory

## Returns

[GenaiMemory](https://docs.unified.to/genai/memory/model.md)

| Response field           | Type                                                                                             | Required | Description                                                                                                                       |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| id                       | string                                                                                           | No       |                                                                                                                                   |
| created\_at              | string (date-time)                                                                               | No       | (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format)                                                                                          |
| updated\_at              | string (date-time)                                                                               | No       | (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format)                                                                                          |
| type                     | enum                                                                                             | No       | FOLDER for a memory store or a sub-folder in one, MEMORY for a memory. Values: FOLDER, MEMORY                                     |
| parent\_id               | string                                                                                           | No       | id of the parent genai\_memory folder. Empty on root-level nodes.                                                                 |
| user\_identifier         | string                                                                                           | No       | The customer's own identifier for the end user that the memory belongs to.                                                        |
| name                     | string                                                                                           | No       | The folder name, or the memory's file name where the integration organizes memories by path.                                      |
| content                  | string                                                                                           | No       | The memory text. MEMORY nodes only.                                                                                               |
| description              | string                                                                                           | No       | The memory store's description. Store-level folders only.                                                                         |
| metadata                 | [GenaiMetadata](https://docs.unified.to/genai/memory/Retrieve%5Fa%5Fmemory.md#GenaiMetadata)\[\] | No       |                                                                                                                                   |
| metadata\[\].id          | string                                                                                           | No       |                                                                                                                                   |
| metadata\[\].slug        | string                                                                                           | No       |                                                                                                                                   |
| metadata\[\].value       | object                                                                                           | No       |                                                                                                                                   |
| metadata\[\].namespace   | string                                                                                           | No       |                                                                                                                                   |
| metadata\[\].format      | enum                                                                                             | No       | Values: TEXT, NUMBER, DATE, BOOLEAN, FILE, TEXTAREA, SINGLE\_SELECT, MULTIPLE\_SELECT, MEASUREMENT, PRICE, YES\_NO, CURRENCY, URL |
| metadata\[\].extra\_data | object                                                                                           | No       |                                                                                                                                   |

## Errors

 Errors return the HTTP status code and a JSON body with `statusCode`, `error` (the short label) and `message` (a human-readable detail). 

```json
{
  "statusCode": 429,
  "error": "Too Many Requests",
  "message": "Too many requests to unified.to API; max requests per minute: N"
}
```

| Status | Error                 | Meaning                                           |
| ------ | --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| 400    | Bad Request           | The request was malformed or failed validation.   |
| 401    | Unauthorized          | The connection is likely broken; re-authorize it. |
| 403    | Forbidden             | The connection is missing permissions or scopes.  |
| 404    | Not Found             | The requested resource does not exist.            |
| 429    | Too Many Requests     | Rate limit exceeded (see the two sources below).  |
| 500    | Internal Server Error | An unexpected error occurred.                     |
| 501    | Not Implemented       | Not supported by this integration.                |

 Errors from the underlying integration pass through: the integration's status comes back as ours (429, 401, 403, 404 or 5xx), usually with its message. When the integration's error body is unclear, Unified extracts what it can and returns a clearer message. 

### 429 Too Many Requests

A 429 has two possible sources:

* The integration's own rate limit, passed through.
* Unified's workspace limit: a rolling 60 seconds, set by plan, with the message `Too many requests to unified.to API; max requests per minute: N`.

## Code Samples

### Node.js SDK

```javascript
import { UnifiedTo } from '@unified-api/typescript-sdk';

const sdk = new UnifiedTo({
    security: {
        jwt: '<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>',
    },
});

const connectionId = '5de520f96e439b002043d8dc';

const id = '1234';

const results = await sdk.genai.getGenaiMemory({ connectionId, id, 
    fields: '',
    raw: '',
 });
```

### Node.js (axios)

```javascript
const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://api.unified.to/genai/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/memory/5de520f96e439b002043d8d8',
  headers: {
    authorization: 'bearer .....'
  },
  params: {
    fields: '',
    raw: '',
  }
};

const results = await axios.request(options);
```

### Java

```java
AsyncHttpClient client = new DefaultAsyncHttpClient();

client.prepare("GET", "https://api.unified.to/genai/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/memory/5de520f96e439b002043d8d8?fields=&raw=")
  .setHeader("accept", "application/json")
  .setHeader("authorization", ".....")
  .execute()
  .toCompletableFuture()
  .thenAccept(System.out::println)
  .join();

client.close();
```

### Go

```go
import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io/ioutil"
)

url := `https://api.unified.to/genai/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/memory/5de520f96e439b002043d8d8?fields=&raw=

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

req.Header.Add("accept", "application/json")
req.Header.Add("authorization", ".....")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
```

### Python

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.unified.to/genai/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/memory/5de520f96e439b002043d8d8?fields=&raw="

headers = {
    "accept": "application/json",
    "authorization": "....."
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
```

### PHP

```php
$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.unified.to/genai/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/memory/5de520f96e439b002043d8d8?fields=&raw=",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "accept: application/json",
    "authorization: ....."
  ],
]);
```

### Ruby

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://api.unified.to/genai/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/memory/5de520f96e439b002043d8d8?fields=&raw=")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["accept"] = 'application/json'
request["authorization"] = '....'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

### cURL

```bash
curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.unified.to/genai/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/memory/5de520f96e439b002043d8d8?fields=&raw=' \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --header 'authorization: .....'
```
