> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://basedash.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get a chat

> Retrieves a single chat, including its name and whether the assistant is currently responding.



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://charts.basedash.com/api/public/openapi get /api/public/organizations/{orgId}/chats/{chatId}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Basedash Public API
  version: 0.0.0
  description: >-
    API for programmatic access to Basedash features. Use API keys for
    authentication.
  contact:
    name: Basedash Support
    url: https://basedash.com
    email: support@basedash.com
servers:
  - url: https://charts.basedash.com
    description: Production
security: []
tags:
  - name: Organizations
    description: Manage organizations
  - name: Groups
    description: Manage organization groups and memberships
  - name: Data Sources
    description: Manage database connections and data sources
  - name: MCP servers
    description: Manage MCP server data sources
  - name: Insights
    description: Manage generated insights
  - name: Automations
    description: Manage automations and automation runs
  - name: Skills
    description: Manage organization skills
  - name: Definitions
    description: Manage reusable SQL definitions
  - name: Dashboards
    description: Manage dashboards and their tabs
  - name: Charts
    description: Manage charts and their SQL queries
  - name: Chats
    description: >-
      Chat with the Basedash AI agent about your data. Start a chat by sending a
      message, then continue the conversation with follow-up messages. The
      assistant responds asynchronously: pass the `wait` query parameter to
      receive the finished response in the same request, or poll the assistant
      message (or stream its events) after an HTTP 202. Chats created through
      the API are not shown in the Basedash app.
paths:
  /api/public/organizations/{orgId}/chats/{chatId}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Chats
      summary: Get a chat
      description: >-
        Retrieves a single chat, including its name and whether the assistant is
        currently responding.
      parameters:
        - schema:
            type: string
            description: Organization ID
          required: true
          description: Organization ID
          name: orgId
          in: path
        - schema:
            type: string
            description: Chat ID
          required: true
          description: Chat ID
          name: chatId
          in: path
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Chat retrieved successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicChatResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - Missing or invalid API key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: Not found - Chat not found or no member access
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded - Too many requests
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    PublicChatResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicChat'
      required:
        - data
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
      required:
        - error
    RateLimitErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitError'
      required:
        - error
    PublicChat:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Chat ID
        organizationId:
          type: string
          description: Organization ID
        name:
          type: string
          description: Chat name, generated automatically from the first message
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicChatStatus'
        source:
          type: string
          enum:
            - api
          description: Chat creation source
        memberId:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Creating member ID
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Creation timestamp
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Last update timestamp
      required:
        - id
        - organizationId
        - name
        - status
        - source
        - memberId
        - createdAt
        - updatedAt
    ApiError:
      type: object
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
          description: Error type identifier
        detail:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error description
      required:
        - title
        - detail
    RateLimitError:
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
        - type: object
          properties:
            title:
              type: string
              enum:
                - RateLimitExceeded
            retryAfterMs:
              type: number
              description: Milliseconds until the rate limit window resets
          required:
            - retryAfterMs
    PublicChatStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
        - generating
        - finished
      description: '`generating` while the assistant is responding, `finished` otherwise'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        API key authentication using Bearer token format: `Bearer
        <basedash_api_key>`

````