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GET
/
v2
/
guardrails
/
{guardrail_id}
Get Guardrails
curl --request GET \
  --url https://tavusapi.com/v2/guardrails/{guardrail_id} \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'
import requests

url = "https://tavusapi.com/v2/guardrails/{guardrail_id}"

headers = {"x-api-key": "<api-key>"}

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

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://tavusapi.com/v2/guardrails/{guardrail_id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://tavusapi.com/v2/guardrails/{guardrail_id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://tavusapi.com/v2/guardrails/{guardrail_id}"

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

req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")

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

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

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://tavusapi.com/v2/guardrails/{guardrail_id}")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://tavusapi.com/v2/guardrails/{guardrail_id}")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "uuid": "g1234567890ab",
  "guardrail_name": "healthcare_compliance_guardrail",
  "guardrail_prompt": "Never share sensitive medical information or provide medical advice outside approved guidelines.",
  "modality": "verbal",
  "callback_url": "https://your-server.com/guardrails-webhook",
  "tags": [
    "compliance",
    "healthcare"
  ],
  "app_message": true,
  "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
}
{
"error": "Guardrail not found"
}
{
"message": "Invalid access token"
}
For AI agents, use https://docs.tavus.io/openapi.yaml for the full HTTP API contract.

Authorizations

x-api-key
string
header
required

Path Parameters

guardrail_id
string
required

The unique identifier of the guardrail.

Example:

"g1234567890ab"

Response

Successfully retrieved the guardrail

uuid
string
Example:

"g1234567890ab"

guardrail_name
string
Example:

"healthcare_compliance_guardrail"

guardrail_prompt
string
Example:

"Never share sensitive medical information or provide medical advice outside approved guidelines."

modality
enum<string>
Available options:
verbal,
visual
Example:

"verbal"

callback_url
string
Example:

"https://your-server.com/guardrails-webhook"

tags
string[]
Example:
["compliance", "healthcare"]
app_message
boolean

Whether triggering this guardrail emits a real-time app-message event on the conversation.

Example:

true

created_at
string
Example:

"2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"

updated_at
string
Example:

"2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"