# Retrieve an event (/api-reference/notifications/retrieve-an-event)

Retrieve an event by its unique key identifier **notificationId**. 
    Here **notificationId** is of mongodbId type. 
    This API returns the event details - execution logs, status, actual notification (message) generated by each workflow step.

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