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

# Get Curriculum Item

> One curriculum item with its `children_count` and owning `subject_id`.

If the item was merged into another, the canonical item is returned and
`merged_from_id` carries the id you asked for. Items from other organisations, and
unknown ids, return the same 404.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json get /v1/curriculum/items/{item_id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: ClassQuill Public API
  description: >-
    REST API for ClassQuill tutoring organisations. Pipe your sessions,
    invoices, payments, tutor earnings, students, and more into your own tools.
    Most endpoints are reads; a focused set of writes (each gated by a *:write
    scope) create or update data, including creating student/tutor/parent
    accounts.


    Authenticate every request with an org API key:

        Authorization: Token token=cq_live_...

    Mint keys in the ClassQuill app under Settings → Developers.
  version: 1.0.0
servers: []
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: General
  - name: Sessions
  - name: Tutors
  - name: Students & Parents
  - name: Billing
  - name: Curriculum
  - name: Coursework
  - name: Operations
  - name: Pricing
  - name: Bookings
  - name: Blog
  - name: Reports
paths:
  /v1/curriculum/items/{item_id}:
    get:
      tags:
        - General
      summary: Get Curriculum Item
      description: >-
        One curriculum item with its `children_count` and owning `subject_id`.


        If the item was merged into another, the canonical item is returned and

        `merged_from_id` carries the id you asked for. Items from other
        organisations, and

        unknown ids, return the same 404.
      operationId: get_curriculum_item_v1_curriculum_items__item_id__get
      parameters:
        - name: item_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
            title: Item Id
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CurriculumItemDetail'
        '401':
          description: Missing, malformed, revoked, or expired credentials.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
        '403':
          description: The credential lacks the scope this endpoint requires.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
        '404':
          description: >-
            Not found — the record doesn't exist or belongs to another
            organisation.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
        '422':
          description: Validation error — `error.details.errors` lists the fields.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
        '429':
          description: >-
            Rate limit exceeded — honour Retry-After and the RateLimit-*
            headers.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
components:
  schemas:
    CurriculumItemDetail:
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          title: Id
          description: Send as `curriculum_item_id` on a question part.
        label:
          type: string
          title: Label
        level_type:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Level Type
          description: e.g. area, topic, subtopic.
        depth:
          type: integer
          title: Depth
          description: 0 is the subject root (never listed); its children are 1.
        path:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Path
          description: Dotted tree path, when the item has one.
        parent_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Parent Id
        retired:
          type: boolean
          title: Retired
          description: Retired or merged items cannot be attached to questions.
        children_count:
          type: integer
          title: Children Count
        home_subject_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Home Subject Id
          description: >-
            Subject of the curriculum document this item lives in. It can differ
            from the subject you browse by (e.g. vic_maths_2 items report
            acara_y2_maths).
        merged_from_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Merged From Id
          description: >-
            Set when the id you asked for was merged into this item: the
            response is the canonical item, and this is the id you requested.
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - label
        - depth
        - retired
        - children_count
      title: CurriculumItemDetail
    ApiError:
      description: Canonical error envelope for every /v1 error response (4xx/5xx).
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorBody'
      required:
        - error
      title: ApiError
      type: object
    ApiErrorBody:
      description: The `error` object every /v1 error response carries.
      properties:
        code:
          description: >-
            Stable machine-readable error code: bad_request, unauthorized,
            forbidden, not_found, conflict, validation_error, rate_limited, or
            internal_error.
          examples:
            - not_found
          title: Code
          type: string
        message:
          description: Human-readable explanation, safe to surface to end users.
          examples:
            - Session not found
          title: Message
          type: string
        status:
          description: The HTTP status code, repeated in the body.
          examples:
            - 404
          title: Status
          type: integer
        details:
          additionalProperties: true
          description: >-
            Error-specific context. 422 carries the field errors under `errors`;
            429 carries `retry_after_seconds`.
          title: Details
          type: object
      required:
        - code
        - message
        - status
      title: ApiErrorBody
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: Org API key as `Token token=cq_live_...`

````

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