# Read whistleblowing channel metadata

Source: https://ethicsportal.eu/developers/api/operations/getchannel/

GET

/organizations/{organization\_id}/whistleblower/portal.json

```
const url = 'https://secure.ethicsportal.eu/organizations/example/whistleblower/portal.json';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```
curl --request GET \
  --url https://secure.ethicsportal.eu/organizations/example/whistleblower/portal.json \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
```

* EthicsPortal application

Return the whistleblowing channel of one organisation: its ID, whether it is active and the URL of its online reporting form. Any member’s personal token can read it.

## Authorizations

* **[personalToken](https://ethicsportal.eu/developers/api/#personaltoken)**  
channel:read
* **[organizationToken](https://ethicsportal.eu/developers/api/#organizationtoken)**  
channel:read

## Parameters

### Path Parameters

**organization\_id**

required

string

Obfuscated organisation ID returned by identity.

### Header Parameters

**If-None-Match**

string

The ETag of a response you already hold. If nothing changed, the response is 304 Not Modified with no body. It still counts toward rate limits and, where reads are audited, the audit trail.

## Responses

### 200

Metadata only. Dates describe recorded workflow state, not proof of notification delivery.

application/json

object

**id**

required

string

**active**

required

boolean

**reporting\_form\_url**

required

string format: uri

**configuration\_url**

required

string format: uri

**documents\_url**

required

string format: uri

#### Example 

```
{
  "id": "QATEST12",
  "active": true,
  "reporting_form_url": "https://secure.ethicsportal.eu/p/QATEST12",
  "configuration_url": "https://secure.ethicsportal.eu/organizations/gHiJkl/whistleblower/portal/configuration.json",
  "documents_url": "https://secure.ethicsportal.eu/organizations/gHiJkl/whistleblower/documents.json"
}
```

#### Headers

**ETag**

string

Weak validator of this response body. Send it back as If-None-Match.

### 304

Not modified since the ETag sent in If-None-Match. No body.

### 400

Invalid query or cursor

application/json

object

**error**

required

object

**code**

required

string

Allowed values: invalid\_token forbidden insufficient\_scope not\_found invalid\_request agreement\_required rate\_limited idempotency\_key\_reused idempotency\_key\_in\_progress not\_retryable channel\_inactive invitation\_unavailable already\_subscribed no\_subscription

**feedback\_url**

required

Where to tell EthicsPortal what went wrong: POST product feedback here with the same token.

string format: uri

#### Example 

```
{
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid_request",
    "feedback_url": "https://secure.ethicsportal.eu/me/feedback.json"
  }
}
```

### 401

Missing, invalid, expired or revoked bearer token

application/json

object

**error**

required

object

**code**

required

string

Allowed values: invalid\_token forbidden insufficient\_scope not\_found invalid\_request agreement\_required rate\_limited idempotency\_key\_reused idempotency\_key\_in\_progress not\_retryable channel\_inactive invitation\_unavailable already\_subscribed no\_subscription

**feedback\_url**

required

Where to tell EthicsPortal what went wrong: POST product feedback here with the same token.

string format: uri

#### Example 

```
{
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid_token",
    "feedback_url": "https://secure.ethicsportal.eu/me/feedback.json"
  }
}
```

#### Headers

**WWW-Authenticate**

string

Bearer realm=“EthicsPortal”

### 403

Required agreement not accepted or permission denied

application/json

object

**error**

required

object

**code**

required

string

Allowed values: invalid\_token forbidden insufficient\_scope not\_found invalid\_request agreement\_required rate\_limited idempotency\_key\_reused idempotency\_key\_in\_progress not\_retryable channel\_inactive invitation\_unavailable already\_subscribed no\_subscription

**feedback\_url**

required

Where to tell EthicsPortal what went wrong: POST product feedback here with the same token.

string format: uri

#### Example 

```
{
  "error": {
    "code": "agreement_required",
    "feedback_url": "https://secure.ethicsportal.eu/me/feedback.json"
  }
}
```

### 404

Missing or inaccessible organisation or resource, or feature disabled

application/json

object

**error**

required

object

**code**

required

string

Allowed values: invalid\_token forbidden insufficient\_scope not\_found invalid\_request agreement\_required rate\_limited idempotency\_key\_reused idempotency\_key\_in\_progress not\_retryable channel\_inactive invitation\_unavailable already\_subscribed no\_subscription

**feedback\_url**

required

Where to tell EthicsPortal what went wrong: POST product feedback here with the same token.

string format: uri

#### Example 

```
{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "feedback_url": "https://secure.ethicsportal.eu/me/feedback.json"
  }
}
```

### 429

Rate limit exceeded

application/json

object

**error**

required

object

**code**

required

string

Allowed values: invalid\_token forbidden insufficient\_scope not\_found invalid\_request agreement\_required rate\_limited idempotency\_key\_reused idempotency\_key\_in\_progress not\_retryable channel\_inactive invitation\_unavailable already\_subscribed no\_subscription

**feedback\_url**

required

Where to tell EthicsPortal what went wrong: POST product feedback here with the same token.

string format: uri

#### Example 

```
{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "feedback_url": "https://secure.ethicsportal.eu/me/feedback.json"
  }
}
```

#### Headers

**Retry-After**

string

60 seconds