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

# Get Entity

> Returns a single entity by its slug ID.



## OpenAPI

````yaml GET /entities/{id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Urantia Papers API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    A developer and AI-agent friendly API for the Urantia Papers. Provides
    full-text search, structured content access, and audio URLs for all 17,000+
    paragraphs across 197 papers.
servers:
  - url: https://api.urantia.dev
    description: Production
  - url: http://localhost:3000
    description: Local development
security: []
paths:
  /entities/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Entities
      summary: Get an entity by ID
      description: Returns a single entity by its slug ID.
      operationId: getEntity
      parameters:
        - schema:
            type: string
          required: true
          name: id
          in: path
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The entity
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: string
                      name:
                        type: string
                      type:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - being
                          - place
                          - order
                          - race
                          - religion
                          - concept
                      aliases:
                        type: array
                        nullable: true
                        items:
                          type: string
                      description:
                        type: string
                        nullable: true
                      seeAlso:
                        type: array
                        nullable: true
                        items:
                          type: string
                      citationCount:
                        type: integer
                      language:
                        type: string
                    required:
                      - id
                      - name
                      - type
                      - aliases
                      - description
                      - seeAlso
                      - citationCount
                required:
                  - data
        '404':
          description: Entity not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  type:
                    type: string
                  title:
                    type: string
                  status:
                    type: integer
                  detail:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - type
                  - title
                  - status
                  - detail
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  type:
                    type: string
                  title:
                    type: string
                  status:
                    type: integer
                  detail:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - type
                  - title
                  - status
                  - detail

````