---
title: "Service: /members/{member}/externaluris/forurl [GET]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/get-externaluri-forurl_get.html
description: "GET endpoint that retrieves an external URI by URL for a specified member. Returns URI metadata including ID, path, and display title. Requires URL parameter and supports optional group filtering for administrators."
last_updated: 2026-09-08T11:46:25+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: uri-GET
resource_id: uri
path_template: /members/{member}/externaluris/forurl
http_method: GET
api_category: uri
implementation_version: 6.2005
api_since: 5.9900
deprecated_since: null
obsolete_since: null
api_support: supported
cache_control: null
generated_at: 2026-09-02
tokens: ~185
---

# /members/\{member\}/externaluris/forurl \[GET\]

## Description

Get an external URI (also known as URL).

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default value |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| returngroups | the groups to return in the output, can be "none","user","all" (administrator only) | no | string | `none` |
| url | the url for the external URI | yes | url |  |

## Permission

Restricted to the member themselves or administrator.

## Response

The output has the following format:

```xml

<uri id="[id]" path="[path]" ...>
  <displaytitle>[title]</displaytitle>
  ...
 [<usage hidden="2">
    <group ... />
    ...
  </usage>]
</uri>
```

## Error Handling

No specific errors expected for this generator.