---
title: "Service: /groups/{group}/uris/forurl [GET]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/get-uri-forurl-group_get.html
description: "Retrieves a URI from a specific group by its URL parameter. Returns the corresponding URI element with metadata if found. Requires guest-level permissions or public group access."
last_updated: 2026-09-08T11:44:10+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: uri-GET
resource_id: uri
path_template: /groups/{group}/uris/forurl
http_method: GET
api_category: uri
implementation_version: 5.9900
api_since: 4.3900
deprecated_since: null
obsolete_since: null
api_support: supported
cache_control: null
generated_at: 2026-09-02
tokens: ~272
---

# /groups/\{group\}/uris/forurl \[GET\]

## Description

Load the URI in a group specified by the `url` parameter.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default value |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| url | the url to look for | yes | url |  |

## Permission

This service is restricted to guest and higher unless the group is accessible to public.

## Response

If found, the corresponding URI is returned as a single [\<uri\>](../elements/element_uri.md) element.

```xml

<uri id="[id]"
     scheme="[scheme]"
     host="[host]"
     port="[port]"
     path="[path]"
     decodedpath="[decodedpath]"
     external="[true|false]"
     [archived="true"]
     [folder="true"]
     [docid="[docid]"]
     [mediatype="[mediatype]"]
     [documenttype="[documenttype]"]
     [title="My Document"]
     [created="[created]"]
     [modified="[modified]"]>
  <displaytitle>My Document</displaytitle>
    [<description>This is my document</description>]
    [<labels>mylabel1,mylabel2</labels>]
</uri>
```

## Error Handling

No specific errors expected for this generator.