---
title: "Service: /groups/{group}/uris/{uri}/history [GET]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/get-uri-history_get.html
description: "Retrieves the history of events for a specified URI, sorted by most recent first. Supports filtering by event type and pagination. Returns detailed information about uploads, modifications, comments, tasks, and other tracked changes."
last_updated: 2026-09-08T11:46:36+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: uri-GET
resource_id: uri
path_template: /groups/{group}/uris/{uri}/history
http_method: GET
api_category: uri
implementation_version: 6.3000
api_since: 5.7900
deprecated_since: null
obsolete_since: null
api_support: supported
cache_control: null
generated_at: 2026-09-02
tokens: ~833
---

# /groups/\{group\}/uris/\{uri\}/history \[GET\]

## Description

Load the [history](../elements/element_history.md) of [events](../elements/element_event.md) for a specified [URI](../../reference/glossary/uri.md) (most recent first).

Supported event types are:

- upload
- creation
- move
- modification
- revert
- structure
- comment
- task
- version
- workflow
- edit
- draft
- note
- xref
- image.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| events | A comma-separated list of types of events to return (all if not specified) | no | strings |  |
| page | The page to load | no | long | `1` |
| pagesize | The number of results per page | no | long | `100` |

## Permission

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

## Response

The output has the following format:

```xml
<history events="upload,creation,move,modification,structure,
                 workflow,version,edit,draft,
                 note,xref,image,comment,task"
         [limitreached="true"]>
  <event id="" 
         datetime="" 
         type="structure" 
         title="[Fragment Move|Structure Edit]">
    <author ...> ... </author>
  </event>
  <event id=""  
         datetime="" 
         type="[upload|creation|move|modification|revert]" 
         [labels=""]
         [version=""]>
    <author ...> ... </author>
    <change type="path|docid|title|labels|description|path|hosturl"
            from=""
            to=""/>
    ...
  </event>
  <event id="" 
         datetime="" 
         type="comment"
         title="[comment title]" 
         fragment="" 
         [labels=""]>
    <author ...> ... </author>
  </event>
  <event  id="" 
          datetime=""
          type="workflow" 
          [labels=""]>
    <author ...> ... </author>
    <change type="status|priority|due|assignedto"
      from=""
      to="">
      [<from>
        <assignedto ...> ... </assignedto>
      </from>]
      [<to>
        <assignedto ...> ... </assignedto>
      </to>]
    </change>
    ...
  </event>
  <event id="" 
         datetime="" 
         type="version" 
         title="[version]" 
         [labels=""]>
    <author ...> ... </author>
    <change type="version"
      from=""
      to=""/>
  </event>
  <event id="" 
         datetime="" 
         type="task"
         title="[task title]"
         fragment="" 
         [labels=""]>
    <author ...> ... </author>
    <change type="status|priority|due|assignedto"
            from=""
            to="">
      [<from>
        <assignedto ...> ... </assignedto>
      </from>]
      [<to>
        <assignedto ...> ... </assignedto>
      </to>]
    </change>
    ...
  </event>
  <event id="" 
         datetime="" 
         type="[edit|draft]" 
         fragment=""
         [labels=""]>
    <author ...> ... </author>
  </event>
  <event id="" 
         datetime="" 
         type="note" 
         fragment=""
         [labels=""]>
    <author ...> ... </author>
  </event>
  <event id="" 
         datetime="" 
         type="[xref|image]" 
         title="[target title]"
         fragment="" 
         uriid="" 
         [targetfragment=""] 
         [labels=""]>
    <author ...> ... </author>
  </event>
</history>
```

## Error Handling

No specific errors expected for this service.