> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.eversince.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # get timeline > Read a timeline: settings, caption style, tracks, clips with stable ids, markers, gaps, caption-group summaries and the revision. response_format detailed adds everything updateClip can set (fades, transitions, grade, effects, text styling, a graphic's knobs); a clip's spoken text and a graphic's source code come only when fields names them. A read stops at about 60,000 characters of clips, whole tracks first, says so in cut_short, and next_cursor reads on; time_range, tracks and fields narrow it. local_only marks a clip the cloud cannot render until its media syncs. history is the revision log undo takes; media the items and documents the timeline works with. Ids come back shortened and are passed back as received. Free. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi.json post /tools/get_timeline openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Eversince API version: '1' description: >- Every Eversince tool as one POST call, plus the routes beside them: the tool list, account and keys, uploads, webhooks and models. The prose is at https://docs.eversince.ai. servers: - url: https://eversince.ai/api/v1 security: - bearer: [] tags: - name: Discovery description: The tool list, the same on the MCP server, the REST API and the CLI. - name: Workspace description: Jobs, balances, settings, templates, skills and the overview. - name: Library description: >- Items, search, import, reading media, comments, boards, calendars, the brand kit and public links. - name: Timeline description: 'Video editing: timelines, clips, captions, sound, language and rendering.' - name: Canvas description: 'Still editing: canvases, slides, layers and rendering.' - name: Generation description: Image, video and audio generation, upscaling, cutouts and models. - name: Research description: 'What platforms publish: pulling and keeping posts.' - name: Account description: Balances, keys, workspaces and script sessions. - name: Uploads description: Files into the library by presigned upload or by URL. - name: Webhooks description: Job results posted to a URL as they complete. - name: Models description: Generation models and cost estimates. paths: /tools/get_timeline: post: tags: - Timeline summary: get timeline description: >- Read a timeline: settings, caption style, tracks, clips with stable ids, markers, gaps, caption-group summaries and the revision. response_format detailed adds everything updateClip can set (fades, transitions, grade, effects, text styling, a graphic's knobs); a clip's spoken text and a graphic's source code come only when fields names them. A read stops at about 60,000 characters of clips, whole tracks first, says so in cut_short, and next_cursor reads on; time_range, tracks and fields narrow it. local_only marks a clip the cloud cannot render until its media syncs. history is the revision log undo takes; media the items and documents the timeline works with. Ids come back shortened and are passed back as received. Free. operationId: get_timeline parameters: - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdempotencyKey' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/WorkspaceId' requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: timeline_id: type: string description: The timeline id. time_range: description: '[start, end] in frames; only clips overlapping this window.' type: array prefixItems: - type: number - type: number tracks: description: Only these track ids. type: array items: type: string fields: description: Only these clip fields in the response. type: array items: type: string response_format: description: >- concise (default): every track and clip with key fields. detailed: everything updateClip can set (fades, transitions, grade, effects, text styling, a graphic's knobs), for matching a look or patching a clip whole. A clip's spoken text and a graphic's source code come only when fields names them. type: string enum: - concise - detailed history: description: Include this many recent revisions, newest first. type: integer minimum: 1 maximum: 50 media: description: >- Include how many library items the timeline works with and its documents by title. timeline_media reads and changes the whole set. type: boolean limit: description: 'At most this many clips. Default: as many as fit the read.' type: integer minimum: 1 maximum: 2000 cursor: description: >- next_cursor from the answer before, with the other fields the same: the rest of a timeline a read cut short. type: string required: - timeline_id responses: '200': description: >- Done, or a job started for work that runs longer (follow it with get_jobs). content: application/json: schema: type: object required: - ok - data - meta properties: ok: const: true data: type: object additionalProperties: true meta: type: object properties: request_id: type: string cost: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Cost' cloud_processing: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CloudProcessing' media: type: array items: type: object additionalProperties: true default: $ref: '#/components/responses/Error' components: parameters: IdempotencyKey: name: Idempotency-Key in: header required: false schema: type: string description: >- Retry a paid dispatch safely: the same key returns the job already dispatched instead of charging again. WorkspaceId: name: x-workspace-id in: header required: false schema: type: string description: The workspace this one call acts in, when it is not the key's own. schemas: Cost: type: object description: AI credits the call cost. additionalProperties: true CloudProcessing: type: object description: Cloud processing the call used, and what is left. properties: ran_on: const: cloud minutes: type: number queued_minutes: type: number left_minutes: type: number bought_minutes: type: number note: type: string Error: type: object required: - ok - error properties: ok: const: false error: type: object required: - code - message - retryable properties: code: type: string message: type: string description: What went wrong, in words to act on. retryable: type: boolean suggested_action: type: string description: The next step that works. cloud_processing: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CloudProcessing' responses: Error: description: The call was refused or failed. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' securitySchemes: bearer: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- An API key (es_live_…) from Settings, under API keys, or an OAuth access token. ````