Get service

Read a service’s current state, source configuration, plan, and exposed ports.

GET /api/services/{id} HTTPS

Request & response examples

Request example Server-side

curl --fail-with-body --request GET \
  'https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HELI_API_KEY"

const response = await fetch(
  "https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID",
  {
    method: "GET",
    headers: {
      Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.HELI_API_KEY}`
    }
  }
);
const data = await response.json();
if (!response.ok) {
  throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}: ${data.error}`);
}
// Inspect data; avoid logging secret responses.

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['HELI_API_KEY']}"
    },
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
# Inspect data; avoid logging secret responses.

Response example 200

{
  "id": "svc_example",
  "name": "my-app",
  "slug": "my-app",
  "sourceType": "image",
  "status": "running",
  "planKey": "heli-s1",
  "projectId": "prj_example",
  "environmentId": "env_example"
}

Illustrative values · selected fields

Response details ↓ OpenAPI ↗

Authorization

An account key with access, or a project/service key with settings:read. The resource must be within the key’s project, service, and environment scope.

Authorization: Bearer <key> Key setup ↗

Path parameters

id string required

Service id.

Response 200

Returns the service record: its identity, source configuration, plan, and current state. A failed latest deployment may coexist with a serving previous release.

Examples show selected response fields with illustrative values. Your response can contain additional fields.

id string

Unique identifier of this resource.

name string

Human-readable resource name.

slug string

URL-safe resource identifier.

sourceType string

Source used to build or run the service.

status string

Current state of the resource or operation.

planKey string

Plan identifier from the plan catalog.

projectId string

Project that owns the resource.

environmentId string

Environment that contains the service.

Errors

401

The API key is missing, invalid, or revoked.

403

The caller or key scope does not permit this operation.

Error handling and safe retries

ALSO AVAILABLE VIA MCP

`get_service`

Required MCP arguments: id. Send path, query, and body fields together as tool arguments.

Connect your agent ↗

import os import requests response = requests.request( "GET", "https://app.helicarrier.xyz/api/services/YOUR_ID", headers={ "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['HELI_API_KEY']}" }, timeout=30, ) response.raise_for_status() data = response.json() # Inspect data; avoid logging secret responses.