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updatedAt: 2026-08-14T14:35:33.000Z
agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://developers.fellow.ai/llms.txt
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# Retrieve Upload

Retrieve a single API-uploaded recording with its import status.

Use this endpoint to check the status of a single API-uploaded recording. Provide the upload’s recording ID to retrieve its latest state and confirm whether processing is still in progress, completed successfully, or failed.

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# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "Fellow Developer API",
    "version": "1.0.3",
    "description": "Create custom integrations and workflows with Fellow's meeting data"
  },
  "paths": {
    "/api/v1/recordings/upload/{recording_id}": {
      "get": {
        "operationId": "apps_developer_api_api_get_upload_by_id",
        "summary": "Retrieve Upload",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "in": "path",
            "name": "recording_id",
            "schema": {
              "title": "Recording Id",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "required": true
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "OK",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/RecordingUploadResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "description": "Retrieve a single API-uploaded recording with its import status.",
        "tags": [
          "Recordings"
        ],
        "security": [
          {
            "DeveloperAPIKeyAuth": []
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "schemas": {
      "RecordingUpload": {
        "description": "The upload_api response: a recording's API-import identity and status, nothing else.\n\nDeliberately omits the full Recording payload (transcript, recaps, media URL, calendar\nmetadata) — this surface only reports what an API-upload client needs to poll an import\nto completion. The recording's id is exposed as `recording_id` to match the submit\nendpoint (POST /recordings/upload), which returns the same key.",
        "properties": {
          "recording_id": {
            "title": "Recording Id",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "title": {
            "title": "Title",
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "created_at": {
            "format": "date-time",
            "title": "Created At",
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "updated_at": {
            "format": "date-time",
            "title": "Updated At",
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "status": {
            "allOf": [
              {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Status",
                "nullable": true
              }
            ]
          },
          "failure_reason": {
            "title": "Failure Reason",
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          }
        },
        "title": "RecordingUpload",
        "type": "object"
      },
      "Status": {
        "enum": [
          "FAILED",
          "PENDING",
          "SUCCESS"
        ],
        "title": "Status",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "RecordingUploadResponse": {
        "description": "Response containing a single API-uploaded recording with its import status.",
        "properties": {
          "upload": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/RecordingUpload"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "upload"
        ],
        "title": "RecordingUploadResponse",
        "type": "object"
      }
    },
    "securitySchemes": {
      "DeveloperAPIKeyAuth": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "in": "header",
        "name": "X-API-KEY"
      }
    }
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://{subdomain}.fellow.app",
      "description": "Fellow",
      "variables": {
        "subdomain": {
          "default": "your-fellow-subdomain",
          "description": "The subdomain for your Fellow workspace"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "Recordings",
      "description": "Access and manage meeting recordings. Retrieve individual recordings, list recordings with filters and pagination, or delete recordings (privileged access required)."
    }
  ]
}
```