arangodb/Documentation/DocuBlocks/Rest/Views/get_api_view_name.md

@startDocuBlock get_api_view_name @brief returns a view

@RESTHEADER{GET /_api/view/{view-name}, Return information about a view}

@RESTURLPARAMETERS

@RESTURLPARAM{view-name,string,required} The name of the view.

@RESTDESCRIPTION The result is an object describing the view with the following attributes:

• id: The identifier of the view.

• name: The name of the view.

• type: The type of the view as string

  • arangosearch: ArangoSearch view

@RESTRETURNCODES

@RESTRETURNCODE{404} If the view-name is unknown, then a HTTP 404 is returned. @endDocuBlock