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, getViews:Properties}

@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

@RESTRETURNCODES

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

@EXAMPLES

Using an identifier:

@EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_RUN{RestViewGetViewIdentifier} var viewName = "testView"; var viewType = "arangosearch";

var view = db._createView(viewName, viewType);
var url = "/_api/view/"+ view._id;

var response = logCurlRequest('GET', url);
assert(response.code === 200);

logJsonResponse(response);

db._dropView("testView");

@END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_RUN

Using a name:

@EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_RUN{RestViewGetViewName} var viewName = "testView"; var viewType = "arangosearch";

var view = db._createView(viewName, viewType);
var url = "/_api/view/testView";

var response = logCurlRequest('GET', url);
assert(response.code === 200);

logJsonResponse(response);

db._dropView("testView");

@END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_RUN @endDocuBlock