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# conversation.item.retrieve

Requests a conversation item by id. The server responds with `conversation.item.retrieved` if the item exists.

## Event fields

<ParamField body="event_id" type="string">
  Client-generated id for this event.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="type" type="string" required>
  Event type. Must be `conversation.item.retrieve`.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="item_id" type="string" required>
  Identifier of the conversation item to retrieve.
</ParamField>

<RequestExample>
  ```json conversation.item.retrieve theme={null}
  {
    "event_id": "evt_item_retrieve_001",
    "type": "conversation.item.retrieve",
    "item_id": "item_001"
  }
  ```
</RequestExample>