*REST API › Endpoint reference › Operations › Staff*

# Get a staff member

> Returns a staff member by its identifier.

The projection is the same as the listing, and that is deliberate: the internal record carries personal and employment data —emergency contact, contract type and hours, internal and external cost, platform role— that is not published to an integrator. This operation exists to resolve an identifier without paginating the whole listing, not to widen what is seen of a person.

`GET /api/v1/staff/{staffId}` — scope `staff:read`

Scope: `staff:read` · 120/min · Strict tenancy · If-None-Match · MCP: `filmo_staff_get`

## Authorizations

Bearer API key with the scope below. `staff:read`

## Headers

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `If-None-Match` | string | No | Conditional read: the `ETag` of the copy you already have. If the resource has not changed, the response is `304` with no body. |

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `staffId` | string | Yes | Staff member identifier. |

## Request examples

*Get a staff member*

**cURL**

```bash
curl https://app.filmo.io/api/v1/staff/staf_8f2a1c \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $FILMO_API_KEY"
```

**Node.js**

```javascript
fetch('https://app.filmo.io/api/v1/staff/staf_8f2a1c', {
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer YOUR_FILMO_API_KEY'
  }
})
```

**Python**

```python
import requests

requests.get(
    "https://app.filmo.io/api/v1/staff/staf_8f2a1c",
    headers={
      "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_FILMO_API_KEY"
    }
)
```

## Response

Response schema: `StaffMemberDto`

| Status | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 200 | Successful response. |
| 304 | Not modified: the `If-None-Match` sent matches the current `ETag`. No body; the copy you have is current. |
| 401 | Authentication failed (unauthorized, api_key_invalid, api_key_revoked, api_key_expired, api_key_owner_inactive, api_key_owner_not_admin). |
| 403 | Not allowed (insufficient_scope: the API key does not have the required scope, named in `requiredScope`; forbidden: the owner of the key lacks the permission the operation requires). `insufficient_scope` is answered before the request counts against the rate limit, so it carries no `RateLimit-*` headers; `forbidden` does. |
| 404 | Resource not found (not_found): it does not exist or is outside the scope of the API key. |
| 429 | Rate limit exceeded (rate_limited): retry after `Retry-After` seconds; `RateLimit-*` says which quota ran out. |
| 500 | Internal error (internal_error). |

**200**

| Name | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `data` | object | Staff member, with the minimum projection needed for planning. Does NOT include contact, identity, employment or platform access data: see the resource documentation. |
| `data.id` | string | Unique staff member identifier. |
| `data.fullName` | string | Full name. |
| `data.staffType` | string | Staff member type. `employee`, `freelancer`, `contractor` |
| `data.collectionId` | string | Identifier of the collection it belongs to; null if it is in none. |
| `data.collectionName` | string | Collection path it belongs to; null if not applicable. |
| `data.hasDrivingLicense` | boolean | true if they hold a driving licence. |
| `data.showInPlanner` | boolean | true if they appear in the planner of the account. |
| `data.externalRef` | string | External reference for matching with third-party systems; null if it has none. |
| `data.createdAt` | string<date-time> | Creation date in ISO 8601 UTC; null if not recorded. |
| `data.updatedAt` | string<date-time> | Last modification date in ISO 8601 UTC; null if not recorded. |
| `meta` | object | Additional information about the response. |
| `meta.warnings` | object[] | Lifecycle warnings; present only when the operation is deprecated. |
| `meta.warnings.code` | string | Stable warning code. `deprecated` |
| `meta.warnings.message` | string | For people: what is deprecated, until when, and what to use. |
| `meta.warnings.sunset` | string | Day (YYYY-MM-DD) the operation stops being served. |
| `meta.warnings.replacement` | string | `operationId` of the operation to use instead, or null if there is none. |
| `meta.warnings.link` | string | Where the deprecation is documented (the changelog). |

*Example response · 200*

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "staff_member_9f3a2b",
    "fullName": "Example full name",
    "staffType": "employee",
    "collectionId": "collection_9f3a2b",
    "collectionName": "Example collection name",
    "hasDrivingLicense": true,
    "showInPlanner": true,
    "externalRef": "Example external ref",
    "createdAt": "2026-09-01T08:00:00.000Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-09-01T08:00:00.000Z"
  }
}
```

304: No body.

## Errors

| Status | Codes | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 404 | `not_found` | It does not exist or is outside the scope of the API key. |

## Deprecation

This operation is not deprecated. Deprecations are announced with a Deprecation header and a sunset date.

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Canonical URL: https://docs.filmo.io/rest-api/endpoint-reference/staff/get-a-staff-member  
Last updated: 2026-10-25