Get ancestor chain for a node
/api/v1/nodes/{id}/ancestorsAuthentication
- Bearer Token
AuthorizationJWT access token
- API Key
X-API-KeyAPI key for management-tier access
Path Parameters
| Name | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
id | string |
Code samples
curl -X GET "https://api.canopy.dev/api/v1/nodes/value/ancestors" \ -H "X-API-Key: $CANOPY_API_KEY"
const response = await fetch("https://api.canopy.dev/api/v1/nodes/value/ancestors", {
method: "GET",
headers: {
"X-API-Key": "$CANOPY_API_KEY"
},
});
const data = await response.json();import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://api.canopy.dev/api/v1/nodes/value/ancestors",
headers={
"X-API-Key": "$CANOPY_API_KEY"
},
)
data = response.json()package main
import (
"net/http"
)
func main() {
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.canopy.dev/api/v1/nodes/value/ancestors", nil)
req.Header.Set("X-API-Key", "$CANOPY_API_KEY")
resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
}Responses
200 Ancestors returned root-first
{
"items": [
{
"id": "string",
"application_id": "string",
"parent_node_id": "string",
"node_type": "string",
"name": "string",
"slug": "string",
"status": "string",
"metadata": {},
"created_at": "2026-04-20T12:00:00.000Z",
"updated_at": "2026-04-20T12:00:00.000Z",
"version": 0
}
]
}application/json
itemsNodeResponseDto[]
401 Invalid or expired token
403 This token is not authorized for this endpoint (wrong principal type — e.g., admin token on identity-only endpoint, or vice versa)