zulip/templates/zerver/api/get-stream-id.md

# Get stream ID

Get the unique ID of a given stream.

`GET {{ api_url }}/v1/get_stream_id`

## Usage examples

{start_tabs}
{tab|python}

{generate_code_example(python)|/get_stream_id:get|example}

{tab|js}

More examples and documentation can be found [here](https://github.com/zulip/zulip-js).
```js
const zulip = require('zulip-js');

// Download zuliprc-dev from your dev server
const config = {
    zuliprc: 'zuliprc-dev',
};

zulip(config).then((client) => {
    // Get the ID of a given stream
    client.streams.getStreamId('Denmark').then(console.log);
});
```

{tab|curl}

```
curl {{ api_url }}/v1/get_stream_id?stream=Denmark \
    -u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY
```

{end_tabs}

## Arguments

**Note**: The following arguments are all URL query parameters.

{generate_api_arguments_table|zulip.yaml|/get_stream_id:get}

## Response

#### Return values

* `stream_id`: The ID of the given stream.

#### Example response

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{generate_code_example|/get_stream_id:get|fixture(200)}

An example JSON response for when the supplied stream does not exist:

{generate_code_example|/get_stream_id:get|fixture(400)}