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

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# Get stream ID
Get the unique ID of a given stream.
`GET {{ api_url }}/v1/get_stream_id`
## Usage examples
<div class="code-section" markdown="1">
<ul class="nav">
<li data-language="python">Python</li>
<li data-language="javascript">JavaScript</li>
<li data-language="curl">curl</li>
</ul>
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<div data-language="curl" markdown="1">
```
curl {{ api_url }}/v1/get_stream_id?stream=Denmark \
-u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY
```
</div>
<div data-language="python" markdown="1">
{generate_code_example(python)|get-stream-id|example}
</div>
<div data-language="javascript" markdown="1">
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);
});
```
</div>
</div>
</div>
## Arguments
**Note**: The following arguments are all URL query parameters.
{generate_api_arguments_table|arguments.json|get-stream-id.md}
## 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|fixture}
An example JSON response for when the supplied stream does not exist:
{generate_code_example|invalid-stream-error|fixture}