---
name: "view_get"
area: "views"
title: "Read a saved dashboard"
price: "free"
method: "POST"
url: "https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/view_get"
mcp_server: "https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/views"
auth: "Authorization: Bearer <conecto_sk_ key>"
docs_url: "https://conecto.chat/tools/views/view_get"
---

# Read a saved dashboard (`view_get`)

A saved page with all its blocks, to change part of it.

A saved view with all its blocks, to change part of it.

Price: Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month for the whole account, then $0.50 per 10,000 reads. A call that fails costs nothing.

## Use it when

Before updating one part of a saved dashboard.

## Say this to your agent

> What's on the weekly sales dashboard right now?

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Description | Allowed values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | string | yes | The saved view's name, like weekly-sales. 1 to 80 characters. |  |  |

## Example

Written for Halverson Cycle & Repair, a bike shop with a repair workshop in Portland, Oregon.

MCP: call `view_get` on the MCP server `https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/views` with these arguments:

```json
{
  "name": "weekly-sales"
}
```

REST:

```bash
curl https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/view_get \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONECTO_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "weekly-sales"}'
```

## Response

```json
{
  "call_id": "5f0c8a2e-3b7d-4c1e-9a64-2d8e1f7b0c93",
  "tool": "view_get",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "replayed": false,
  "cost_usd": "$0.00",
  "balance_usd": "$19.75",
  "result": {
    "view": {
      "name": "weekly-sales",
      "title": "Sales this week",
      "subtitle": "Week of October 5",
      "blocks": [
        {
          "type": "metrics",
          "items": [
            {
              "label": "Revenue",
              "format": "currency",
              "currency": "USD",
              "value": 14620,
              "change": 12.4,
              "better": "up"
            },
            {
              "label": "Orders",
              "format": "number",
              "value": 41
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "chart",
          "title": "Orders a day",
          "kind": "bar",
          "format": "number",
          "labels": [
            "Mon",
            "Tue"
          ],
          "series": [
            {
              "name": "Orders",
              "values": [
                4,
                5
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "saved": true,
      "created_at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00",
      "updated_at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00"
    }
  }
}
```

`result`: view: its name, title, subtitle, dates and blocks.

## Errors

| Code | Status | When | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| `not_found` | 404 | No saved page has that name. | Call view_list for the names. |
| `invalid_input` | 400 | The name is not lowercase letters, digits and dashes. | Use a name like weekly-sales. |

The refusals every tool can give (401 key, 402 balance, 429 limits) are on the errors page: https://conecto.chat/docs/errors.md

## Related

- [view_show](https://conecto.chat/tools/views/view_show.md): Draws numbers, charts, bars, tables, lists and text on one page, with a link to it that opens once, for a person to look at. $0.01 a call.
- [view_save](https://conecto.chat/tools/views/view_save.md): Keeps a page under a name, like the weekly dashboard, and replaces what it shows on each call. $0.01 a call.
- [view_link](https://conecto.chat/tools/views/view_link.md): A one-time link to a saved page as it is now, for one person. Free.
- [view_send_link](https://conecto.chat/tools/views/view_send_link.md): Emails each person, and posts to each channel, their own one-time link to a saved page as it is now. $0.02 per email, $0.005 per channel, up to $0.225.
- [view_list](https://conecto.chat/tools/views/view_list.md): The saved pages, most recently changed first. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [view_delete](https://conecto.chat/tools/views/view_delete.md): Deletes a saved page; its links stop working. Free.