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# Get the editor interface

GET https://api.contentful.com/spaces/{space_id}/environments/{environment_id}/content_types/{content_type_id}/editor_interface

Reference: https://contentful.com/developers/docs/references/content-management-api/editor-interface/get-the-editor-interface

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `space_id` (string, required) — ID of the space in form of a string
- `environment_id` (string, required) — ID of the environment in form of a string
- `content_type_id` (string, required) — ID of the content type in form of a string

## Response

### 200

OK - Request successful

- `map from string to any`

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "controls": [
    {
      "fieldId": "name",
      "settings": {},
      "widgetId": "singleLine",
      "widgetNamespace": "builtin"
    }
  ],
  "sidebar": [
    {
      "disabled": false,
      "settings": {},
      "widgetId": "someuiextension",
      "widgetNamespace": "extension"
    }
  ],
  "sys": {
    "contentType": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "hfM9RCJIk0wIm06WkEOQY",
        "linkType": "ContentType",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    },
    "id": "default",
    "type": "Editor Interface"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```android Android
// Create the Contentful client.
final CMAClient client =
    new CMAClient
        .Builder()
        .setAccessToken("<access_token>")
        .setSpaceId("<space_id>")
        .setEnvironmentId("<environment_id>")
        .build();

client
    .editorInterfaces()
    .async()
    .fetchOne(
        "<content_type_id>",
        new CMACallback<CMAEditorInterface>() {
          @Override protected void onSuccess(CMAEditorInterface result) {
            new AlertDialog.Builder(context)
                .setTitle("Contentful")
                .setMessage("Successfully fetched the editor interface." +
                    "\n\nResult: " + result)
                .show();
          }

          @Override protected void onFailure(RuntimeException exception) {
            // An error occurred! Inform the user.
            new AlertDialog.Builder(context)
                .setTitle("Contentful Error")
                .setMessage("Could not fetch the editor interface." +
                    "\n\nReason: " + exception.toString())
                .show();

            super.onFailure(exception);
          }
        }
    );
```

```java Java
// Create the Contentful client.
final CMAClient client =
    new CMAClient
        .Builder()
        .setAccessToken("<access_token>")
        .setSpaceId("<space_id>")
        .setEnvironmentId("<environment_id>")
        .build();

final CMAEditorInterface result = client
    .editorInterfaces()
    .fetchOne("<content_type_id>");
```

```kotlin Kotlin
// Create the Contentful client.
val client = CMAClient.Builder()
    .setAccessToken("<access_token>")
    .setSpaceId("<space_id>")
    .setEnvironmentId("<environment_id>")
    .build()

val result = client
        .editorInterfaces()
        .fetchOne("<content_type_id>")
```

```swift Swift
We currently don't provide a CMA SDK for this platform.
```

```js-legacy JavaScript (legacy)
import { createClient } from 'contentful-management'

const client = createClient({
  accessToken: '<content_management_api_key>'
}, { type: 'legacy' })

client.getSpace('<space_id>')
.then((space) => space.getEnvironment('<environment_id>'))
.then((environment) => environment.getEditorInterfaceForContentType('<content_type_id>'))
.then((editorInterface) => console.log(editorInterface))
.catch(console.error)
```

```javascript JavaScript
import { createClient } from 'contentful-management'

// Client init
const client = contentful.createClient({
  accessToken: '<content_management_api_key>'
})

client.editorInterface.get({
    spaceId: '<space_id>',
    environmentId: '<environment_id>',
    contentTypeId: '<content_type_id>',
})
.then((editorInterface) => { console.log(editorInterface) });
.catch(console.error)
```

```php PHP
$client = new \Contentful\Management\Client('<content_management_api_key>');

$environment = $client->getEnvironmentProxy('<space_id>', '<environment_id>');

$editorInterface = $environment->getEditorInterface('<content_type_id>');
```

```ruby Ruby
require 'contentful/management'

client = Contentful::Management::Client.new('<content_management_api_key>')

editor_interface = client.editor_interfaces('<space_id>', '<environment_id>', '<content_type_id>').default
```

```python Python
from contentful_management import Client

client = Client('<content_management_api_key>')

editor_interface = client.editor_interfaces('<space_id>', '<environment_id>', '<content_type_id>').find()
```

```.net .NET
// This client should only be created once per application.
var httpClient = new HttpClient();

var client = new ContentfulManagementClient(httpClient, "<content_management_api_key>", "<space_id>");

var editorInterface = await client.GetEditorInterface("<content_type_id>");
```