Retrieving Stories in a Particular Language

Using the language parameter, it is possible to request translated versions of a single or multiple stories. Any language and its correlating i18n code defined in the Storyblok space is a possible value.

• language=es-co: Returns the Spanish (Colombian) version(s) of a single or multiple stories.
• language=de: Returns the German version(s) of a single or multiple stories.

Example Request and Response

The following example demonstrates how to receive the German version of a single story.

cURL

curl "https://api.storyblok.com/v2/cdn/stories/articles/earths-symphony-navigating-wonders-challenges-blue-oasis?language=de&token=krcV6QGxWORpYLUWt12xKQtt&version=published"

JS client

// Using the Universal JavaScript Client:
// https://github.com/storyblok/storyblok-js-client
Storyblok.get('cdn/stories/articles/earths-symphony-navigating-wonders-challenges-blue-oasis', {
  "language": "de",
  "version": "published"
})
  .then(response => {
    console.log(response)
  }).catch(error => {
    console.log(error)
  })

PHP client

$client = new \Storyblok\Client('YOUR_STORYBLOK_SPACE_ACCESS_TOKEN');

$client->getStoryBySlug('articles/earths-symphony-navigating-wonders-challenges-blue-oasis', [
  "language" => "de",
  "version" => "published"
])->getBody();

Java

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.storyblok.com/v2/cdn/stories/articles/earths-symphony-navigating-wonders-challenges-blue-oasis?language=de&token=krcV6QGxWORpYLUWt12xKQtt&version=published")
  .asString();

C#

var client = new RestClient("https://api.storyblok.com/v2/cdn/stories/articles/earths-symphony-navigating-wonders-challenges-blue-oasis?language=de&token=krcV6QGxWORpYLUWt12xKQtt&version=published");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);

IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.storyblok.com/v2/cdn/stories/articles/earths-symphony-navigating-wonders-challenges-blue-oasis"

querystring = {"language":"de","token":"krcV6QGxWORpYLUWt12xKQtt","version":"published"}

payload = ""
headers = {}

response = requests.request("GET", url, data=payload, headers=headers, params=querystring)

print(response.text)

Ruby

require 'storyblok'
client = Storyblok::Client.new(token: 'YOUR_TOKEN')

client.story('articles/earths-symphony-navigating-wonders-challenges-blue-oasis', {:params => {
  "language" => "de",
  "version" => "published"
}})

Swift

import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.storyblok.com/v2/cdn/stories/articles/earths-symphony-navigating-wonders-challenges-blue-oasis?language=de&token=krcV6QGxWORpYLUWt12xKQtt&version=published")! as URL, cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy, timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.method = "GET"

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()

Response

{
  "story": {
    "name": "Earth's Symphony: Navigating the Wonders and Challenges of Our Blue Oasis",
    "created_at": "2024-02-16T14:22:09.108Z",
    "published_at": "2024-03-21T16:48:09.206Z",
    "id": 444996765,
    "uuid": "660452d2-1a68-4493-b5b6-2f03b6fa722b",
    "content": {
      "_uid": "6bdf037c-f713-415c-a26a-8a9cfc926c85",
      "image": {
        "id": 14114772,
        "alt": "",
        "name": "",
        "focus": "",
        "title": "",
        "source": "",
        "filename": "https://a.storyblok.com/f/276232/2560x1946/ee938cf736/earth.jpg",
        "copyright": "",
        "fieldtype": "asset",
        "meta_data": {},
        "is_private": "",
        "is_external_url": false
      },
      "author": "51eed33d-855f-415c-ac0d-4404e03b89e1",
      "topics": ["solar-system"],
      "content": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.",
      "headline": "Die Symphonie der Erde: Die Wunder und Herausforderungen unserer blauen Oase",
      "component": "article",
      "scheduled": "2023-10-01 15:00",
      "categories": ["45d968b6-5790-4fbb-aa41-5781b8edde51", "d8e48716-0ecf-4059-b568-343bf54e4128"],
      "highlighted": false
    },
    "slug": "earths-symphony-navigating-wonders-challenges-blue-oasis",
    "full_slug": "de/articles/earths-symphony-navigating-wonders-challenges-blue-oasis",
    "sort_by_date": null,
    "position": 0,
    "tag_list": ["Editor's Choice", "Featured"],
    "is_startpage": false,
    "parent_id": 444991588,
    "meta_data": null,
    "group_id": "8d99d18d-5c97-42cd-a646-51e0c553f26a",
    "first_published_at": "2024-02-16T14:30:11.990Z",
    "release_id": null,
    "lang": "de",
    "path": null,
    "alternates": [],
    "default_full_slug": null,
    "translated_slugs": null
  },
  "cv": 1711108220,
  "rels": [],
  "links": []
}