# Get Scene — Excalidraw

> Returns metadata for a specific Excalidraw scene, and optionally its full drawing content (elements JSON). Use this when the user asks to view, inspect, or read a specific scene. Use List Scenes first to find the scene ID by name. Set…

- Key: `excalidraw-get-scene`
- Type: Action (Read-only)
- Version: 0.0.2
- App: Excalidraw (`excalidraw`) — https://pipedream.com/apps/excalidraw.md
- This page (HTML): https://pipedream.com/apps/excalidraw/actions/get-scene
- Hints: read-only · open-world
- Source: https://github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedream/blob/master/components/excalidraw/actions/get-scene/get-scene.mjs

## Description

Returns metadata for a specific Excalidraw scene, and optionally its full drawing content (elements JSON). Use this when the user asks to view, inspect, or read a specific scene. Use **List Scenes** first to find the scene ID by name. Set `includeContent` to true only when the user explicitly asks for the drawing data — the content can be large. [See the documentation](https://plus.excalidraw.com/docs/api/scenes/sceneId-content-get)

## Props

| Prop | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `sceneId` | `string` | Yes | The unique identifier of the scene. Use List Scenes to find scene IDs. Example: 4towcktqVl9. |
| `includeContent` | `boolean` | No | When true, also fetches the scene's drawing elements (the full canvas JSON). Only set this when the user explicitly asks for the drawing content. |

## Run it

**MCP**

```ts
import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js"
import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js"
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const accessToken = await pd.rawAccessToken

const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "excalidraw",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "excalidraw-get-scene",
  arguments: {
    sceneId: "Scene ID",
    includeContent: true,
  },
})
```

**TypeScript**

```ts
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "excalidraw-get-scene",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    excalidraw: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    sceneId: "Scene ID",
    includeContent: true,
  },
})

console.log(result)
```

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -d '{
    "external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
    "id": "excalidraw-get-scene",
    "configured_props": {
      "excalidraw": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
      "sceneId": "Scene ID",
      "includeContent": true
    }
  }'
```

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