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# Read a computer initialization attempt

GET https://api.athenaintel.com/api/v0/computer/{asset_id}/initialization

Read the existing computer's durable initialization progress after creation. Requires current workspace membership and asset VIEW access. This read never starts, wakes, retries, or extends an initialization. A null response means no durable attempt exists for this legacy computer; it does not mean setup succeeded. The attempt ID and deadline remain stable across reconnects.

Reference: https://docs.athenaintel.com/api-reference/computer/get-initialization

## Authentication

- `X-API-KEY` header (required) — API Key authentication via header

## Request

### Path parameters

- `asset_id` (string, required)

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `attempt_id` (string, required)
- `deadline_at` (datetime, required)
- `last_progress_at` (datetime, required)
- `phase` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `queued`, `preparing`, `allocating`, `waiting_for_runtime`, `importing_snapshot`, `verifying_snapshot`, `booting_vm`, `initializing_environment`, `attaching_storage`, `configuring_resources`, `running_setup`, `starting_agent`, `checking_readiness`, `complete`
- `phase_started_at` (datetime, required)
- `revision` (integer, required)
- `started_at` (datetime, required)
- `state` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `queued`, `running`, `recovery_required`, `failed`, `cancelled`, `succeeded`
- `updated_at` (datetime, required)
- `finished_at` (datetime, optional, nullable)
- `poll_after_ms` (integer, optional, default: 2000)
- `reason` (enum, optional, nullable)
  - Allowed values: `deadline_exceeded`, `authorization_changed`, `inputs_changed`, `runtime_changed`, `dispatch_unconfirmed`, `execution_unconfirmed`, `execution_failed`, `worker_unavailable`, `cancelled`
- `recipe_stage` (enum, optional, nullable)
  - Allowed values: `base_template`, `environment_seed`, `environment_initialize`, `environment_maintenance`, `service_configuration`
- `snapshot_import` (SnapshotImportProgress, optional, nullable) — Compressed input and expanded output are different byte populations.
- `step_count` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `step_index` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `version` (integer, optional, default: 1)

## Errors

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `message` (string, required)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `map from string to any`

### 404 Not Found Error

Not Found

- `message` (string, required)

### 409 Conflict Error

Conflict

- `map from string to any`

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation Error

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional)

## Types

### SnapshotImportProgress

Compressed input and expanded output are different byte populations.

- `bytes_received` (integer, required)
- `started_at` (datetime, required)
- `unpacked_bytes` (integer, required)
- `updated_at` (datetime, required)
- `total_bytes` (integer, optional, nullable)

### ValidationError

- `loc` (list of ValidationErrorLocItems, required)
- `msg` (string, required)
- `type` (string, required)
- `ctx` (ValidationErrorCtx, optional)
- `input` (any, optional)

### ValidationErrorLocItems

- string
- integer

### ValidationErrorCtx

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "attempt_id": "string",
  "deadline_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "last_progress_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "phase": "queued",
  "phase_started_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "revision": 1,
  "started_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "state": "queued",
  "updated_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "finished_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "poll_after_ms": 2000,
  "reason": "deadline_exceeded",
  "recipe_stage": "base_template",
  "snapshot_import": {
    "bytes_received": 1,
    "started_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    "unpacked_bytes": 1,
    "updated_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    "total_bytes": 1
  },
  "step_count": 1,
  "step_index": 1,
  "version": 1
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.athenaintel.com/api/v0/computer/asset_id/initialization"

headers = {"X-API-KEY": "<apiKey>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.athenaintel.com/api/v0/computer/asset_id/initialization';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-KEY': '<apiKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.athenaintel.com/api/v0/computer/asset_id/initialization"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-KEY", "<apiKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.athenaintel.com/api/v0/computer/asset_id/initialization")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-API-KEY"] = '<apiKey>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.athenaintel.com/api/v0/computer/asset_id/initialization")
  .header("X-API-KEY", "<apiKey>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.athenaintel.com/api/v0/computer/asset_id/initialization', [
  'headers' => [
    'X-API-KEY' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.athenaintel.com/api/v0/computer/asset_id/initialization");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("X-API-KEY", "<apiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["X-API-KEY": "<apiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.athenaintel.com/api/v0/computer/asset_id/initialization")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

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

dataTask.resume()
```