> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# sentry event view

> View detailed information about a Sentry event

## Usage

```bash theme={null}
sentry event view [<org>/<project>] <event-id>
```

View detailed information about a Sentry event by its ID.

## Target Specification

```bash theme={null}
sentry event view <event-id>              # auto-detect from DSN or config
sentry event view <org>/<proj> <event-id> # explicit org and project
sentry event view <project> <event-id>    # find project across all orgs
```

You can also pass a Sentry event URL:

```bash theme={null}
sentry event view https://sentry.example.com/organizations/my-org/issues/123/events/abc/
```

## Flags

<ParamField path="--json" type="boolean" default="false">
  Output event data as JSON
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="--web" type="boolean" default="false">
  Open the event in your web browser instead of displaying in terminal

  **Alias:** `-w`
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="--spans" type="number" default="10">
  Number of spans to include in the output. Set to 0 or "no" to disable span tree display.

  When enabled, shows a hierarchical trace tree of spans associated with the event.
</ParamField>

## Examples

### View an event (auto-detect context)

```bash theme={null}
sentry event view abc123def456
```

### View event with explicit org/project

```bash theme={null}
sentry event view my-org/my-project abc123def456
```

### View event from URL

```bash theme={null}
sentry event view https://sentry.io/organizations/my-org/issues/123/events/abc123/
```

### Open event in browser

```bash theme={null}
sentry event view abc123def456 --web
```

### View event with more spans

```bash theme={null}
sentry event view abc123def456 --spans 50
```

### View event without span tree

```bash theme={null}
sentry event view abc123def456 --spans 0
```

### Output as JSON

```bash theme={null}
sentry event view abc123def456 --json
```

## Output

### Human-readable format

Displays:

* Event ID and timestamp
* Platform, environment, and release information
* Error message and type
* Tags
* User context (if available)
* Span tree (if `--spans` is enabled)

### JSON format

Returns the complete event object including:

* `event` - Full event data from Sentry API
* `trace` - Trace and span data (if `--spans` > 0)
  * `traceId` - Associated trace ID
  * `spans` - Array of span objects