# Generations
(*generations*)

## Overview

Generation history endpoints

### Available Operations

* [get_generation](#get_generation) - Get request & usage metadata for a generation

## get_generation

Get request & usage metadata for a generation

### Example Usage

<!-- UsageSnippet language="python" operationID="getGeneration" method="get" path="/generation" -->
```python
from openrouter import OpenRouter
import os


with OpenRouter(
    api_key=os.getenv("OPENROUTER_API_KEY", ""),
) as open_router:

    res = open_router.generations.get_generation(id="<id>")

    # Handle response
    print(res)

```

### Parameters

| Parameter                                                           | Type                                                                | Required                                                            | Description                                                         |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id`                                                                | *str*                                                               | :heavy_check_mark:                                                  | N/A                                                                 |
| `retries`                                                           | [Optional[utils.RetryConfig]](../../models/utils/retryconfig.md)    | :heavy_minus_sign:                                                  | Configuration to override the default retry behavior of the client. |

### Response

**[operations.GetGenerationResponse](../../operations/getgenerationresponse.md)**

### Errors

| Error Type                             | Status Code                            | Content Type                           |
| -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| errors.UnauthorizedResponseError       | 401                                    | application/json                       |
| errors.PaymentRequiredResponseError    | 402                                    | application/json                       |
| errors.NotFoundResponseError           | 404                                    | application/json                       |
| errors.TooManyRequestsResponseError    | 429                                    | application/json                       |
| errors.InternalServerResponseError     | 500                                    | application/json                       |
| errors.BadGatewayResponseError         | 502                                    | application/json                       |
| errors.EdgeNetworkTimeoutResponseError | 524                                    | application/json                       |
| errors.ProviderOverloadedResponseError | 529                                    | application/json                       |
| errors.OpenRouterDefaultError          | 4XX, 5XX                               | \*/\*                                  |