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# kosli get approval

> Get an approval from a specified flow.

<Warning>
  **kosli get approval** is deprecated. this command is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.  Deprecated commands will be removed in a future release.
</Warning>

## Synopsis

```shell theme={"theme":"dracula","languages":{"custom":["/languages/rego.json"]}}
kosli get approval EXPRESSION [flags]
```

Get an approval from a specified flow.
EXPRESSION can be specified as follows:

* flowName
  * the latest approval to flowName, at the time of the request
  * e.g., **creator**
* flowName#N
  * the Nth approval, counting from 1
  * e.g., **creator#453**
* flowName\~N
  * the Nth approval behind the latest, at the time of the request
  * e.g., **creator\~56**

## Flags

| Flag                    | Description                                                                                 |
| :---------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `-h`, `--help`          | help for approval                                                                           |
| `-o`, `--output` string | \[defaulted] The format of the output. Valid formats are: \[table, json]. (default "table") |

## Flags inherited from parent commands

| Flag                          | Description                                                                                                                                             |
| :---------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `-a`, `--api-token` string    | The Kosli API token.                                                                                                                                    |
| `-c`, `--config-file` string  | \[optional] The Kosli config file path. (default "kosli")                                                                                               |
| `--debug`                     | \[optional] Print debug logs to stdout.                                                                                                                 |
| `-H`, `--host` string         | \[defaulted] The Kosli endpoint. (default "[https://app.kosli.com](https://app.kosli.com)")                                                             |
| `--http-proxy` string         | \[optional] The HTTP proxy URL including protocol and port number. e.g. `http://proxy-server-ip:proxy-port`                                             |
| `-r`, `--max-api-retries` int | \[defaulted] How many times should API calls be retried when the API host is not reachable. (default 3)                                                 |
| `--org` string                | The Kosli organization.                                                                                                                                 |
| `-q`, `--quiet`               | \[optional] Suppress non-critical warning messages. Errors and normal output are not affected. If both `--quiet` and `--debug` are set, `--debug` wins. |

## Examples Use Cases

These examples all assume that the flags  `--api-token`, `--org`, `--host`, (and `--flow`, `--trail` when required), are [set/provided](/getting_started/install/#assigning-flags-via-environment-variables).

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="get second behind the latest approval from a flow">
    ```shell theme={"theme":"dracula","languages":{"custom":["/languages/rego.json"]}}
    kosli get approval flowName~1 

    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="get the 10th approval from a flow">
    ```shell theme={"theme":"dracula","languages":{"custom":["/languages/rego.json"]}}
    kosli get approval flowName#10 

    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="get the latest approval from a flow">
    ```shell theme={"theme":"dracula","languages":{"custom":["/languages/rego.json"]}}
    kosli get approval flowName 
    ```
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>