Retrieving the latest revision — FOSSA Docs Docs Search docs... ⌘K Docs API CLI Glossary Launch App User Guides Product Guides Get Started Project Setup Release Groups Issues Licenses Vulnerabilities Quality SBOM Policies Reports FOSSA CLI API Reference Introduction to the FOSSA API Authentication Errors Webhook Notifications CPE Lookup API Usage examples Managing issues Managing users and teams Initiating a binary scan Generating reports Creating Jira tickets Downloading attribution reports Modifying release groups Retrieving the latest revision Rotating access tokens Endpoint Reference Integrations fossabot Organization Management On-Premises Deployment Help & Support Legal Get Support fossa.com On this page * Overview * Listing a project's branches * Reading the response On this page Docs API Reference Usage examples Retrieving the latest revision Retrieving the latest revision Retrieve the latest revision for each branch of a project via the API. 1 min read Updated Aug 26, 2026 Copy link Overview This recipe shows how to retrieve the latest revision for each branch of a project . Listing a project's branches Send a GET request to the project endpoint with ref_type=branch : Shell Copy curl --request GET \ --url 'https://app.fossa.com/api/projects/<project-locator>?ref_type=branch' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' Note URL-encode the project locator , for example, custom+1234/example becomes custom%2B1234%2Fexample . Reading the response The response includes a references array. Each entry describes a branch and points to its latest revision: Field Description id The reference ID. type The reference type (e.g. branch ). name The branch name. revision_id The locator of the latest revision on that branch. project_id The project locator. Use the revision_id value wherever a revision locator is required, for example, when downloading attribution reports or modifying release groups . Previous Modifying release groups Next Rotating access tokens © 2026 FOSSA, Inc. [email protected]