GET/markets/{id}/description

Get market description by id

Base URL: https://gamma-api.polymarket.com
Auth: Public, no key
Rate limit: 300 req / 10s (30 per second)
Limit applies to: /markets

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
id	path	integer	yes

Example

curl -X GET "https://gamma-api.polymarket.com/markets/<id>/description"

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
description	string

Responses

Status	Meaning
200	Market description
404	Not found

Related endpoints

GET /markets Gamma API
GET /markets/{id} Gamma API
GET /markets/{id}/tags Gamma API
GET /markets/slug/{slug} Gamma API
POST /markets/information Gamma API
POST /markets/abridged Gamma API

Polymarket's API serves current state only, so it cannot show what a market's book looked like after it resolved. PolyTest records Up/Down markets while they run and keeps the snapshots. Try it free, or read the full rate limit reference.

From Polymarket's published OpenAPI spec and rate-limit tables, synced 2026-10-04.