# #boards

Querying `boards` will return the metadata for one or a collection of boards.

### Basic usage

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}
```ruby
client = Monday::Client.new(token: <AUTH_TOKEN>)

response = client.boards

puts response.body
```
{% endcode %}

This will return the boards' ID, name and description fields by default.

The response body from the above query would be as follows:

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}
```json
{
  "data": {
    "boards": [
      {
        "id": "4691485686",
        "name": "Your first board",
        "description": "Add your board's description here"
      }
    ]
  },
 "account_id": 123
}
```
{% endcode %}

### Filtering board

This method accepts various arguments to filter down the boards. You can find the complete list of arguments [here](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/docs/boards#arguments).

You can pass these filters using the `args` option.

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}
```ruby
client = Monday::Client.new(token: <AUTH_TOKEN>)

args = {
  board_kind: "private",
}
response = client.boards(args: args)

puts response.body
```
{% endcode %}

This will filter and return the boards that are private on the account.

### Customizing fields to retrieve

You can customize the fields to retrieve by passing in the `select` option and listing all the fields you need to retrieve as an array.

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}
```ruby
client = Monday::Client.new(token: <AUTH_TOKEN>)

select = %w[id name description items_count permissions]
response = client.boards(select: select)

puts response.body
```
{% endcode %}

### Retrieving nested fields

Some fields have nested attributes, and you need to specify the attributes to retrieve that field; else, the API will respond with an error. For example, the field `creator` is of type `User` and expects you to pass the attributes from `User` that you want to retrieve for `creator`.

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}
```ruby
client = Monday::Client.new(token: <AUTH_TOKEN>)

select = [
  "id",
  "name",
  {
    creator: %w[id name email is_admin]
  }
]

response = client.boards(select: select)

puts response.body
```
{% endcode %}

You can find the list of all the available fields for boards [here](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/docs/board-view-queries#fields).