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# Get Account

GET https://api.coperniq.io/v1/accounts/{account_id}

Retrieve a specific account by ID. `parentAccountId` is set when the account is a sub-account.

**Note:** The `/clients` path is an alias for `/accounts` and will continue to work until users are individually notified and migrated.


Reference: https://docs.coperniq.io/api-reference/accounts/get-account

## Authentication

- `x-api-key` header (required) — API Key authentication via header

## Request

### Path parameters

- `account_id` (integer, required) — Account identifier

### Query parameters

- `include_virtual_properties` (boolean, optional, default: false) — Whether to include virtual properties in the response. Defaults to false unless explicitly set to true.
- `include_contacts` (boolean, optional, default: false) — Whether to include associated contacts in the response. Defaults to false unless explicitly set to true.
- `include_archived` (boolean, optional, default: false) — Whether to include archived (inactive) records in the response. By default only active records are returned.

## Response

### 200

Account details

- `id` (integer, optional) — Unique identifier
- `createdAt` (string, optional) — Creation timestamp
- `updatedAt` (string, optional) — Timestamp of the most recent update to the record, including changes to its custom property values.
- `title` (string, optional) — Record title/name
- `description` (string, optional, nullable) — Record description
- `address` (list of string, optional) — Record location/address
- `isActive` (boolean, optional) — Whether the record is active
- `primaryEmail` (string, optional, nullable) — Primary contact email
- `primaryPhone` (string, optional, nullable) — Primary contact phone
- `number` (integer, optional) — Record number (e.g., 1234)
- `createdBy` (UserSummary, optional, nullable) — User who created the record. Null when the record was created by a non-user actor (e.g. automation or a contact).
- `updatedBy` (UserSummary, optional, nullable) — User who last edited a field on the record, derived from the changelog. Null when the record has never been edited or the last edit was made by a non-user actor. Returned by single-record GET only; list and search responses omit it.
- `custom` (map from string to any, optional) — Custom fields
- `accountType` (enum, optional, nullable) — Type of account (residential or commercial)
  - Allowed values: `RESIDENTIAL`, `COMMERCIAL`
- `contacts` (list of ContactRef, optional) — On GET requests, only populated when include_contacts=true is passed. Always populated on POST (create) and PATCH (update) responses. Ordered with the primary contact first, capped at 20 contacts.
- `parentAccountId` (integer, optional, nullable) — ID of the parent account when this account is a sub-account, otherwise null. Sub-accounts nest 1 level deep: a parent account is always a top-level account.

## Errors

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Authentication failed

- `message` (string, optional)
- `code` (enum, optional)
  - Allowed values: `NOT_FOUND`

### 404 Not Found Error

Resource not found

- `message` (string, optional)
- `code` (enum, optional)
  - Allowed values: `NOT_FOUND`

## Types

### UserSummary

Minimal user representation used in responses

- `id` (integer, optional)
- `firstName` (string, optional, nullable)
- `lastName` (string, optional, nullable)
- `email` (string, optional, nullable)
- `avatarUrl` (string, optional, nullable)

### ContactRef

- `id` (integer, optional)
- `name` (string, optional)
- `title` (string, optional, nullable) — Contact title (e.g. job title)
- `description` (string, optional, nullable)
- `emails` (list of string, optional)
- `phones` (list of string, optional)
- `isPrimary` (boolean, optional) — True for the primary contact (the first contact in the list). At most one contact is primary.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": 1,
  "createdAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "updatedAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "title": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "address": [
    "string"
  ],
  "isActive": true,
  "primaryEmail": "string",
  "primaryPhone": "string",
  "number": 1,
  "createdBy": {
    "id": 1,
    "firstName": "string",
    "lastName": "string",
    "email": "string",
    "avatarUrl": "string"
  },
  "updatedBy": {
    "id": 1,
    "firstName": "string",
    "lastName": "string",
    "email": "string",
    "avatarUrl": "string"
  },
  "custom": {},
  "accountType": "RESIDENTIAL",
  "contacts": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "string",
      "title": "string",
      "description": "string",
      "emails": [
        "string"
      ],
      "phones": [
        "string"
      ],
      "isPrimary": true
    }
  ],
  "parentAccountId": 123456
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.coperniq.io/v1/accounts/1"

headers = {"x-api-key": "<apiKey>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.coperniq.io/v1/accounts/1';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': '<apiKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.coperniq.io/v1/accounts/1"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<apiKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.coperniq.io/v1/accounts/1")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<apiKey>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.coperniq.io/v1/accounts/1")
  .header("x-api-key", "<apiKey>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.coperniq.io/v1/accounts/1', [
  'headers' => [
    'x-api-key' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.coperniq.io/v1/accounts/1");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("x-api-key", "<apiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["x-api-key": "<apiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.coperniq.io/v1/accounts/1")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```