# Get single item by unique key
- Operation ID: `getItemDetailByKey`
- HTTP method: `GET`
- Path: `/catalogs/itemDetail`
- [Human-readable API reference](https://hub.synerise.com/api-reference/data-management#tag/Catalogs/operation/getItemDetailByKey)
## Self-contained OpenAPI method
The fenced document below contains this method's documentation and all of its local references. It is self-contained; no category or master specification fetch is required.
````yaml
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
title: Synerise Public API
version: 1.9.1
paths:
/catalogs/itemDetail:
get:
tags:
- Catalogs
summary: Get single item by unique key
description: |
Retrieve a single item from a catalog by using the value of the unique identifier (key) in the catalog. If you want to retrieve an item by its ID in the Synerise database, use [/bags/{catalogId}/items/{itemId}](#operation/getItem).
---
**API consumers:** Synerise User, Workspace (Business Profile)
**API key permission required:** `ITEMS_COLLECTOR_CATALOG_READ`
**User role permission required:** `assets_catalogs: read`
operationId: getItemDetailByKey
security:
- JWT: []
parameters:
- name: catalogName
in: query
required: true
description: Name of the catalog
schema:
type: string
- name: key
in: query
required: true
description: |
Value of the unique identifier of the item in the catalog. When you retrieve an item using [this endpoint](#operation/getItemsByBag), the identifier is in the `itemKey` field.
```
{
"creationDate": "2020-09-30T11:31:16.314Z",
"id": 73753,
"itemKey": "uniqueValue", // this is the value of the key
"lastModified": null,
"value": "{\"exampleKey\":\"uniqueValue\",\"exampleKey2\":\"exampleValue\"}",
"bag": {
"author": "authorName",
"creationDate": "2020-09-30T10:52:31.264Z",
"id": 1053,
"lastModified": "2020-09-30T11:41:11.808Z",
"name": "sampleCatalog"
}
},
```
schema:
type: string
responses:
"200":
description: A single item
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: object
description: The column values from this item's catalog row.
properties:
itemId:
type: string
description: Unique ID, equal to the `itemKey` used in the request to this endpoint.
additionalProperties:
description: Column values
metaData:
type: object
description: This object holds the metadata of the response.
properties:
totalCount:
type: integer
description: The total number of matching values (key-value pairs; array items; objects) in the database
requestTime:
type: string
description: The processing time of the request
example: 0.11 [s]
"401":
description: "Unauthorized: token missing/expired/invalid; invalid API key; etc."
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
status:
type: integer
description: Status code
error:
type: string
description: Error summary
message:
type: string
description: Error message
timestamp:
type: string
description: Time when the error occurred
"403":
description: "Forbidden: insufficient permissions; wrong consumer scope"
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
status:
type: integer
description: Status code
error:
type: string
description: Error summary
message:
type: string
description: Error message
timestamp:
type: string
description: Time when the error occurred
"404":
description: Entity not found
content:
text/plain:
schema:
type: string
x-snr-doc-urls:
- /api-reference/data-management#tag/Catalogs/operation/getItemDetailByKey
x-codeSamples:
- lang: cURL
label: cURL
source: |-
curl --request GET \
--url 'https://api.synerise.com/catalogs/itemDetail?catalogName=SOME_STRING_VALUE&key=SOME_STRING_VALUE' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer REPLACE_BEARER_TOKEN'
- lang: Python
label: Python
source: |-
import http.client
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.synerise.com")
headers = { 'Authorization': "Bearer REPLACE_BEARER_TOKEN" }
conn.request("GET", "/catalogs/itemDetail?catalogName=SOME_STRING_VALUE&key=SOME_STRING_VALUE", headers=headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
- lang: JavaScript
label: JavaScript
source: |-
const data = null;
const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.withCredentials = true;
xhr.addEventListener("readystatechange", function () {
if (this.readyState === this.DONE) {
console.log(this.responseText);
}
});
xhr.open("GET", "https://api.synerise.com/catalogs/itemDetail?catalogName=SOME_STRING_VALUE&key=SOME_STRING_VALUE");
xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "Bearer REPLACE_BEARER_TOKEN");
xhr.send(data);
- lang: Node.js
label: Node.js
source: |-
const http = require("https");
const options = {
"method": "GET",
"hostname": "api.synerise.com",
"port": null,
"path": "/catalogs/itemDetail?catalogName=SOME_STRING_VALUE&key=SOME_STRING_VALUE",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer REPLACE_BEARER_TOKEN"
}
};
const req = http.request(options, function (res) {
const chunks = [];
res.on("data", function (chunk) {
chunks.push(chunk);
});
res.on("end", function () {
const body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
console.log(body.toString());
});
});
req.end();
- lang: PHP
label: PHP
source: |-
setUrl('https://api.synerise.com/catalogs/itemDetail');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_METH_GET);
$request->setQueryData([
'catalogName' => 'SOME_STRING_VALUE',
'key' => 'SOME_STRING_VALUE'
]);
$request->setHeaders([
'Authorization' => 'Bearer REPLACE_BEARER_TOKEN'
]);
try {
$response = $request->send();
echo $response->getBody();
} catch (HttpException $ex) {
echo $ex;
}
- lang: Java
label: Java
source: |-
HttpResponse response = Unirest.get("https://api.synerise.com/catalogs/itemDetail?catalogName=SOME_STRING_VALUE&key=SOME_STRING_VALUE")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer REPLACE_BEARER_TOKEN")
.asString();
servers:
- description: Microsoft Azure EU
url: https://api.synerise.com
- description: Microsoft Azure USA
url: https://api.azu.synerise.com
- description: Google Cloud Platform
url: https://api.geb.synerise.com
tags:
- name: Catalogs
components:
securitySchemes:
JWT:
type: http
scheme: bearer
description: |-
JWT Bearer token. The header looks like this: `Bearer {JWT}`
Remember to include the space between 'Bearer' and the token.
Generate a token via the **Authorization** endpoints.
````