# Retrieve a country

> Retrieve a country by its identifier.

`GET /rest/api/countries/{id}`

Retrieves a Country resource.

Returns a single country by id, including its ISO `code` and translatable `name`.

## Headers

| Name                         | Type      | Required | Description                                                                                                                                       |
| ---------------------------- | --------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `X-Flowkiwi-Organization-Id` | `string`  | Yes      | The organization the request acts as. Determines the identity, permissions and ownership applied when reading or modifying data on the instance.  |
| `X-Flowkiwi-Locale`          | `string`  | -        | Specifies the locale for properties that support localization. If not provided, the default locale will be used.                                  |
| `X-Flowkiwi-Locale-Fallback` | `boolean` | -        | Enables the use of a fallback locale. If a property lacks a translation for the requested locale, the value from the default locale will be used. |

## Path parameters

| Name | Type     | Required | Description        |
| ---- | -------- | -------- | ------------------ |
| `id` | `string` | Yes      | Country identifier |

## Response

**200** - Country resource

| Property    | Type             | Required | Description                                                                                                                              |
| ----------- | ---------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `@context`  | `object`         | -        |                                                                                                                                          |
| `@id`       | `string`         | Yes      |                                                                                                                                          |
| `@type`     | `string`         | Yes      |                                                                                                                                          |
| `id`        | `string`         | -        | The resource's unique identifier (UUID).                                                                                                 |
| `name`      | `string \| null` | -        | **This property supports translations.**<br><br>The country name.                                                                        |
| `code`      | `string`         | Yes      | The country ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 two-letter code. For more info, see [the documentation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2) |
| `createdAt` | `string`         | -        | The date and time when the resource was created (ISO 8601 format).                                                                       |
| `updatedAt` | `string`         | -        | The date and time when the resource was last modified (ISO 8601 format).                                                                 |

## Errors

**403** - Access denied. The caller is missing one or more identity permissions required for this operation.

| Property             | Type       | Required | Description                                                                                                                                |
| -------------------- | ---------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `@context`           | `object`   | -        |                                                                                                                                            |
| `@id`                | `string`   | Yes      |                                                                                                                                            |
| `@type`              | `string`   | Yes      |                                                                                                                                            |
| `type`               | `string`   | -        |                                                                                                                                            |
| `title`              | `string`   | -        |                                                                                                                                            |
| `status`             | `integer`  | -        |                                                                                                                                            |
| `detail`             | `string`   | -        |                                                                                                                                            |
| `missingPermissions` | `string[]` | -        | Identity permissions that the caller is missing for this operation. Present only when the 403 is caused by a denied identity:* permission. |

**404** - Not found

| Property   | Type             | Required | Description                                                                                                                          |
| ---------- | ---------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `@context` | `object`         | -        |                                                                                                                                      |
| `@id`      | `string`         | Yes      |                                                                                                                                      |
| `@type`    | `string`         | Yes      |                                                                                                                                      |
| `title`    | `string \| null` | -        | A short, human-readable summary of the problem.                                                                                      |
| `detail`   | `string \| null` | -        | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.                                                             |
| `status`   | `number \| null` | -        |                                                                                                                                      |
| `instance` | `string \| null` | -        | A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. It may or may not yield further information if dereferenced. |
| `type`     | `string`         | -        | A URI reference that identifies the problem type                                                                                     |

## Examples

### Example request

```bash
curl -X GET 'https://<tenant>.product-management.flowkiwi.net/rest/api/countries/<product_id>' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {token}' \
  -H 'X-Flowkiwi-Organization-Id: <org_id>' \
  -H 'Accept: application/ld+json'
```

### Example response

```json
{
  "@context": "/contexts/Country",
  "@id": "/rest/api/countries/019af8c2-3d4e-7f50-8a61-2b3c4d5e6f70",
  "@type": "Country",
  "id": "019af8c2-3d4e-7f50-8a61-2b3c4d5e6f70",
  "name": "France",
  "code": "FR",
  "createdAt": "2026-01-15T09:30:00+00:00",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-03T14:45:12+00:00"
}
```