# Retrieve a channel

> Retrieve a channel by its identifier.
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`GET /api/channels/{id}`

Retrieves a Channel resource.

Returns a single channel by id, including its `status` and the products assigned to it.

## Headers

| Name              | Type     | Required | Description                                                                                                      |
| ----------------- | -------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Flowkiwi-Locale` | `string` | -        | Specifies the locale for properties that support localization. If not provided, the default locale will be used. |

## Path parameters

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

## Query parameters

| Name           | Type       | Required | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| -------------- | ---------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `properties[]` | `string[]` | -        | Allows you to reduce the response to contain only the properties you need. If your desired property is nested, you can address it using nested arrays. Example: properties[]={propertyName}&properties[]={anotherPropertyName}&properties[{nestedPropertyParent}][]={nestedProperty} |

## Response

**200** - Channel resource

| Property    | Type                                                                          | Required | Description                                                                                                                      |
| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `@context`  | `string \| object`                                                            | -        |                                                                                                                                  |
| `@id`       | `string`                                                                      | Yes      |                                                                                                                                  |
| `@type`     | `string`                                                                      | Yes      |                                                                                                                                  |
| `createdAt` | `string`                                                                      | -        | The date and time when the resource was created (ISO 8601 format).                                                               |
| `id`        | `string`                                                                      | -        | The resource's unique identifier (UUID).                                                                                         |
| `name`      | `string \| null`                                                              | -        | **This property supports translations.**<br><br>The display name of the channel.                                                 |
| `products`  | `string[]`                                                                    | -        | A list of `Product` IRIs published to the channel. Requires the `products:read` scope. Returned empty when the scope is missing. |
| `status`    | `"/api/statuses/DRAFT" \| "/api/statuses/ACTIVE" \| "/api/statuses/ARCHIVED"` | -        | The status of the channel.                                                                                                       |
| `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 permissions required for this operation.

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

**404** - Not found

| Property      | Type               | Required | Description                                                                                                                          |
| ------------- | ------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `@context`    | `string \| object` | -        |                                                                                                                                      |
| `@id`         | `string`           | Yes      |                                                                                                                                      |
| `@type`       | `string`           | Yes      |                                                                                                                                      |
| `code`        | `string`           | -        | Stable identifier of the error in the error code catalogue (see /api/error-codes). Present on catalogued errors only.                |
| `description` | `string \| null`   | -        |                                                                                                                                      |
| `detail`      | `string \| null`   | -        | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.                                                             |
| `instance`    | `string \| null`   | -        | A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. It may or may not yield further information if dereferenced. |
| `message`     | `string`           | -        | End-user message localized in the request locale, with this occurrence's values substituted. Present on catalogued errors only.      |
| `slug`        | `string`           | -        | Stable, readable key of the error in the error code catalogue. Present on catalogued errors only.                                    |
| `status`      | `integer \| null`  | -        |                                                                                                                                      |
| `title`       | `string \| null`   | -        | A short, human-readable summary of the problem. For a catalogued error it repeats the `slug`.                                        |
| `type`        | `string`           | -        | A URI reference that identifies the problem type. For a catalogued error it is the error code resource, `/api/error-codes/{code}`.   |

## Examples

### Example request

```bash
curl -X GET 'https://<tenant>.product-management.flowkiwi.net/api/channels/<product_id>' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access_token}' \
  -H 'Flowkiwi-Api-Version: unstable' \
  -H 'Accept: application/ld+json'
```

### Example response

```json
{
  "@context": "/api/contexts/Channel",
  "@id": "/api/channels/019af8c0-7a1b-7c2d-8e3f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "@type": "Channel",
  "createdAt": "2026-01-15T09:30:00+00:00",
  "id": "019af8c0-7a1b-7c2d-8e3f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "name": "Online store",
  "products": [
    "/api/products/019af93e-420e-79f8-800b-6680f03dce20",
    "/api/products/019af9a1-7c2d-7e64-9b0a-1f2e3d4c5b6a"
  ],
  "status": "/api/statuses/ACTIVE",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-03T14:45:12+00:00"
}
```