# Retrieve a metaobject

> Retrieve a metaobject by its identifier.
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`GET /api/metaobjects/{id}`

Retrieves a Metaobject resource.

Returns a single metaobject by id, including its `definition`, `handle` and `fields`. To fetch it by its type and slug instead, use [Retrieve a metaobject by handle](/api/product-management/metaobjects/retrieve-by-handle/).

## 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      | Metaobject 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** - Metaobject resource

| Property      | Type                  | Required | Description                                                                                                                                      |
| ------------- | --------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `@context`    | `string \| object`    | -        |                                                                                                                                                  |
| `@id`         | `string`              | Yes      |                                                                                                                                                  |
| `@type`       | `string`              | Yes      |                                                                                                                                                  |
| `definition`  | `string \| null`      | -        | The `MetaobjectDefinition` (IRI) this metaobject is a record of. Requires the `metaobjects:read` scope. Returned null when the scope is missing. |
| `displayName` | `string \| null`      | -        | The human-readable label, derived from the field named by the definition's displayNameField.                                                     |
| `handle`      | `string`              | -        | The metaobject's unique slug within its definition type.                                                                                         |
| `id`          | `string`              | -        | The resource's unique identifier (UUID).                                                                                                         |
| `status`      | `"DRAFT" \| "ACTIVE"` | -        | The publication status of the metaobject.                                                                                                        |

## 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/metaobjects/<product_id>' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access_token}' \
  -H 'Flowkiwi-Api-Version: unstable' \
  -H 'Accept: application/ld+json'
```

### Example response

```json
{
  "@context": "/api/contexts/Metaobject",
  "@id": "/api/metaobjects/019afc10-4d5e-7f60-9b71-3c4d5e6f7081",
  "@type": "Metaobject",
  "createdAt": "2026-01-15T09:30:00+00:00",
  "definition": "/api/metaobject_definitions/019afc01-1a2b-7c3d-8e4f-0a1b2c3d4e5f",
  "displayName": "EU men's shoes",
  "fields": [
    {
      "key": "title",
      "metaobject": [],
      "type": "/api/metafield_definition_types/single_line_text_field",
      "value": "EU men's shoes"
    },
    {
      "key": "body",
      "metaobject": [],
      "type": "/api/metafield_definition_types/multi_line_text_field",
      "value": "EU 40 = 25.5 cm, EU 41 = 26.2 cm, EU 42 = 27 cm"
    }
  ],
  "handle": "mens-shoes-eu",
  "id": "019afc10-4d5e-7f60-9b71-3c4d5e6f7081",
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-03T14:45:12+00:00"
}
```