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# List liens for a business

GET https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses/{business_id}/liens

Reference: https://docs.middesk.com/api-reference/business-verification/liens/list-liens

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `business_id` (string, required) — Business ID

## Response

### 200

liens found

- `any`

## Errors

### 404 List Liens Request Not Found Error

business not found

- `errors` (list of ErrorResponseErrorsItem, required)

## Types

### ErrorResponseErrorsItem

- `message` (string, required)
- `parameter` (string, optional) — Request parameter associated with the error, when applicable

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "business_id": "b2c3d4e5-f6a7-8901-bcde-f12345678901",
      "collateral": "All business assets and inventory",
      "debtors": [
        {
          "addresses": [
            {
              "address_line1": "123 Main Street",
              "city": "San Francisco",
              "full_address": "123 Main Street, San Francisco, CA 94105",
              "postal_code": "94105",
              "state": "CA"
            }
          ],
          "name": "Acme Corporation"
        }
      ],
      "id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
      "loan_principal_amount_cents": 50000000,
      "negative_pledge": false,
      "object": "lien",
      "owner_id": "b2c3d4e5-f6a7-8901-bcde-f12345678901",
      "owner_type": "Business",
      "packet_number": "PKT-12345",
      "secured_parties": [
        {
          "addresses": [
            {
              "address_line1": "456 Finance Avenue",
              "city": "Los Angeles",
              "full_address": "456 Finance Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90210",
              "postal_code": "90210",
              "state": "CA"
            }
          ],
          "name": "First National Bank"
        }
      ],
      "state": "CA",
      "status": "created",
      "status_category": "pending",
      "type": "ucc"
    }
  ],
  "object": "list"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Liens list
import requests

url = "https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses/business_id/liens"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Liens list
const url = 'https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses/business_id/liens';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

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

```go Liens list
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses/business_id/liens"

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

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

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

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

}
```

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

url = URI("https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses/business_id/liens")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

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

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

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses/business_id/liens")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses/business_id/liens', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp Liens list
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses/business_id/liens");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Liens list
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses/business_id/liens")! 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()
```