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# Retrieve a signal

GET https://api.middesk.com/v1/signals/{id}

Reference: https://docs.middesk.com/api-reference/business-verification/signals/get-signal

## Authentication

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

## Request

### Path parameters

- `id` (string, required) — Signal ID

## Response

### 200

signal found

- `object` (string, required)
- `id` (string, required)
- `name` (string, required)
- `created_at` (datetime, required)
- `tin` (string, optional, nullable)
- `external_id` (string, optional, nullable)
- `model_slug` (string, optional)
- `score` (double, optional, nullable)
- `business_id` (string, optional, nullable)
- `batch_id` (string, optional, nullable)
- `requester` (SignalRequester, optional)
- `reasons` (list of SignalReasonsItem, optional)
- `addresses` (list of string, optional)
- `people` (list of string, optional)

## Errors

### 404 Get Signal Request Not Found Error

signal not found

- `errors` (list of ErrorResponseErrorsItem, required)

## Types

### SignalRequester

- `id` (string, required)
- `type` (string, required)
- `name` (string, required)

### SignalReasonsItem

- `category` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `identification`, `verification`, `evaluation`
- `group` (string, required)
- `description` (string, required)
- `code` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `I301`, `I302`, `I304`, `I102`, `I103`, `I107`, `I108`, `I109`, `I111`, `I601`, `I603`, `I201`, `I202`, `I203`, `I204`, `V010`, `V011`, `V101`, `V102`, `V103`, `V104`, `V501`, `V502`, `V503`, `V505`, `V748`, `V749`, `V750`, `V751`, `V752`, `V753`, `V801`, `V1101`, `V1201`, `V1302`, `E500`, `E501`, `E502`, `E503`, `E1101`, `E1102`, `E1201`
- `importance` (double, optional)

### ErrorResponseErrorsItem

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

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "object": "signal",
  "id": "f6a7b8c9-d0e1-2345-f012-3456789abcde",
  "name": "Acme Corporation",
  "created_at": "2025-01-07T12:00:00Z",
  "tin": "12-3456789",
  "external_id": "ext-12345",
  "model_slug": "verify",
  "score": 0.85,
  "batch_id": "a7b8c9d0-e1f2-3456-0123-456789abcdef",
  "requester": {
    "id": "b8c9d0e1-f2a3-4567-1234-56789abcdef0",
    "type": "Account",
    "name": "Example Account"
  },
  "reasons": [
    {
      "category": "identification",
      "group": "name",
      "description": "Business name verified",
      "code": "V101",
      "importance": 1.1
    }
  ],
  "addresses": [
    "123 Main Street, San Francisco, CA 94105"
  ],
  "people": [
    "people"
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Signal details
import requests

url = "https://api.middesk.com/v1/signals/id"

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

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Signal details
const url = 'https://api.middesk.com/v1/signals/id';
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 Signal details
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.middesk.com/v1/signals/id"

	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 Signal details
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.middesk.com/v1/signals/id")

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 Signal details
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

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

```php Signal details
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

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

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

```csharp Signal details
using RestSharp;

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

```swift Signal details
import Foundation

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

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