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# Retrieve a Fax

GET https://YOUR_SPACE.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Faxes/{Sid}

Retrieves one managed fax by SID so you can inspect its delivery progress, result, and document media. Use [List all Faxes](/docs/compatibility-api/rest/faxes/list-all-faxes) to discover SIDs; use [Get fax log](/docs/apis/rest/fax-logs/get-fax-log) when you only need a historical log entry.

#### Permissions

The API token used to authenticate must have the following scope(s) enabled to make a successful request: _Fax_.

[Learn more about API scopes](/docs/platform/your-signalwire-api-space).

Reference: https://signalwire.com/docs/compatibility-api/rest/faxes/retrieve-fax

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — SignalWire Basic Authentication using Project ID and API Token. The client sends HTTP requests with the Authorization header containing the word Basic followed by a space and a base64-encoded string of project_id:token. The project ID will be used as the username and the API token as the password. Example: ``` Authorization: Basic base64(project_id:token) ```

## Request

### Path parameters

- `AccountSid` (string, required) — The Project ID that uniquely identifies the Account.
- `Sid` (string, required) — The Fax ID that uniquely identifies the Fax.

## Response

### 200

The request has succeeded.

- `account_sid` (string, required) — The unique identifier for the account this fax is associated with.
- `api_version` (string, required) — The version of the SignalWire API.
- `date_created` (string, required) — The date and time, in ISO 8601 format, the fax was created.
- `date_updated` (string, required) — The date and time, in ISO 8601 format, the fax was updated.
- `direction` (enum, required) — The direction of the fax.
  - Allowed values: `inbound`, `outbound`
- `from` (string, required) — The phone number, in E.164 format, the fax was sent from.
- `media_url` (string, required, nullable) — The URL hosting the received media, or null if not available.
- `media_sid` (string, required) — The unique identifier for the media instance associated with the fax instance.
- `num_pages` (string, required, nullable) — The number of pages in the fax document, or null if not yet determined.
- `price` (string, required, nullable) — The cost of the fax, or null if not yet calculated.
- `price_unit` (string, required) — The currency, in ISO 4217 format, of the price.
- `quality` (enum, required) — The quality of the fax.
  - Allowed values: `standard`, `fine`, `superfine`
- `sid` (string, required) — The unique identifier of the fax.
- `status` (enum, required) — The status of the fax.
  - Allowed values: `queued`, `processing`, `sending`, `delivered`, `receiving`, `received`, `no-answer`, `busy`, `failed`, `canceled`
- `to` (string, required) — The phone number, in E.164 format, the fax was sent to.
- `duration` (integer, required) — The time, in seconds, it took to deliver a fax.
- `links` (FaxLinks, required) — The URL links for resources associated with the fax.
- `url` (string, required) — The URL of this resource.
- `error_code` (string, required, nullable) — Error code for this resource, or null if no error.
- `error_message` (string, required, nullable) — The description of this error, or null if no error.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

The request was invalid or cannot be processed. Check the error details for more information.

- `code` (integer, required) — Error code.
- `message` (string, required) — Error message.
- `more_info` (string, required) — URL for more information about the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — HTTP status code.

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Authentication failed. Please verify your credentials and try again.

- `code` (integer, required) — Error code.
- `message` (string, required) — Error message.
- `more_info` (string, required) — URL for more information about the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — HTTP status code.

### 404 Not Found Error

The requested resource was not found. Please verify the resource identifier.

- `code` (integer, required) — Error code.
- `message` (string, required) — Error message.
- `more_info` (string, required) — URL for more information about the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — HTTP status code.

## Types

### FaxLinks

Fax links.

- `media` (string, required) — Media associated with this fax.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "account_sid": "b3877c40-da60-4998-90ad-b792e98472ac",
  "api_version": "v1",
  "date_created": "2018-11-26T20:00:00Z",
  "date_updated": "2018-11-27T20:00:00Z",
  "direction": "inbound",
  "from": "+13103383454",
  "media_url": "https://example.com/fax.pdf",
  "media_sid": "b3877c40-da60-4998-90ad-b792e98472me",
  "num_pages": "3",
  "price": "-0.005",
  "price_unit": "USD",
  "quality": "standard",
  "sid": "b3877c40-da60-4998-90ad-b792e98472fx",
  "status": "queued",
  "to": "+13104456789",
  "duration": 5000,
  "links": {
    "media": "/fax/v1/Faxes/b3877c40-da60-4998-90ad-b792e98472fx/Media"
  },
  "url": "/fax/v1/Faxes/b3877c40-da60-4998-90ad-b792e98472fx",
  "error_code": null,
  "error_message": null
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Faxes/Sid"

response = requests.get(url, auth=("<project_id>", "<api_token>"))

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Faxes/Sid';
const credentials = btoa("<project_id>:<api_token>");

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: `Basic ${credentials}`}};

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

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Faxes/Sid"

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

	req.SetBasicAuth("<project_id>", "<api_token>")

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

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

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

}
```

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

url = URI("https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Faxes/Sid")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request.basic_auth("<project_id>", "<api_token>")

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

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

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Faxes/Sid")
  .basicAuth("<project_id>", "<api_token>")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Faxes/Sid', [
  'headers' => [
  ],
    'auth' => ['<project_id>', '<api_token>'],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;
using RestSharp.Authenticators;

var client = new RestClient("https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Faxes/Sid");
client.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator("<project_id>", "<api_token>");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);

IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let credentials = Data("<project_id>:<api_token>".utf8).base64EncodedString()

let headers = ["Authorization": "Basic \(credentials)"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Faxes/Sid")! 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()
```