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id: af150a10-7a32-49d8-9bc4-690d77a69475
slug: /sdks/reference/messaging/retrieve
title: Retrieve
sidebar-title: Retrieve
max-toc-depth: 3
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Use this endpoint for the Media method to retrieve a single message.

<EndpointSchemaSnippet endpoint="GET /Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages/{Sid}" />

<EndpointResponseSnippet endpoint="GET /Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages/{Sid}" />

## Request examples

<CodeBlocks>
  ```javascript title="Node.js"
  const { RestClient } = require('@signalwire/compatibility-api')
  const client = RestClient('YourProjectID', 'YourAuthToken', { signalwireSpaceUrl: 'example.signalwire.com' })

  client.messages('MessageSid')
        .fetch()
        .then(message => console.log(message.to))
        .done();
  ```

  ```csharp
  using System;
  using System.Collections.Generic;
  using Twilio;
  using Twilio.Rest.Api.V2010.Account;

  class Program
  {
      static void Main(string[] args)
      {
          TwilioClient.Init("YourProjectID", "YourAuthToken", new Dictionary<string, object> { ["signalwireSpaceUrl"] = "{SPACE}.signalwire.com" });

          var message = MessageResource.Fetch(pathSid: "MessageSid");

          Console.WriteLine(message.To);
      }
  }
  ```

  ```python
  from signalwire.rest import Client as signalwire_client

  client = signalwire_client("YourProjectID", "YourAuthToken", signalwire_space_url = 'example.signalwire.com')

  message = client.messages('MessageSid').fetch()

  print(message.to)
  ```

  ```ruby
  require 'signalwire/sdk'

  @client = Signalwire::REST::Client.new 'YourProjectID', 'YourAuthToken', signalwire_space_url: "example.signalwire.com"

  message = @client.messages('MessageSid').fetch

  puts message.to
  ```
</CodeBlocks>