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# Retrieve a Form

GET https://api.close.com/api/v1/form/{id}/

Retrieve a single form and its published field definitions by ID.

Reference: https://developer.close.com/api/resources/forms/fetch

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — Use your API key as the username and leave the password empty.
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `id` (string, required)

### Query parameters

- `_fields` (string, optional) — Comma-separated list of fields to include in the response.

## Response

### 200

Successful response

- `date_created` (datetime, required)
- `date_updated` (datetime, required)
- `field_definitions` (list of FormFieldDefinition, required)
- `id` (string, required)
- `is_archived` (boolean, required)
- `name` (string, required)
- `organization_id` (string, required)

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad request

- `any`

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `any`

### 404 Not Found Error

Not found

- `any`

## Types

### FormFieldDefinition

- `choices` (list of FormFieldChoice, required, nullable)
- `id` (string, required)
- `name` (string, required)
- `type` (string, required)

### FormFieldChoice

- `label` (string, required)
- `value` (string, required)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "date_created": "2024-01-15T10:00:00+00:00",
  "date_updated": "2024-03-01T12:30:00+00:00",
  "field_definitions": [
    {
      "choices": null,
      "id": "formfld_def456",
      "name": "name",
      "type": "text"
    },
    {
      "choices": null,
      "id": "formfld_def789",
      "name": "email",
      "type": "email"
    },
    {
      "choices": [
        {
          "label": "Sales",
          "value": "sales"
        },
        {
          "label": "Support",
          "value": "support"
        }
      ],
      "id": "formfld_defabc",
      "name": "interest",
      "type": "select"
    }
  ],
  "id": "form_abc123",
  "is_archived": false,
  "name": "Contact Us",
  "organization_id": "orga_RbREgmiiwcr1w2b4cOnCMQaQPSIFxMqAD2Dh243uxcH"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python forms_fetch_example
import requests

url = "https://api.close.com/api/v1/form/id/"

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript forms_fetch_example
const url = 'https://api.close.com/api/v1/form/id/';
const credentials = btoa("<CLOSE_API_KEY>:");

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 forms_fetch_example
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.close.com/api/v1/form/id/"

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

	req.SetBasicAuth("<CLOSE_API_KEY>", "")

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

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

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

}
```

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

url = URI("https://api.close.com/api/v1/form/id/")

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

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

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

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

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.close.com/api/v1/form/id/")
  .basicAuth("<CLOSE_API_KEY>", "")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.close.com/api/v1/form/id/', [
  'headers' => [
  ],
    'auth' => ['<CLOSE_API_KEY>', ''],
]);

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

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

var client = new RestClient("https://api.close.com/api/v1/form/id/");
client.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator("<CLOSE_API_KEY>", "");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);

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