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# Get an entry

GET https://cdn.contentful.com/spaces/{space_id}/environments/{environment_id}/entries/{entry_id}

The `include` array is not applicable while retrieving a single entry.

Reference: https://contentful.com/developers/docs/references/content-delivery-api/entries/get-an-entry

## Request

### Path parameters

- `space_id` (string, required) — Alphanumeric id of the space to retrieve.
- `environment_id` (string, required) — ID of the environment in form of a string
- `entry_id` (string, required) — Alphanumeric id of the entry to retrieve

### Query parameters

- `access_token` (string, required) — A *production* Content Delivery API key.

## Response

### 200

OK - Request successful

- `map from string to any`

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "fields": {
    "body": {
      "en-US": "Bacon is healthy!"
    },
    "title": {
      "en-US": "Hello, World!"
    }
  },
  "metadata": {
    "tags": [
      {
        "sys": {
          "id": "nyCampaign",
          "linkType": "Tag",
          "type": "Link"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "sys": {
    "contentType": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "hfM9RCJIk0wIm06WkEOQY",
        "linkType": "ContentType",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    },
    "createdAt": "2025-12-15T21:51:48.000Z",
    "id": "5KsDBWseXY6QegucYAoacS",
    "revision": 1,
    "space": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "yadj1kx9rmg0",
        "linkType": "Space",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    },
    "type": "Entry",
    "updatedAt": "2025-12-15T21:51:48.000Z",
    "version": 1
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```android Android
// Create the Contentful client.
final CDAClient client =
    CDAClient
        .builder()
        .setToken("<access_token>")
        .setSpace("<space_id>")
        .setEnvironment("<environment_id>")
        .build();

client
    .observe(CDAEntry.class)
    .one("<entry_id>")
    // Execute result handling on the `main thread`.
    .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
    // Networking should happen on io thread.
    .subscribeOn(io.reactivex.schedulers.Schedulers.io())
    .subscribe(
        new DisposableSubscriber<CDAEntry>() {
          CDAEntry result;

          @Override public void onComplete() {
            // Do something with the result entry.
            new AlertDialog.Builder(context)
                .setTitle("Contentful")
                .setMessage("Result: "
                    + (result == null ? "<null>" : result.toString()))
                .show();
          }

          @Override public void onError(Throwable e) {
            // Handle error case.
            new AlertDialog.Builder(context)
                .setTitle("Contentful")
                .setMessage("An error occurred: " + e.toString())
                .show();
          }

          @Override public void onNext(CDAEntry entry) {
            // Array received, maybe more to come.
            result = entry;
          }
        }
    );
```

```java Java
// Create the Contentful client.
final CDAClient client =
    CDAClient
        .builder()
        .setToken("<access_token>") // required
        .setSpace("<space_id>") // required
        .setEnvironment("<environment_id>") // optional, defaults to `master`
        .build();

final CDAEntry one =
    client
        .fetch(CDAEntry.class)
        .one("<entry_id>");
```

```kotlin Kotlin
// Create the Contentful client.
val client = CDAClient
        .builder()
        .setToken("<access_token>") // required
        .setSpace("<space_id>") // required
        .setEnvironment("<environment_id>") // optional, defaults to `master`
        .build()

val one = client
        .fetch(CDAEntry::class.java)
        .one("<entry_id>")
```

```swift Swift
import Contentful

// Retain the client as a property on a type you define so that 
// the client's asynchronous network callbacks are executed.
let client = Client(spaceId: "<space_id>",
                    environmentId: "<environment_id>", // Defaults to "master" if omitted
                    accessToken: "<access_token>")

client.fetch(Entry.self, id: "<entry_id>") { (result: Result<Entry>) in
  switch result {
  case .success(let entry):
    print(entry.id)
  case .error(let error):
    print(error)
  }
}
```

```javascript JavaScript
import { createClient } from 'contentful-management'

const client = createClient({
  space: '<space_id>',
  environment: '<environment_id>', // defaults to 'master' if not set
  accessToken: '<content_delivery_api_key>'
})

client.getEntry('<entry_id>')
.then((entry) => console.log(entry))
.catch(console.error)
```

```php PHP
// contentful.php 3.0

$client = new Contentful\Delivery\Client(
  '<content_delivery_api_key>',
  '<space_id>',
  '<environment_id>' // Defaults to "master" if ommitted
);

$entry = $client->getEntry('<entry_id>');
```

```ruby Ruby
require 'contentful'

client = Contentful::Client.new(
  space: '<space_id>',
  access_token: '<content_delivery_api_key>',
  environment: 'master',  # Optional - defaults to 'master'.
  dynamic_entries: :auto  # Enables Content Type caching.
)

entry = client.entry('<entry_id>')
```

```python Python
from contentful import Client

client = Client(
  '<space_id>',
  '<content_delivery_api_key>',
  environment='master'  # Optional - it defaults to 'master'.
)

entry = client.entry('<entry_id>')
```

```.net .NET
// This client should only be created once per application.
var httpClient = new HttpClient();

var client = new ContentfulClient(httpClient, "<content_delivery_api_key>", "<content_preview_api_key>", "<space_id>");

var entry = await client.GetEntry<YourClass>("<entry_id>");
// entry will be of type YourClass.
```