# Returns the item type with the given identifier.

`GET /inventory/item-types/{id}`

Group: Inventory › Item Types · Operation ID: `getItemType`

Returns the same fields as POST inventory/item-types/search. The collection GET inventory/item-types omits itemCount.

[Open in the interactive reference](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/?op=getItemType)

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Api-Version` | header | `"v1"` | yes | The API version this request targets, named by its public identifier. Required on every request; omitting it, or naming a version this company does not have, is answered with 400. This document describes version `v1`. |
| `id` | path | string | yes | The unique identifier for the item type to return. |

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data` (getItemTypeOutput):

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | yes | The unique identifier for the item type. |
| `name` | string | no | The display name of the item type, for example 'Stocked good'. Two item types cannot share a name. |
| `description` | string | no | A free-form description of the item type. |
| `procurable` | boolean | no | Whether items of this type can appear on purchase documents. |
| `stockable` | boolean | no | Whether items of this type hold stock. |
| `active` | boolean | no | Whether the item type can be chosen for new items. |
| `itemCount` | number | no | The number of items that name this item type. |
| `createdDate` | string (date-time) | no | The date and time the item type was created, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. |
| `lastModifiedDate` | string (date-time) | no | The date and time the item type record last changed, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. |

## Errors

| Code | Status |
| --- | --- |
| `NOT_FOUND` | 400 |

## Statuses

- `400` — Invalid request or business failure. Codes: NOT_FOUND
- `401` — Missing or invalid access token
- `403` — Not authorized
- `404` — Not found
- `429` — Too many requests
- `500` — Internal server error