---
title: "GET /names/{name}"
method: GET
path: "/names/{name}"
tags: ["external", "name_service"]
---

# GET /names/{name}

`GET /names/{name}`

Get name entry from naming system

## Path parameters

- `name` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful operation

- NameEntry
  - `id` string, required — Base58Check encoded tagged value
  - `owner` string — Base58Check encoded tagged pubkey
  - `ttl` integer, required
  - `pointers` NamePointer[], required
    - `key` string, required
    - `id` string, required — Base58Check encoded tagged pubkey

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid name
- `404` — Name not found
- `503` — The node is temporarily unable to handle the request: either its request queues are saturated (overload protection) or it has not yet reached a stable mode. Overload protection is applied to every endpoint, so this response can be returned by any operation. The Retry-After header tells the client how long to back off before retrying.

## Changes

- **2026-07-27** `ca5dd7bf8408` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `503`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/aeternity/apis/aeternity-node/changes/names/:name/get.md)

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