---
title: "GET /persongroups/{personGroupId}/persons/{personId}/persistedfaces/{persistedFaceId}"
method: GET
path: "/persongroups/{personGroupId}/persons/{personId}/persistedfaces/{persistedFaceId}"
---

# GET /persongroups/{personGroupId}/persons/{personId}/persistedfaces/{persistedFaceId}

`GET /persongroups/{personGroupId}/persons/{personId}/persistedfaces/{persistedFaceId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `{Endpoint}/face/v1.0`
- URL: `{Endpoint}/face/v1.0/persongroups/{personGroupId}/persons/{personId}/persistedfaces/{persistedFaceId}`
- Auth: API key in header `Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key`

Retrieve information about a persisted face (specified by persistedFaceId, personId and its belonging personGroupId).

## Path parameters

- `personGroupId` string, required
- `personId` string, uuid, required
- `persistedFaceId` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

A successful call returns target persisted face's information (persistedFaceId and userData).

- PersistedFace: PersonFace object.
  - `persistedFaceId` string, uuid, required: The persistedFaceId of the target face, which is persisted and will not expire. Different from faceId created by Face - Detect and will expire in at the time specified by faceIdTimeToLive after the detection call.
  - `userData` string: User-provided data attached to the face. The size limit is 1KB.

## Other responses

- `default`: Error response.

## Changes

- **2018-08-01** `dcdc115e9ae8`: 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2017-12-28** `e67414f9aeba`: 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/cognitiveservices-face/changes/persongroups/:personGroupId/persons/:personId/persistedfaces/:persistedFaceId/get.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/cognitiveservices-face.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/cognitiveservices-face/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/cognitiveservices-face/revisions/a35087dfdbc2?raw)