---
title: "GET /snapshots/{snapshotId}"
method: GET
path: "/snapshots/{snapshotId}"
---

# GET /snapshots/{snapshotId}

`GET /snapshots/{snapshotId}`

Retrieve information about a snapshot. Snapshot is only accessible to the source subscription who took it, and target subscriptions included in the applyScope in Snapshot - Take.

## Path parameters

- `snapshotId` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

A successful call returns the snapshot's information.

- Snapshot — Snapshot object.
  - `id` string, uuid, required — Snapshot id.
  - `account` string, required — Azure Cognitive Service Face account id of the subscriber who created the snapshot by Snapshot - Take.
  - `type` 'FaceList' | 'LargeFaceList' | 'LargePersonGroup' | 'PersonGroup', required — Type of the source object in the snapshot, specified by the subscriber who created the snapshot when calling Snapshot - Take. Currently FaceList, PersonGroup, LargeFaceList and LargePersonGroup are supported.
  - `applyScope` string[], required — Array of the target Face subscription ids for the snapshot, specified by the user who created the snapshot when calling Snapshot - Take. For each snapshot, only subscriptions included in the applyScope of Snapshot - Take can apply it.
  - `userData` string — User specified data about the snapshot for any purpose. Length should not exceed 16KB.
  - `createdTime` string, date-time, required — A combined UTC date and time string that describes the created time of the snapshot. E.g. 2018-12-25T11:41:02.2331413Z.
  - `lastUpdateTime` string, date-time, required — A combined UTC date and time string that describes the last time when the snapshot was created or updated by Snapshot - Update. E.g. 2018-12-25T11:51:27.8705696Z.

## Other responses

- `default` — Error response.

## Changes

- **2019-01-22** `b5d4f317f07e` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2017-12-28** `e67414f9aeba` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/cognitiveservices-face/changes/snapshots/:snapshotId/get.md)

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