---
title: "GET /prefixes/{prefix}"
method: GET
path: "/prefixes/{prefix}"
tags: ["Prefixes"]
---

# GET /prefixes/{prefix}

`GET /prefixes/{prefix}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.crossref.org` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.crossref.org/prefixes/{prefix}`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/crossref/apis/crossref-rest-api/docs/prefixes/:prefix/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Returns metadata for the DOI owner prefix, as an example use prefix 10.1016

## Path parameters

- `prefix` string, required

## Response `200`

The prefix data identified by {prefix}.

- PrefixMessage
  - `status` string, required
  - `message-type` string, required
  - `message-version` string, required
  - `message` Prefix, required
    - `member` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `prefix` string, required

## Other responses

- `404`: The prefix data identified by {prefix} does not exist.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/crossref/apis/crossref-rest-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/crossref/apis/crossref-rest-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/crossref/apis/crossref-rest-api/revisions/3d27fa72d31a?raw)