---
title: "GET /types/{id}"
method: GET
path: "/types/{id}"
tags: ["Types"]
---

# GET /types/{id}

`GET /types/{id}`

## 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/types/{id}`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/crossref/apis/crossref-rest-api/docs/types/:id/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Returns information about a metadata work type.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

The type identified by {id}.

- TypeMessage
  - `status` string, required
  - `message-type` string, required
  - `message-version` string, required
  - `message` Type, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `label` string, required

## Other responses

- `404`: The type identified by {id} does not exist.

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