---
title: "GET /works/{doi}/agency"
method: GET
path: "/works/{doi}/agency"
tags: ["Works"]
---

# GET /works/{doi}/agency

`GET /works/{doi}/agency`

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

Gets the agency associated with a specific work by its DOI, as an example use DOI 10.5555/12345678

## Path parameters

- `doi` string, required

## Response `200`

The agency associated with work identified by {doi}.

- AgencyMessage
  - `status` string, required
  - `message-type` string, required
  - `message-version` string, required
  - `message` DoiAgency, required
    - `DOI` string, required: The DOI identifier of the content item.
    - `agency` Agency, required
      - `id` string, required
      - `label` string, required

## Other responses

- `404`: The work identified by {doi} does not exist.

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