---
title: "Get a Node"
method: GET
path: "/catalog/nodes/{node_id}"
tags: ["Shopper Catalog API"]
---

# Get a Node

`GET /catalog/nodes/{node_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://euwest.api.elasticpath.com`
- URL: `https://euwest.api.elasticpath.com/catalog/nodes/{node_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/elasticpath/apis/catalogs-introduction/docs/catalog/nodes/:node_id/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Returns a node from the catalog.

If you have multiple catalog rules defined, the rule that best matches the shoppers context is used to determine which catalog is retrieved. For information about how rules are matched, see [Resolving Catalog Rules](/docs/api/pxm/catalog/rules#resolving-catalog-rules).

You can see the parent nodes a node is associated with in the `breadcrumbs` metadata for each node. This is useful if you want to improve how your shoppers search your store, for example. See [Product and Node Associations in Breadcrumb Metadata](/guides/How-To/Catalogs/breadcrumbs).

The response lists the products associated with a node. If products are [curated](/guides/How-To/Products/curating-products), they are displayed in `curated_products`. Product curation allows you to promote specific products within each of your nodes, enabling you to create unique product collections in your storefront.

- If you don't provide any `curated_products`, products are listed by their `updated_at` time in descending order, with the most recently updated product first.
- If you configure `curated_products` for only a few products, the curated products are displayed first and the other products are displayed in the order of `updated_at` time.
- You can only curate 20 products or less. You cannot have more than 20 curated products.
- A product that is curated has the `"curated_product": true` attribute displayed.
- If a curated product is removed from a node, the product is also removed from the `curated_products` list.

## Path parameters

- `node_id` string, required

## Headers

- `EP-Channel` string
- `EP-Context-Tag` string
- `accept-language` string

## Response `200`

The catalog node.

- NodeData: Container for nodes.
  - `data` Node: A category node in a catalog. Nodes can have child nodes, as well as a list of attached products.
    - `attributes` NodeAttributes: Resource attributes of a catalog node.
      - `created_at` string, date-time: The date and time a node was created.
      - `published_at` string, date-time, nullable: The date and time a node was published in a catalog.
      - `description` string: A description of a node.
      - `label` string
      - `name` string: The name of a node. Names must be unique among sibling nodes in a hierarchy. Otherwise, a name can be non-unique within the hierarchy and across multiple hierarchies.
      - `slug` string: A slug for the node. Slugs must be unique among sibling nodes in the hierarchy. Otherwise, a slug can be non-unique within the hierarchy and across multiple hierarchies.
      - `curated_products` string[]: A list of curated products for a node. You can curate your products in your nodes product lists. Product curation allows you to promote specific products within each node in a hierarchy, enabling you to create unique product collections in your storefront.
      - `status` string
      - `shopper_attributes` ShopperAttributes: A collection of key-value string pairs, viewable by shoppers.
      - `updated_at` string, date-time: The date and time a node was updated.
    - `id` string: The unique identifier of a node.
    - `relationships` NodeRelationships: Relationships to parent and child nodes, and products.
      - `products` object: A URL to all products associated with a node.
        - `data` ProductReference[]
          - `id` string, uuid: A unique identifier for a product.
          - `type` 'product': This represents the type of object being returned. Always `product`.
        - `links` RelatedLink: A URL to a related object, for example, catalog rules, hierarchies, price books, products and deltas.
          - `related` string, required: A URL to a related object, for example, catalog rules, hierarchies, price books, products and deltas.
      - `children` object: A URL to all child nodes associated with a node.
        - `links` RelatedLink, required: A URL to a related object, for example, catalog rules, hierarchies, price books, products and deltas.
          - `related` string, required: A URL to a related object, for example, catalog rules, hierarchies, price books, products and deltas.
      - `parent` object: A URL to all parent nodes associated with a node.
        - `data` object, required
          - `type` 'node', required
          - `id` string, required
        - `links` RelatedLink: A URL to a related object, for example, catalog rules, hierarchies, price books, products and deltas.
          - `related` string, required: A URL to a related object, for example, catalog rules, hierarchies, price books, products and deltas.
      - `hierarchy` object: A URL to the hierarchies associated with a node.
        - `data` object, required
          - `type` 'hierarchy', required
          - `id` string, required
        - `links` RelatedLink: A URL to a related object, for example, catalog rules, hierarchies, price books, products and deltas.
          - `related` string, required: A URL to a related object, for example, catalog rules, hierarchies, price books, products and deltas.
    - `type` string: This represents the type of object being returned. Always `node`.
    - `meta` NodeMeta: A node's metadata.
      - `language` string: The node details localized in the supported languages.
      - `bread_crumb` string[]: Helps you understand the association of products with nodes. It explains how products are associated with parent nodes and the relationship among the array of nodes. This is useful if you want to improve how your shoppers search within you store.
      - `breadcrumbs` object[]: Node Breadcrumbs
        - `id` string: The unique identifier of a hierarchy/node.
        - `name` string: The name of the hierarchy/node.
        - `slug` string: A slug for the hierarchy/node.
      - `has_children` boolean, nullable: Indicates whether a node has child nodes. `true` if the node has at least one child, `false` if it has none.
  - `links` Links: Links allow you to move between requests.
    - `self` string, uri-reference, nullable: Single entities use a `self` parameter with a link the specific resource.
    - `first` string, uri-reference, nullable: Always the first page.
    - `last` string, uri-reference, nullable: This is `null` if there is only one page.
    - `prev` string, uri-reference, nullable: This is `null` if there is only one page.
    - `next` string, uri-reference, nullable: This is `null` if there is only one page.

## Other responses

- `default`: The unexpected error.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/elasticpath/apis/catalogs-introduction.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/elasticpath/apis/catalogs-introduction/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/elasticpath/apis/catalogs-introduction/revisions/eb541d5dea51?raw)