---
title: "Retrieve an account by external_id."
method: GET
path: "/v2/accounts/external-id/{external_id}"
tags: ["Accounts"]
---

# Retrieve an account by external_id.

`GET /v2/accounts/external-id/{external_id}`

## Path parameters

- `external_id` string, required — Caller-supplied external identifier. Maximum 256 Unicode scalar values.

## Response `200`

Resource found.

- Account
  - `id` string, required — LedgerUp account identifier.
  - `external_id` string, nullable, required — Optional caller-supplied external identifier. Maximum 256 Unicode scalar values.
  - `ledgerup_customer_id` string, uuid, nullable, required — Optional LedgerUp billing customer UUID.
  - `name` string, required — Human-readable name. Maximum 256 Unicode scalar values.
  - `description` string, nullable, required — Optional description. Maximum 2048 Unicode scalar values.
  - `created_at` integer, required — Unix timestamp in seconds.
  - `updated_at` integer, required — Unix timestamp in seconds.
  - `archived_at` integer, required — Unix timestamp in seconds.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request, invalid header, invalid amount/quantity/currency, or text validation failure.
- `401` — Missing or invalid API key.
- `403` — API key lacks the required permission, or reset was attempted outside the test namespace.
- `404` — Referenced or requested resource was not found.
- `408` — Request exceeded the 30 second timeout.
- `429` — Rate limit exceeded.
- `500` — Internal server error or queue failure.

---

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