---
title: "Returns the identifier for this provider with this uuid"
method: GET
path: "/identifier/{provider}/{uuid}"
tags: ["identifier"]
---

# Returns the identifier for this provider with this uuid

`GET /identifier/{provider}/{uuid}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.merqube.com`
- URL: `https://api.merqube.com/identifier/{provider}/{uuid}`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/merqube/apis/merqube-api/docs/identifier/:provider/:uuid/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Returns the identifier for this provider with this uuid

## Response `200`

200 response

- IdentifierUUIDPatchPutGet: Identifier for a given provider. Will be referenced via the name field of the Identifier section
  - `display_name` string
  - `index_name` string, required
  - `metric` string
  - `name` string, required: unique name among all other Identifiers of the provider resource type.
  - `namespace` string, required
  - `num_days` integer: Number of days to disseminate data for
  - `provider_kwargs` union
    - BloombergProviderKwargs: Bloomberg provider custom arguments
      - `post_type` 'EOD' | 'RT' | 'EOD_AND_RT', required: How to post the data to Bloomberg, either the end of day method (EOD), real time method (RT) or both (EOD_AND_RT)
    - ReutersProviderKwargs: Reuters provider custom arguments
      - `post_type` 'EOD' | 'RT' | 'EOD_AND_RT' | 'EOD_AND_RT_COMBINED': How to post the data to Reuters, either the end of day method (EOD), real time method (RT) or both (EOD_AND_RT)
    - SecapiProviderKwargs: Secapi provider custom arguments
      - `metric` string, required
      - `security_name` string, required
      - `security_type` string, required
    - NasdaqProviderKwargs: Nasdaq provider custom arguments
      - `eod_date_delta` integer: How many days to offset the Nasdaq date (T if before 6:30pm EST otherwise T + 1) when getting EOD data from the Index
      - `nasdaq_env` 'testing' | 'production', required: Which Nasdaq environment to send data to
  - `rounding_decimals` integer: If rounding_type=standard, corresponds to number of decimal places to round to. If rounding_type=sigfig, corresponds to number of significant figures to round to.
  - `rounding_type` 'standard' | 'sigfig': Type of rounding to apply to the disseminated data. standard = normal python round(), sigfig = significant figures rounding.
  - `start_date` string, date
  - `ticker` string, required
  - `id` string, required
  - `status` Status, required
    - `created_at` string
    - `created_by` string
    - `last_modified` string, required
    - `last_modified_by` string
    - `locked_after` string, date-time: If this is set (non null), the manifest is locked for all edits to any other field after this timestamp. A PUT/PATCH may be used to first unlock the manifest, by setting this field (to a max of one hour in the future), or to `null` again, to make other edits.

## Other responses

- `403`: not authorized to perform this operation
- `404`: identifier does not exist

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