---
title: "Get Activation"
method: GET
path: "/v1/license-keys/{id}/activations/{activation_id}"
tags: ["license_keys", "public"]
---

# Get Activation

`GET /v1/license-keys/{id}/activations/{activation_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.polar.sh`
- URL: `https://api.polar.sh/v1/license-keys/{id}/activations/{activation_id}`
- Auth: one of:
  - OpenID Connect (`/.well-known/openid-configuration`, scopes: `license_keys:read`, `license_keys:write`)
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP bearer

Get a license key activation.

**Scopes**: `license_keys:read` `license_keys:write`

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid4, required
- `activation_id` string, uuid4, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- LicenseKeyActivationRead
  - `id` string, uuid4, required
  - `license_key_id` string, uuid4, required
  - `label` string, required
  - `meta` object, required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `modified_at` string, date-time, nullable, required
  - `license_key` LicenseKeyRead, required (unresolved $ref)

## Other responses

- `401`: Not authorized to manage license key.
- `404`: License key not found.
- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-08-10** `f9688fd328d6`: 1 info
  - added the required property `license_key/customer/first_user_event_at` to the response with the `200` status

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/polar/apis/polar-api/changes/v1/license-keys/:id/activations/:activation_id/get.md)

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