---
title: "Retrieve an address"
method: GET
path: "/addresses/{id}"
tags: ["Addresses"]
---

# Retrieve an address

`GET /addresses/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.samsara.com`
- URL: `https://api.samsara.com/addresses/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Returns a specific address. 

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To use this endpoint, select **Read Addresses** under the Addresses category when creating or editing an API token. <a href="https://developers.samsara.com/docs/authentication#scopes-for-api-tokens" target="_blank">Learn More.</a>

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

An Address.

- AddressResponse: An Address response body.
  - `data` Address, required: An Address object.
    - `addressTypes` string[]: Reporting location type associated with the address (used for ELD reporting purposes). Valid values: `yard`, `shortHaul`, `workforceSite`, `riskZone`, `industrialSite`, `alertsOnly`, `agricultureSource`, `avoidanceZone`, `knownGPSJammingZone`, `authorizedZone`, `unauthorizedZone`, `vendor`, `inventory`.
    - `contacts` ContactTinyResponse[]: An array Contact mini-objects that are associated the Address.
      - `firstName` string: First name of the contact.
      - `id` string: ID of the contact.
      - `lastName` string: Last name of the contact.
    - `createdAtTime` string, date-time: The date and time this address was created in RFC 3339 format.
    - `externalIds` object: The [external IDs](https://developers.samsara.com/docs/external-ids) for the given object.
    - `formattedAddress` string, required: The full street address for this address/geofence, as it might be recognized by Google Maps.
    - `geofence` AddressGeofence, required: The geofence that defines this address and its bounds. This can either be a circle or a polygon, but not both.
      - `circle` AddressGeofenceCircle: Information about a circular geofence. This field is only needed if the geofence is a circle.
        - `latitude` number, double: Latitude of the address. Will be geocoded from `formattedAddress` if not provided.
        - `longitude` number, double: Longitude of the address. Will be geocoded from `formattedAddress` if not provided.
        - `radiusMeters` integer, required: The radius of the circular geofence in meters.
      - `polygon` AddressGeofencePolygon: Information about a polygon geofence. This field is only needed if the geofence is a polygon.
        - `vertices` AddressGeofencePolygonVertices[], required: The vertices of the polygon geofence. These geofence vertices describe the perimeter of the polygon, and must consist of at least 3 vertices and less than 40.
          - `latitude` number, double, required: The latitude of a geofence vertex in decimal degrees.
          - `longitude` number, double, required: The longitude of a geofence vertex in decimal degrees.
      - `settings` AddressGeofenceSettings: Information about a geofence's settings.
        - `showAddresses` boolean: If this property is set to true, then underlying geofence addresses will be shown in reports instead of a geofence's name.
    - `id` string, required: ID of the Address.
    - `latitude` number, double: Latitude of the address. Will be geocoded from `formattedAddress` if not provided.
    - `longitude` number, double: Longitude of the address. Will be geocoded from `formattedAddress` if not provided.
    - `name` string, required: Name of the address.
    - `notes` string: Notes about the address.
    - `tags` TagTinyResponse[]: An array of all tag mini-objects that are associated with the given address entry.
      - `id` string: ID of the tag.
      - `name` string: Name of the tag.
      - `parentTagId` string: If this tag is part a hierarchical tag tree, this is the ID of the parent tag, otherwise this will be omitted.

## Other responses

- `default`: Error response

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