---
title: "Get"
method: GET
path: "/v1/m2m/clients/{client_id}"
tags: ["M2M"]
---

# Get

`GET /v1/m2m/clients/{client_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.stytch.com`
- URL: `https://api.stytch.com/v1/m2m/clients/{client_id}`
- Auth: HTTP basic

Gets information about an existing M2M Client.

## Path parameters

- `client_id` string, required: The ID of the client.

## Response `200`

Successful response

- ApiM2mV1M2mClientsGetResponse
  - `request_id` string, required: Globally unique UUID that is returned with every API call. This value is important to log for debugging purposes; we may ask for this value to help identify a specific API call when helping you debug an issue.
  - `m2m_client` ApiM2mV1M2MClient, required
    - `client_id` string, required: The ID of the client.
    - `client_name` string, required: A human-readable name for the client.
    - `client_description` string, required: A human-readable description for the client.
    - `status` string, required: The status of the client - either `active` or `inactive`.
    - `scopes` string[], required: An array of scopes assigned to the client.
    - `client_secret_last_four` string, required: The last four characters of the client secret.
    - `trusted_metadata` object: An arbitrary JSON object for storing application-specific data.
    - `next_client_secret_last_four` string: The last four characters of the `next_client_secret`. Null if no `next_client_secret` exists.
  - `status_code` integer, required: The HTTP status code of the response. Stytch follows standard HTTP response status code patterns, e.g. 2XX values equate to success, 3XX values are redirects, 4XX are client errors, and 5XX are server errors.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `429`: Too Many Requests
- `500`: Internal server error

## Changes

- **2026-03-07** `110f26a94e5b`: 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-03-06** `9cab20b8eca7`: 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation
- **2026-01-09** `7dfcc14e566c`: 1 breaking
  - the `m2m_client/trusted_metadata` response's property type changed from `string` to `object` for status `200`
- **2025-09-17** `8270cf3a3d4c`: 3 info
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `401`
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `500`
  - added the non-success response with the status `429`
- **2025-09-17** `864b9f438ac0`: 1 breaking
  - the `status_code` response's property type changed from `string` to `integer`, and format from no format to `int32` for status `200`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/stytch/apis/stytch-api/changes/v1/m2m/clients/:client_id/get.md)

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