---
title: "Retrieve a Network Route"
method: GET
path: "/network_routes/{id}"
tags: ["Network Routes"]
---

# Retrieve a Network Route

`GET /network_routes/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.telnyx.com/v2`
- URL: `https://api.telnyx.com/v2/network_routes/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Retrieves a route and its status.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

Successful response.

- object
  - `data` NetworkRoute
    - `id` string, uuid: Identifies the resource.
    - `record_type` string: Identifies the type of the resource.
    - `network_id` string, uuid: The id of the Network the route belongs to.
    - `cidr` string: The IPv4 CIDR the route covers.
    - `next_hop` NetworkRouteNextHop: Where the Network sends traffic for the route's CIDR.
      - `type` 'tunnel' | 'wireguard_peer' | 'wireguard_interface' | 'private_wireless_gateway' | 'virtual_cross_connect' | 'ipsec_tunnel' | 'public_internet_gateway', required: The type of the next hop. Routes added with `POST /network_routes` use `tunnel`. Routes that attachments install carry the attachment's type.
      - `id` string, uuid, required: The id of the tunnel or attachment.
    - `origin` 'static' | 'attachment': `static` for a route added with `POST /network_routes`, `attachment` for a route that another resource installed and removes.
    - `status` 'pending' | 'active' | 'inactive' | 'failed': `pending` until Telnyx installs the route on the Network, then `active`. `inactive` while a tunnel next hop has no connected process. `failed` (Preview, not reported yet) when Telnyx could not install the route.
    - `created_at` string, date-time: ISO 8601 formatted date-time indicating when the resource was created.

## Other responses

- `404`: Not found: no route with this id exists on the account.
- `default`: Unexpected error

## Changes

- **2026-10-26** `0f17b8167873`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/team-telnyx/apis/telnyx-api/changes/network_routes/:id/get.md)

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