---
title: "Fetch an instance of a short code"
method: GET
path: "/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/SMS/ShortCodes/{Sid}.json"
tags: ["Api20100401ShortCode"]
---

# Fetch an instance of a short code

`GET /2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/SMS/ShortCodes/{Sid}.json`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.twilio.com`
- URL: `https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/SMS/ShortCodes/{Sid}.json`
- Auth: HTTP basic

Fetch an instance of a short code

## Path parameters

- `AccountSid` string, required
- `Sid` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- ApiV2010AccountShortCode
  - `account_sid` string, nullable: The SID of the [Account](https://www.twilio.com/docs/iam/api/account) that created this ShortCode resource.
  - `api_version` string, nullable: The API version used to start a new TwiML session when an SMS message is sent to this short code.
  - `date_created` string, date-time-rfc-2822, nullable: The date and time in GMT that this resource was created specified in [RFC 2822](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2822.txt) format.
  - `date_updated` string, date-time-rfc-2822, nullable: The date and time in GMT that this resource was last updated, specified in [RFC 2822](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2822.txt) format.
  - `friendly_name` string, nullable: A string that you assigned to describe this resource. By default, the `FriendlyName` is the short code.
  - `short_code` string, nullable: The short code. e.g., 894546.
  - `sid` string, nullable: The unique string that that we created to identify this ShortCode resource.
  - `sms_fallback_method` 'GET' | 'POST', http-method, nullable: The HTTP method we use to call the `sms_fallback_url`. Can be: `GET` or `POST`.
  - `sms_fallback_url` string, uri, nullable: The URL that we call if an error occurs while retrieving or executing the TwiML from `sms_url`.
  - `sms_method` 'GET' | 'POST', http-method, nullable: The HTTP method we use to call the `sms_url`. Can be: `GET` or `POST`.
  - `sms_url` string, uri, nullable: The URL we call when receiving an incoming SMS message to this short code.
  - `uri` string, nullable: The URI of this resource, relative to `https://api.twilio.com`.

## Changes

- **2024-04-18** (v2010) `cf63f47f41aa`: 8 info
  - removed the `DELETE` enum value from the `sms_fallback_method` response property for the response status `200`
  - removed the `DELETE` enum value from the `sms_method` response property for the response status `200`
  - removed the `HEAD` enum value from the `sms_fallback_method` response property for the response status `200`
  - removed the `HEAD` enum value from the `sms_method` response property for the response status `200`
  - …4 more

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/twilio/apis/api-v2010/changes/2010-04-01/Accounts/:AccountSid/SMS/ShortCodes/:Sid.json/get.md)

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