---
title: "Changes to Gets a credential or verifiable credential by ID. To get a credential that does not have credential.id set but has an associated credentialId value, pass credentialId instead."
method: GET
path: "/credentials/{id}"
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# Changes to Gets a credential or verifiable credential by ID. To get a credential that does not have credential.id set but has an associated credentialId value, pass credentialId instead.

`GET /credentials/{id}`

> Every recorded change to this endpoint, newest first.

## Timeline

Changed in 2 of 67 revisions.

- **2025-09-23** `466d8897863d` — 1 breaking
- **2025-09-23** `474599254bb9` — 1 info

## Changes

- **2025-09-23** `466d8897863d` — 1 breaking
  - added `#/components/schemas/VerifiableCredentialResponse` to the response body `oneOf` list for the response status `200`
- **2025-09-23** `474599254bb9` — 1 info
  - removed `#/components/schemas/VerifiableCredentialResponse` from the response body `oneOf` list for the response status `200`

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[Operation](https://skmtc.dev/w3c/apis/verifiable-credential-api-for-lifecycle-management/docs/credentials/:id/get.md) · [API](https://skmtc.dev/w3c/apis/verifiable-credential-api-for-lifecycle-management.md) · [Page](https://skmtc.dev/w3c/apis/verifiable-credential-api-for-lifecycle-management/changes/credentials/:id/get)