# Retrieve an external gateway

To [fetch](https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/fetching-resources) a single external gateway, send a `GET` request to the `/api/external_gateways/:id` endpoint, where `id` is the ID of the resource that you want to retrieve.

## Request

**GET** <https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/external\\_gateways/:id>

### **Example**

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The following request fetches the external gateway identified by the ID "XAyRWNUzyN":

```shell
curl -g -X GET \
  'https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/external_gateways/XAyRWNUzyN' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer your-access-token'
```

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On success, the API responds with a `200 OK` status code, returning a single resource object:

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "XAyRWNUzyN",
    "type": "external_gateways",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/external_gateways/XAyRWNUzyN"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "name": "US payment gateway",
      "force_payments": true,
      "disabled_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "created_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "reference": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE",
      "reference_origin": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE-ORIGIN",
      "metadata": {
        "foo": "bar"
      },
      "authorize_url": "https://external_gateway.com/authorize",
      "capture_url": "https://external_gateway.com/capture",
      "void_url": "https://external_gateway.com/void",
      "refund_url": "https://external_gateway.com/refund",
      "token_url": "https://external_gateway.com/token",
      "shared_secret": "1c0994cc4e996e8c6ee56a2198f66f3c"
    },
    "relationships": {
      "payment_methods": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/external_gateways/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/payment_methods",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/external_gateways/XAyRWNUzyN/payment_methods"
        }
      },
      "versions": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/external_gateways/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/versions",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/external_gateways/XAyRWNUzyN/versions"
        }
      },
      "event_stores": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/external_gateways/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/event_stores",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/external_gateways/XAyRWNUzyN/event_stores"
        }
      },
      "external_payments": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/external_gateways/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/external_payments",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/external_gateways/XAyRWNUzyN/external_payments"
        }
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "mode": "test",
      "organization_id": "xRRkjDFafe",
      "trace_id": "69abaa3545913c78132e5578bd26208d44aa9043647d78698fd0021f3958cd74"
    }
  }
}
```

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