# Retrieve an order factory

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

## Request

**GET** <https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/order\\_factories/:id>

### **Example**

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{% tab title="Request" %}
The following request fetches the order factory identified by the ID "XAyRWNUzyN":

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

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{% tab title="Response" %}
On success, the API responds with a `200 OK` status code, returning a single resource object:

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "XAyRWNUzyN",
    "type": "order_factories",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/order_factories/XAyRWNUzyN"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "type": "recurring_order_copies",
      "status": "in_progress",
      "started_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "completed_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "failed_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "errors_log": {
        "status": [
          "cannot transition from draft to placed"
        ]
      },
      "errors_count": 2,
      "place_target_order": true,
      "reuse_wallet": true,
      "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"
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "source_order": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/order_factories/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/source_order",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/order_factories/XAyRWNUzyN/source_order"
        }
      },
      "target_order": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/order_factories/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/target_order",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/order_factories/XAyRWNUzyN/target_order"
        }
      },
      "events": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/order_factories/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/events",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/order_factories/XAyRWNUzyN/events"
        }
      },
      "event_stores": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/order_factories/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/event_stores",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/order_factories/XAyRWNUzyN/event_stores"
        }
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "mode": "test",
      "organization_id": "xRRkjDFafe",
      "trace_id": "69abaa3545913c78132e5578bd26208d44aa9043647d78698fd0021f3958cd74"
    }
  }
}
```

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```
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```

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