Get Pet¶

The Get Pet endpoint is used to retrieve information about an existing pet from the Petstore system.

This operation returns pet details based on the pet ID provided in the request path.

Endpoint¶

GET /pet/{petId}

Base URL¶

https://petstore.swagger.io/v2/pet/{petId}

Path Parameters¶

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
petId	integer	Yes	Unique identifier of the pet

Request Headers¶

Header	Required	Description
accept	No	Specifies the expected response format
api_key	No	API key used for authorized requests

Supported Response Formats¶

The endpoint supports the following response formats:

Content Type	Usage
application/json	JSON response payload
application/xml	XML response payload

Sample Request¶

cURLPythonJavaScript

curl -X GET "https://petstore.swagger.io/v2/pet/101" \
-H "accept: application/json"

import requests

url = "https://petstore.swagger.io/v2/pet/101"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.json())

fetch("https://petstore.swagger.io/v2/pet/101", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "accept": "application/json"
  }
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(data => console.log(data));

Successful Response¶

JSONXML

{
  "id": 101,
  "category": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Dogs"
  },
  "name": "Rocky",
  "photoUrls": [
    "https://example.com/images/rocky.png"
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "id": 10,
      "name": "friendly"
    }
  ],
  "status": "available"
}

<Pet>
  <id>101</id>
  <category>
    <id>1</id>
    <name>Dogs</name>
  </category>
  <name>Rocky</name>
  <photoUrls>
    <photoUrl>https://example.com/images/rocky.png</photoUrl>
  </photoUrls>
  <tags>
    <tag>
      <id>10</id>
      <name>friendly</name>
    </tag>
  </tags>
  <status>available</status>
</Pet>

Response Codes¶

Status Code	Description
200	Pet details retrieved successfully
400	Invalid pet ID supplied
404	Pet not found

Error Response Example¶

{
  "code": 404,
  "type": "error",
  "message": "Pet not found"
}

Notes¶

The petId value must match an existing pet record.
Invalid or non-existing IDs may return an error response.
JSON is the preferred response format for most integrations.
Authentication may be required for restricted environments or protected resources.