# Get Single Order

<mark style="color:green;">**`GET`**</mark> `https://api.sfox.com/v1/orders/:order_id`

Retrieve the details of a single order.

{% hint style="info" %}
sFOX recommends using the [**Orders WebSocket feed**](/websocket-api/orders-and-account-data/orders.md) instead, which streams order updates in real-time and does not count towards your request limit.
{% endhint %}

### **Path Parameters**

<table><thead><tr><th width="240">Parameter</th><th width="92">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong><code>order_id</code></strong> <mark style="color:red;">required</mark></td><td>string</td><td><code>order_id</code> is either the order ID generated by sFOX upon order creation (<code>id</code>) or the client-assigned <code>client_order_id</code>.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Order Statuses

<table><thead><tr><th width="151">Status</th><th width="128">Status Code</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong><code>Started</code></strong></td><td><code>100</code></td><td><ul><li>The order is open and active</li><li>Filled quantity may be >= 0</li><li>Filled quantity is &#x3C; the order quantity</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><strong><code>Cancel Pending</code></strong></td><td><code>90</code></td><td><ul><li>The order is in the process of being canceled but cancelation has not been completed</li><li>The order may still receive fills</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><strong><code>Canceled</code></strong></td><td><code>10</code></td><td><ul><li>The order was successfully canceled</li><li><strong>Order may have been partially filled prior to cancelation</strong></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><strong><code>Done</code></strong></td><td><code>300</code></td><td><ul><li>The order was completed and is no longer active</li><li>Filled quantity = order quantity</li><li>The order will not receive new fills</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Responses

<details>

<summary><mark style="color:green;">200</mark></summary>

```json
{
    "id": 2010135,
    "side_id": 500,
    "action": "Buy",
    "algorithm_id": 201,
    "algorithm": "Limit",
    "type": "Limit",
    "pair": "btcusd",
    "quantity": 0.1,
    "price": 36431,
    "amount": 0,
    "net_market_amount": 0,
    "filled": 0,
    "vwap": 0,
    "filled_amount": 0,
    "fees": 0,
    "net_proceeds": 0,
    "status": "Started",
    "status_code": 100,
    "routing_option": "WeightedExchange",
    "routing_type": "NetPrice",
    "time_in_force": "GTC",
    "expires": null,
    "dateupdated": "2023-11-17T20:52:40.000Z",
    "date_added": "2023-11-17T20:52:40.000Z",
    "client_order_id": "ea5c8afc-419a-447d-8188-659dce1a782a",
    "user_tx_id": "ea5c8afc-419a-447d-8188-659dce1a782a",
    "o_action": "Buy",
    "algo_id": 201,
    "algorithm_options": null,
    "destination": ""
}
```

</details>

<details>

<summary><mark style="color:red;">401</mark>: Unauthorized</summary>

```json
//Invalid API key or insufficient user permissions
{
    "error": "user lookup failed"
}
```

</details>

<details>

<summary><mark style="color:red;">404</mark>: Not Found</summary>

```json
//The order_id specified in the request is invalid or does not exist
{
    "error": "the requested order was not found",
    "error_code": "ORDER_NOT_FOUND"
}
```

</details>

### Example Requests

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Shell" %}

```bash
curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
  'https://api.sfox.com/v1/orders/<ORDER_ID>'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="NodeJS" %}

```javascript
const axios = require('axios');

axios({
  method: 'get',
  url: 'https://api.sfox.com/v1/orders/<ORDER_ID>',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer <API_KEY>'
  }
}).then(response => {
  console.log(response)
}).catch(err => {
  console.error(err)
});
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests

data = requests.get(
  "https://api.sfox.com/v1/orders/<ORDER_ID>",
  headers={
    "Authorization": "Bearer <API_KEY>",
  }
)
print(data)
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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