# Get a contamination

> One contamination log, with the plants and explants it is linked to.

Source: https://docs.xplantpro.com/docs/api/contaminations/get-contamination

`GET https://app.xplantpro.com/api/v1/contaminations/{id}`

- Required scope: `read:contaminations`
- Credentials: workspace API key (`xpk_`)
- Idempotency-Key: ignored on this endpoint

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string (uuid) | Yes | The record's id. |

## Example

**curl**

```bash
curl https://app.xplantpro.com/api/v1/contaminations/6a8c0e2b-4d6f-4a8c-9e0b-2d4f6a8c0e2b \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $XPLANT_API_KEY"
```

**JavaScript**

```js
import { XPlantClient } from "@shmaplex/xplant-sdk";

const client = new XPlantClient({ apiKey: process.env.XPLANT_API_KEY });

const contamination = await client.contaminations.get("6a8c0e2b-4d6f-4a8c-9e0b-2d4f6a8c0e2b");
```

**Python**

```python
import os
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://app.xplantpro.com/api/v1/contaminations/6a8c0e2b-4d6f-4a8c-9e0b-2d4f6a8c0e2b",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['XPLANT_API_KEY']}"},
    timeout=10,
)
body = resp.json()
if not body["ok"]:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{resp.status_code} {body['code']}: {body['error']}")
contamination = body["data"]
```

## Response

`200` with `{ "ok": true, "data": … }`. `data` holds the result.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string (uuid) | Yes | — |
| `workspace_id` | string \| null | Yes | The workspace the log belongs to. |
| `type` | string \| null | Yes | What was seen: `mold`, `bacteria`, `hyperhydricity`, `phenolic`, `algae`, `yeast`, `endophytic`, `viral`, `fungal`, `physiological`, `contaminated_media`, `damage`, `insect`, `other`. |
| `type_other` | string \| null | Yes | The contamination in the logger's own words, when `type` is `other`. |
| `issue` | string | Yes | A short summary of what was seen. |
| `description` | string \| null | Yes | — |
| `notes` | string \| null | Yes | — |
| `severity` | string | Yes | How serious it is: `very low`, `low`, `medium`, `high`, `critical`. |
| `status` | string | Yes | Where it stands: `active`, `resolved`, `quarantined`, `archived`, `under investigation`. |
| `observed_at` | string \| null | Yes | When it was seen. ISO 8601. |
| `resolved_at` | string \| null | Yes | When it was marked resolved. ISO 8601. |
| `vessels_affected` | integer \| null | Yes | How many vessels it reached. Null when nobody counted, which is not the same as none. |
| `plants_affected` | integer \| null | Yes | How many plants it reached. Null when nobody counted, which is not the same as none. |
| `affected_vessel_markings` | string \| null | Yes | Which vessels, as written on them. |
| `custom_fields` | object | Yes | Your lab's own fields on this contamination, keyed by field key. Always an object: `{}` when none were filled in. |
| `plant_ids` | string (uuid)[] | Yes | The plants the log is linked to. |
| `explant_ids` | string (uuid)[] | Yes | The explants the log is linked to. |
| `logged_by` | string (uuid) | Yes | User id of the workspace member who logged it. |
| `created_at` | string \| null | Yes | When it was logged. ISO 8601. |
| `updated_at` | string \| null | Yes | When it last changed. ISO 8601. |

```json title="Response"
{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "8a3c1e57-4b2d-4f60-9c81-2d7e5b9a0f14",
    "workspace_id": "3f9d2b61-7c4e-4a85-b0d3-6e1f8a2c5b97",
    "type": "bacteria",
    "type_other": null,
    "issue": "Cloudy halo around the base of the Phalaenopsis explant",
    "description": null,
    "notes": "Noticed at the weekly check on shelf 3.",
    "severity": "medium",
    "status": "active",
    "observed_at": "2026-09-24T08:30:00.000Z",
    "resolved_at": null,
    "vessels_affected": 2,
    "plants_affected": null,
    "affected_vessel_markings": "P-07 / P-09",
    "custom_fields": {
      "hood": "Hood 2"
    },
    "plant_ids": [],
    "explant_ids": [
      "6d2f9a14-8b3e-4c71-a5d0-1f7e3b8c2a96"
    ],
    "logged_by": "0d7e4b9a-6f21-4c3e-8a5b-2e9f1c7d4a60",
    "created_at": "2026-09-24T08:41:12.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-09-24T08:41:12.000Z"
  }
}
```

| Response header | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| `X-Request-Id` | Identifies this request. Include it when you contact support. |

## Errors

| Status | Code | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `401` | `UNAUTHORIZED` | The key is missing, malformed or revoked, or its owner is no longer a member of the workspace. |
| `402` | `PAID_PLAN_REQUIRED` | The workspace's plan does not include the API. The full API is included with xPlant+ Teams and Enterprise; on Hobby and Pro Lab, keys can connect devices only. |
| `403` | `FORBIDDEN` | The key lacks a scope this operation requires, or its owner's current role in the workspace cannot use it — a key never does more than its owner can in xPlant. `error` names the scope, and for a role, the role it needs. |
| `403` | `DEVICE_TOKEN_NOT_ACCEPTED` | A device token was sent; this operation needs a workspace API key. |
| `404` | `NOT_FOUND` | No record with this id exists in the key's workspace. |
| `429` | `RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` | Too many requests for this key, device token or workspace. Wait `Retry-After` seconds. |
| `500` | `CONTAMINATION_QUERY_FAILED` | The log could not be read. Retry later. |

Branch on `code`, never on the `error` text. See [Errors](https://docs.xplantpro.com/docs/errors.md).