# Get a piece of equipment

> One piece of equipment, with its calibration and maintenance due dates.

Source: https://docs.xplantpro.com/docs/api/equipment/get-equipment

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

- Required scope: `read:equipment`
- 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/equipment/8b0d2f4a-6c8e-4a0b-8d2f-4a6c8e0b2d4f \
  -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 item = await client.equipment.get("8b0d2f4a-6c8e-4a0b-8d2f-4a6c8e0b2d4f");
```

**Python**

```python
import os
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://app.xplantpro.com/api/v1/equipment/8b0d2f4a-6c8e-4a0b-8d2f-4a6c8e0b2d4f",
    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']}")
item = body["data"]
```

## Response

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

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string (uuid) | Yes | — |
| `name` | string | Yes | — |
| `category` | string | Yes | The kind of equipment: `balance_scale`, `autoclave_pressure_cooker`, `laminar_flow_hood`, `still_air_box`, `incubator`, `light_rack`, `fridge_freezer`, `ph_ec_meter`, `microscope`, `label_printer`, `other`. |
| `status` | string | Yes | `active`, or `archived` once the lab has retired it. |
| `manufacturer` | string \| null | Yes | — |
| `model` | string \| null | Yes | — |
| `serial_number` | string \| null | Yes | — |
| `location` | string \| null | Yes | Where it is kept, as the lab wrote it. |
| `purchase_date` | string \| null | Yes | ISO 8601 date. |
| `vendor_url` | string \| null | Yes | A link to the product or supplier page. |
| `notes` | string \| null | Yes | — |
| `last_calibrated_at` | string \| null | Yes | When a calibration schedule was last completed, as an ISO 8601 timestamp. |
| `next_calibration_due_at` | string \| null | Yes | The date the next calibration is due (ISO 8601 date), or null when no calibration schedule is active. |
| `last_maintenance_at` | string \| null | Yes | When a maintenance schedule was last completed, as an ISO 8601 timestamp. |
| `next_maintenance_due_at` | string \| null | Yes | The date the next preventive maintenance is due (ISO 8601 date), or null when no maintenance schedule is active. |
| `created_at` | string \| null | Yes | — |
| `updated_at` | string \| null | Yes | — |

```json title="Response"
{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "8c2f4e61-5a3b-4d7e-9b10-3e6a2c9d4f18",
    "name": "Autoclave 2",
    "category": "autoclave_pressure_cooker",
    "status": "active",
    "manufacturer": "Example Instruments",
    "model": "AC-40",
    "serial_number": "AC40-00172",
    "location": "Media room",
    "purchase_date": "2025-03-14",
    "vendor_url": null,
    "notes": null,
    "last_calibrated_at": "2026-06-02T08:30:00.000Z",
    "next_calibration_due_at": "2026-12-02",
    "last_maintenance_at": null,
    "next_maintenance_due_at": null,
    "created_at": "2025-03-20T10:04:11.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-06-02T08:31:40.000Z"
  }
}
```

| 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` | `LAB_EQUIPMENT_QUERY_FAILED` | The equipment could not be read. Retry later. |

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