## Retrieve

`account.retrieve(strid)  -> AccountRetrieveResponse`

**get** `/v1/accounts/{id}`

Retrieves a single account by its ID.

**[Required scope](/using-the-api/scopes/):** `accounts:read`

**[Rate limit category](/using-the-api/rate-limits/):** Read

### Parameters

- `id: str`

  Unique identifier of the account to retrieve.

### Returns

- `class AccountRetrieveResponse: …`

  - `id: str`

    Unique identifier for the entity.

  - `created_at: str`

    ISO 8601 timestamp of when the entity was created.

  - `fields: Dict[str, Fields]`

    Map of field names to their typed values. System fields are prefixed with `$` (e.g. `$name`, `$email`); custom attributes use their bare slug.

    - `value: Union[str, float, bool, 3 more]`

      The field value, or null if unset.

      - `str`

      - `float`

      - `bool`

      - `List[Union[str, float, bool, 3 more]]`

        - `str`

        - `float`

        - `bool`

        - `List[Optional[object]]`

        - `Dict[str, object]`

      - `Dict[str, Union[str, float, bool, 3 more]]`

        - `str`

        - `float`

        - `bool`

        - `List[Optional[object]]`

        - `Dict[str, object]`

    - `value_type: Literal["ADDRESS", "CHECKBOX", "CURRENCY", 11 more]`

      The data type of the field.

      - `"ADDRESS"`

      - `"CHECKBOX"`

      - `"CURRENCY"`

      - `"DATETIME"`

      - `"EMAIL"`

      - `"FULL_NAME"`

      - `"MARKDOWN"`

      - `"MULTI_SELECT"`

      - `"NUMBER"`

      - `"SINGLE_SELECT"`

      - `"SOCIAL_HANDLE"`

      - `"TELEPHONE"`

      - `"TEXT"`

      - `"URL"`

  - `http_link: Optional[str]`

    URL to view the entity in the Lightfield web app, or null.

  - `relationships: Dict[str, Relationships]`

    Map of relationship names to their associated entities. System relationships are prefixed with `$` (e.g. `$owner`, `$contact`).

    - `cardinality: str`

      Whether the relationship is `has_one` or `has_many`.

    - `object_type: str`

      The type of the related object (e.g. `account`, `contact`).

    - `values: List[str]`

      IDs of the related entities.

### Example

```python
from lightfield import Lightfield

client = Lightfield(
    api_key="My API Key",
)
account_retrieve_response = client.account.retrieve(
    "id",
)
print(account_retrieve_response.id)
```