# Get a live photo

{% hint style="info" %}
This will retrieve the live photo object. To download the actual photo, you should use the [download live photo](/documentation/api-reference/core-resources/live-photos/download-live-photo.md) endpoint.
{% endhint %}

### URL

<mark style="color:blue;">**GET**</mark> `https://api.complycube.com/v1/livePhotos/:id`

Retrieves an existing live photo.

### Headers

<table><thead><tr><th width="266">Name</th><th width="82">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>Authorization</code><mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>string</td><td>The API <code>live</code> or <code>test</code> key.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Path parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="264">Name</th><th width="87">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>id</code><mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>string</td><td>The ID of the live photo.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Example request

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

```bash
curl -X GET https://api.complycube.com/v1/livePhotos/{:livePhotoId} \
     -H 'Authorization: <YOUR_API_KEY>'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Node.js" %}

```javascript
const { ComplyCube } = require("@complycube/api");

const complycube = new ComplyCube({ apiKey: "<YOUR_API_KEY>" });

const livePhoto = await complycube.livePhoto.get("LIVE_PHOTO_ID");
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
from complycube import ComplyCubeClient

cc_api = ComplyCubeClient(api_key='<YOUR_API_KEY>')

live_photo = cc_api.livephotos.get('LIVE_PHOTO_ID')
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
use ComplyCube\ComplyCubeClient;

$ccapi = new ComplyCubeClient('<YOUR_API_KEY>');

$livePhoto = $ccapi->livephotos()->get('LIVE_PHOTO_ID');
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title=".NET" %}

```csharp
using ComplyCube.Net;
using ComplyCube.Net.Resources.LivePhotos;

var livePhotoApi = new LivePhotoApi(new ComplyCubeClient("<YOUR_API_KEY>"));

var livePhoto = await livePhotoApi.GetAsync("LIVE_PHOTO_ID");
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

Example responses

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Success (200)" %}

```json
{
    "id": "5eb1b5f231778a0008d1c3f6",
    "clientId": "5eb1276d96be4a0008713af5",
    "downloadLink": "/livePhotos/5eb1b5f231778a0008d1c3f6/download",
    "contentType": "images/jpg",
    "performLivenessCheck": true,
    "size": 44896,
    "createdAt": "2020-01-01T14:06:44.756Z",
    "updatedAt": "2020-01-01T14:06:44.756Z"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resource Not Found (404)" %}

```json
{
    "type": "resource_not_found",
    "message": "Invalid live photo id '5eb1b5f231778a0008d1c3f5'"
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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