# Retrieve a subscription

Source: https://developers.swell.is/backend-api/subscriptions/retrieve-a-subscription

Retrieve an existing subscription using the ID that was returned when created.

## Arguments

- `id` (objectId, required): The id of the subscription to retrieve.
- `expand` (string): Expanding link fields and child collections is performed using the expand argument.

  - For example, `expand=account` would return a related customer account if one exists.

  When the field represents a collection, you can specify the query limit.

  - For example, `expand=variants:10` would return up to 10 records of the variants collection.

  See [expanding ](https://developers.swell.is/backend-api/querying/expanding)for more details.
- `fields` (string): Return only the specified fields in the result. For example `fields=name,slug` would return only the fields `name` and `slug` in the response. Supports nested object and array fields using dot-notation, for example, `items.product_id`. The category `id` is always returned.
- `include` (string): Include one or more arbitrary queries in the response, possibly related to the main query.

  See [including ](https://developers.swell.is/backend-api/querying/including)for more details.

## Example request

`GET /subscriptions/:id`

**cURL**

```bash
$ curl https://api.swell.store/subscriptions/60f199509111e700000000b1 \
  -u store-id:secret-key
```

**Node**

```javascript
const { swell } = require('swell-node');
swell.init('store-id', 'secret-key');

await swell.get('/subscriptions/60f199509111e700000000b1');
```

**PHP**

```php
<?php $swell = new \Swell\Client('store-id', 'secret-key');

$swell->get('/subscriptions/60f199509111e700000000b1');

?>
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "id": "60f199509111e700000000b1",
  "account_id": "60f199509111e700000000b2",
  "product_id": "60f199509111e700000000b3",
  "active": true,
  "cancel_at_end": false,
  "cancel_reason": null,
  "canceled": false,
  "currency": "USD",
  "date_canceled": null,
  "date_created": "2021-07-16T14:36:00.483Z",
  "date_payment_expiring": "2031-01-01T08:00:00.000Z",
  "date_payment_failed": null,
  "date_payment_retry": null,
  "date_period_end": "2019-03-24T04:28:12.962Z",
  "date_period_start": "2019-02-24T04:28:12.962Z",
  "date_trial_end": "2019-02-24T04:28:12.962Z",
  "date_trial_start": "2019-01-24T04:28:12.962Z",
  "date_updated": "2021-07-16T14:36:00.483Z",
  "discount_total": 0,
  "discounts": null,
  "grand_total": 148.8946,
  "interval": "monthly",
  "interval_count": 1,
  "invoice_total": 99,
  "item_discount": 0,
  "item_tax": 0,
  "item_total": 49.8946,
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "5ca537326a0ec32a521139dd",
      "date_created": "2019-03-24T22:56:33.467Z",
      "description": "Remaining time on Example Subscription",
      "proration": true,
      "quantity": 1,
      "price": 49.8946,
      "price_total": 49.8946,
      "recurring_price": 0,
      "recurring_price_total": 0,
      "discount_total": 0,
      "discount_each": 0,
      "recurring_discount_total": 0,
      "recurring_discount_each": 0,
      "tax_total": 0,
      "tax_each": 0,
      "recurring_tax_total": 0,
      "recurring_tax_each": 0
    }
  ],
  "notes": null,
  "options": [
    {
      "id": "5becb84fac207653a4816ee5",
      "name": "Plan",
      "value": "Monthly"
    }
  ],
  "order_id": "60f199509111e7000000009d",
  "order_item_id": "60f199509111e7000000009e",
  "paid": true,
  "payment_balance": 0,
  "payment_total": 99,
  "price": 99,
  "price_total": 99,
  "product_discount_each": 0,
  "product_discount_total": 0,
  "product_discounts": null,
  "product_tax_each": 0,
  "product_tax_total": 0,
  "product_taxes": null,
  "quantity": 1,
  "recurring_discount_total": 0,
  "recurring_item_discount": 0,
  "recurring_item_tax": 0,
  "recurring_item_total": 0,
  "recurring_tax_included_total": 0,
  "recurring_tax_total": 0,
  "recurring_total": 99,
  "refund_total": 0,
  "status": "active",
  "sub_total": 148.8946,
  "tax_included_total": 0,
  "tax_total": 0,
  "taxes": null,
  "trial": false,
  "trial_days": 14,
  "unpaid": false,
  "variant_id": "60f199509111e7000000009f"
}
```