---
title:  GET /gemfire-api/v1/{region}/{key}
---

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Read data for a specific key in the region.

## Resource URL

``` pre
http://<hostname_or_http-service-bind-address>:<http-service-port>/gemfire-api/v1/{region}/{key}
```

## Parameters

None.

## Example Request

``` pre
GET /gemfire-api/v1/orders/1

Request Payload: null
Accept: application/json
```

## Example Responses

``` pre
Response Payload: application/json

200 OK
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
Content-Location: http: //localhost:8080/gemfire-api/v1/orders/1
Content-Type: application/json
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 21:27:59 GMT

{
   "purchaseOrderNo" : 111,
   "customerId" : 101,
   "description" :  "Purchase order for  company - A",
   "orderDate" :  "01/10/2014",
   "deliveryDate" :  "01/20/2014",
   "contact" :  "Jane Doe",
   "email" :  "Jane.Doe@example.com",
   "phone" :  "020-2048096",
   "items" : [ {
     "itemNo" : 1,
     "description" :  "Product-1",
     "quantity" : 5,
     "unitPrice" : 10.0,
     "totalPrice" : 50.0
  }, {
     "itemNo" : 1,
     "description" :  "Product-2",
     "quantity" : 10,
     "unitPrice" : 15.5,
     "totalPrice" : 155.0
  } ],
   "totalPrice" : 205.0
}
```

## Error Codes

| Status Code               | Description                                                                                         |
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 400 BAD REQUEST           | Returned if the supplied key is not found in the region.                                            |
| 404 NOT FOUND             | Returned if the region or specified key is not found.                                               |
| 500 INTERNAL SERVER ERROR | Error encountered at <%=vars.product_name%> server. Check the HTTP response body for a stack trace of the exception. |