> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get a subscription

> The subscription as `data`, with `meta.history` (what happened to it, newest first) and `meta.orders` (its first order and every renewal). An order's `subscriptionId` names the subscription it started or renewed.

Needs the `subscriptions.read` permission (Read Subscriptions).



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /stores/{storeId}/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Shoply API
  version: '1'
  description: >-
    Everything a store's own server can do with a secret API key: its catalogue,
    orders, customers, marketing, finance and the rest of what the dashboard
    does. And the Customer API, which a buyer's own device asks with a token of
    theirs.
servers:
  - url: https://api.shoply.gg/v1
security:
  - apiKey: []
tags:
  - name: API key
  - name: Store
  - name: Domain
  - name: Payment methods
  - name: Analytics
  - name: Storefronts
  - name: Storefront code
  - name: Payment Routing
  - name: Custom payment methods
  - name: Products
  - name: Product pictures
  - name: Stock
  - name: Categories
  - name: Upsells
  - name: Subscriptions
  - name: Orders
  - name: Invoices
  - name: Reviews
  - name: Coupons
  - name: Coupon categories
  - name: Coupon pop-up
  - name: Sales
  - name: Blog
  - name: Search settings
  - name: Redirects
  - name: Sitemap
  - name: Cart Recovery
  - name: Email Marketing
  - name: Email Templates
  - name: Customers
  - name: Affiliates
  - name: Support Tickets
  - name: Blacklist
  - name: Fraud protection
  - name: Disputes
  - name: Finance
  - name: Tax
  - name: Expenses
  - name: Expense setup
  - name: API requests
  - name: Webhook endpoints
  - name: Webhook deliveries
  - name: Customer API
paths:
  /stores/{storeId}/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Subscriptions
      summary: Get a subscription
      description: >-
        The subscription as `data`, with `meta.history` (what happened to it,
        newest first) and `meta.orders` (its first order and every renewal). An
        order's `subscriptionId` names the subscription it started or renewed.


        Needs the `subscriptions.read` permission (Read Subscriptions).
      operationId: subscriptions.show
      parameters:
        - name: storeId
          in: path
          required: true
          description: >-
            The store's ID. A key reaches the store it was made in: `GET /key`
            answers which.
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: subscriptionId
          in: path
          required: true
          description: The subscription.
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: It worked.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                  message:
                    nullable: true
                  code:
                    nullable: true
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: string
                      email:
                        type: string
                      customerId:
                        nullable: true
                      productId:
                        type: string
                      variantId:
                        type: string
                      productName:
                        type: string
                      variantName:
                        type: string
                      quantity:
                        type: integer
                      price:
                        type: number
                      currency:
                        type: string
                      every:
                        type: integer
                      unit:
                        type: string
                      status:
                        type: string
                      periodEnd:
                        type: string
                      graceEnd:
                        nullable: true
                      renewalOrderId:
                        nullable: true
                      renewalUrl:
                        nullable: true
                      firstOrderId:
                        type: string
                      cycles:
                        type: integer
                      remindedAt:
                        nullable: true
                      endedAt:
                        nullable: true
                      revoked:
                        type: boolean
                      pausedAt:
                        nullable: true
                      resumeAt:
                        nullable: true
                      pausedBy:
                        nullable: true
                      renewsWith:
                        nullable: true
                      autoRenews:
                        type: boolean
                      chargeTried:
                        type: integer
                      chargeNextAt:
                        nullable: true
                      createdAt:
                        type: string
                  meta:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      history:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                          properties:
                            kind:
                              type: string
                            detail:
                              type: string
                            actor:
                              type: string
                            orderId:
                              type: string
                            at:
                              type: string
                      orders:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                          properties:
                            id:
                              type: string
                            status:
                              type: string
                            amount:
                              type: number
                            currency:
                              type: string
                            renewal:
                              type: boolean
                            createdAt:
                              type: string
                            paidAt:
                              type: string
              example:
                success: true
                message: null
                code: null
                data:
                  id: d5b2ae58-5363-4806-bcaf-7fc939e2c948
                  email: grace@example.com
                  customerId: null
                  productId: f463e265-097a-4235-bc2f-5239b19a9874
                  variantId: 00e1d395-9ba2-4db3-900a-cb5e2811a2a9
                  productName: Northwind Pro
                  variantName: 1 month
                  quantity: 1
                  price: 9.99
                  currency: USD
                  every: 1
                  unit: month
                  status: active
                  periodEnd: '2026-11-22T16:20:19Z'
                  graceEnd: null
                  renewalOrderId: null
                  renewalUrl: null
                  firstOrderId: bc44febe-0f25-4076-92eb-03a5045a57e7
                  cycles: 1
                  remindedAt: null
                  endedAt: null
                  revoked: false
                  pausedAt: null
                  resumeAt: null
                  pausedBy: null
                  renewsWith: null
                  autoRenews: false
                  chargeTried: 0
                  chargeNextAt: null
                  createdAt: '2026-10-22T16:20:19Z'
                meta:
                  history:
                    - kind: started
                      detail: >-
                        Subscribed to Northwind Pro, 1 month, $9.99 a month.
                        Renews on Nov 22, 2026.
                      actor: buyer
                      orderId: bc44febe-0f25-4076-92eb-03a5045a57e7
                      at: '2026-10-22T16:20:19Z'
                  orders:
                    - id: bc44febe-0f25-4076-92eb-03a5045a57e7
                      status: completed
                      amount: 9.99
                      currency: USD
                      renewal: false
                      createdAt: '2026-10-22T16:20:19Z'
                      paidAt: '2026-10-22T16:20:19Z'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NoKey'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotAllowed'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooMany'
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: javascript
          label: Node.js
          source: |
            import Shoply from "@shoplygg/node";

            const shoply = new Shoply({ apiKey: process.env.SHOPLY_API_KEY });

            const result = await shoply.subscriptions.show("SUBSCRIPTION_ID");
        - lang: php
          label: PHP
          source: |
            <?php

            require 'vendor/autoload.php';

            $shoply = new Shoply\Client(['apiKey' => getenv('SHOPLY_API_KEY')]);

            $result = $shoply->subscriptions->show('SUBSCRIPTION_ID');
        - lang: python
          label: Python
          source: |
            import shoply

            client = shoply.Client()  # reads SHOPLY_API_KEY

            result = client.subscriptions.show("SUBSCRIPTION_ID")
components:
  responses:
    NoKey:
      description: >-
        No API key was sent, or the one sent is not a live key:
        `api_key_required`, `invalid_api_key`.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal'
    NotAllowed:
      description: >-
        The key is real and may not do this: `missing_scope` (with
        `requiredScope`), `ip_not_allowed`, `account_unavailable`, or
        `dashboard_only` for something only a person in the dashboard may do.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal'
    NotFound:
      description: >-
        There is no such thing in this store: `not_found`. A store that is not
        the key's own is answered the same way.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal'
    TooMany:
      description: >-
        The key has used up its budget for now: `rate_limited`. `Retry-After`
        says how many seconds to wait.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal'
  schemas:
    Refusal:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          example: false
        message:
          type: string
          description: What is wrong, in words for a person.
        code:
          type: string
          description: What is wrong, as a word that does not change.
        data:
          nullable: true
        errors:
          type: object
          description: >-
            For `validation_failed`: what is wrong with each field, by the
            field's name.
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
      required:
        - success
        - message
        - code
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        A secret API key, made under Developers in the dashboard:
        `Authorization: Bearer shoply_sk_...`

````

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