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GET
/
v1
/
recipients
/
{id}
Retrieve a recipient
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.sandbox.busha.so/v1/recipients/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
import requests

url = "https://api.sandbox.busha.so/v1/recipients/{id}"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.sandbox.busha.so/v1/recipients/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sandbox.busha.so/v1/recipients/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.sandbox.busha.so/v1/recipients/{id}"

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.sandbox.busha.so/v1/recipients/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.sandbox.busha.so/v1/recipients/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Recipient retrieved successfully",
  "data": {
    "object": "recipient",
    "id": "8014c2ee-c70f-4c72-8d9f-c8b9d708a688",
    "user_id": "b8277d1c-1bde-46ef-92ce-ebb4752eede5",
    "profile_id": "b8277d1c-1bde-46ef-92ce-ebb4752eede5",
    "currency_id": "NGN",
    "country_id": "NG",
    "type": "ngn_bank",
    "legal_entity_type": "personal",
    "owned_by_customer": true,
    "active": true,
    "created_at": "2024-05-16T13:06:31.409336+01:00",
    "updated_at": "2024-05-16T13:06:31.409336+01:00",
    "fields": [
      {
        "value": "Access Bank Nigeria",
        "display_name": "Bank Name",
        "name": "bank_name",
        "is_copyable": false,
        "is_visible": true,
        "required": true
      },
      {
        "value": "0013246052",
        "display_name": "Account Number",
        "name": "account_number",
        "is_copyable": false,
        "is_visible": true,
        "required": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer Authentication

Headers

X-BU-PROFILE-ID
string

User profile header

Example:

"BUS_YOK8tp5Zga01qOKEsqp07"

X-BU-Version
enum<string>
default:2025-07-11

The API version to use for this request.

Available options:
2025-06-01,
2025-07-11
Example:

"2025-07-11"

Path Parameters

id
string<uuid>
required
Example:

"550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"

Response

Recipient retrieved successfully

General response Values

status
enum<string>
required
Available options:
success,
error
Example:

"success"

message
string
required
Example:

"message for success"

data
object
required
deprecated