# Get an entity

One entity: every source record it was matched from, and its latest events.

`GET https://www.chicagopolitics.org/api/v1/entities/{id}`

## Authorizations

| Header | Value |
| --- | --- |
| `Authorization` | `Bearer <key>`. [Get a key](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/account); see [authentication](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/developers/authentication). |

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | yes | p:first-last or o:name |

## Response

200 Entity

## Example request

```bash
curl "https://www.chicagopolitics.org/api/v1/entities/{id}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHICAGO_POLITICS_KEY"
```

Errors: `400`, `401`, `404`, `429` (see [errors](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/developers/errors)).

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Source: https://www.chicagopolitics.org/developers/api/get-entity · Chicago Politics, an independent, nonpartisan tracker of the Chicago City Council. Guide for agents: https://www.chicagopolitics.org/llms.txt