# Get a brand

> The brands.get operation: GET /api/v1/brands/{id} in the REST API and the brands_get tool in the MCP server.

Returns one brand by its ID (`brd_…`): name, slug, status, branding, statement descriptor and invoice
series. A brand outside the request's scope (another organization, another entity of an entity-scoped
request, or a sibling of a brand-scoped one) is `resource_not_found`.

## At a glance

- **REST:** `GET /api/v1/brands/{id}`
- **MCP tool:** `brands_get`
- **Operation ID:** `brands.get`
- **Scope:** Organization, or one of its legal entities or brands
- **Permission:** `brands:read`
- **Risk tier:** `read`
- **Dry run:** Not supported
- **Idempotency:** Not needed (read only)
- **Modes:** Test and live
- **Authentication:** API key with the `brands:read` scope
- **Since:** M1

## Request

### Path parameters

| Field | Type       | Description |
| ----- | ---------- | ----------- |
| `id`  | `brd_…` ID |             |

### Query parameters

This operation takes no query parameters.

## Response

`200 OK` with a JSON object:

| Field                                           | Type                                               | Description                                                                                                         |
| ----------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id`                                            | `brd_…` ID                                         |                                                                                                                     |
| `object`                                        | `"brand"`                                          |                                                                                                                     |
| `orgId`                                         | `org_…` ID                                         |                                                                                                                     |
| `entityId`                                      | `ent_…` ID                                         |                                                                                                                     |
| `slug`                                          | string                                             |                                                                                                                     |
| `name`                                          | string                                             |                                                                                                                     |
| `status`                                        | one of `draft`, `test_only`, `live`, `suspended`   |                                                                                                                     |
| `isPlatformBrand`                               | boolean                                            |                                                                                                                     |
| `branding`                                      | object                                             |                                                                                                                     |
| `branding.logoUrl`                              | string or null                                     |                                                                                                                     |
| `branding.iconUrl`                              | string or null                                     |                                                                                                                     |
| `branding.primaryColor`                         | string or null                                     |                                                                                                                     |
| `branding.accentColor`                          | string or null                                     |                                                                                                                     |
| `branding.supportEmail`                         | string or null                                     |                                                                                                                     |
| `branding.supportUrl`                           | string or null                                     |                                                                                                                     |
| `branding.termsUrl`                             | string or null                                     |                                                                                                                     |
| `branding.privacyUrl`                           | string or null                                     |                                                                                                                     |
| `statementDescriptor`                           | string                                             |                                                                                                                     |
| `statementDescriptorSuffix`                     | string or null                                     |                                                                                                                     |
| `invoiceSeries`                                 | object                                             |                                                                                                                     |
| `invoiceSeries.invoice`                         | string                                             |                                                                                                                     |
| `invoiceSeries.creditNote`                      | string                                             |                                                                                                                     |
| `billingSettings`                               | object                                             |                                                                                                                     |
| `billingSettings.dunning`                       | object                                             |                                                                                                                     |
| `billingSettings.dunning.retryOffsetsDays`      | array of integer                                   |                                                                                                                     |
| `billingSettings.dunning.finalAction`           | one of `unpaid`, `canceled`                        |                                                                                                                     |
| `billingSettings.entitlementGraceDays`          | integer                                            |                                                                                                                     |
| `billingSettings.sendInvoice`                   | object                                             |                                                                                                                     |
| `billingSettings.sendInvoice.graceDays`         | integer                                            |                                                                                                                     |
| `billingSettings.cardExpiryReminders`           | boolean                                            |                                                                                                                     |
| `billingSettings.pausedEntitlements`            | boolean                                            |                                                                                                                     |
| `billingSettings.paymentBehavior`               | one of `allow_incomplete`, `pending_if_incomplete` |                                                                                                                     |
| `policies`                                      | object                                             |                                                                                                                     |
| `policies.breakageRecognition`                  | one of `at_expiry`, `manual`                       | `at_expiry` (the default) or `manual` (held as expired credits until recognised).                                   |
| `policies.supportRefundLimits`                  | array of object                                    | The support role's refund limit per currency (M8); a currency not listed has the default of 100 of it.              |
| `policies.supportRefundLimits[].amount`         | string                                             | Integer micros as a string.                                                                                         |
| `policies.supportRefundLimits[].currency`       | string                                             |                                                                                                                     |
| `policies.disputeWalletFreeze`                  | boolean                                            | Freeze the customer's wallets when a dispute opens (default true; §19.2, M8).                                       |
| `policies.taxIdUnavailable`                     | one of `charge_as_b2c`, `block`                    | What a sale does when a tax ID couldn't be checked (§9.1 step 1; M13): `charge_as_b2c` (the default) or `block`.    |
| `portalSettings`                                | object                                             |                                                                                                                     |
| `portalSettings.allowPlanChanges`               | boolean                                            | Customers may switch plans along `planChangeMatrix` (no row: no switch).                                            |
| `portalSettings.planChangeMatrix`               | array of object                                    | One row per price: a subscription item on `fromPriceId` may switch to any of `toPriceIds` (same mode and currency). |
| `portalSettings.planChangeMatrix[].fromPriceId` | `price_…` ID                                       |                                                                                                                     |
| `portalSettings.planChangeMatrix[].toPriceIds`  | array of `price_…` ID                              |                                                                                                                     |
| `portalSettings.allowCancel`                    | boolean                                            | Customers may cancel their subscriptions.                                                                           |
| `portalSettings.cancelBehavior`                 | one of `period_end`, `immediate`                   | A portal cancellation ends the subscription at the period end (default) or at once.                                 |
| `portalSettings.collectCancelReason`            | boolean                                            | The portal asks why the customer cancels.                                                                           |
| `portalSettings.allowQuantityChanges`           | boolean                                            | Customers may change the quantity (seats) of licensed items.                                                        |
| `checkoutSettings`                              | object                                             |                                                                                                                     |
| `checkoutSettings.locales`                      | array of string                                    | The brand's languages, its default first. A default, not a restriction: a customer's own language comes first.      |
| `checkoutSettings.collectPhone`                 | boolean                                            |                                                                                                                     |
| `checkoutSettings.requireBusinessDetails`       | one of `auto`, `always`, `never`                   |                                                                                                                     |
| `createdAt`                                     | date-time                                          |                                                                                                                     |
| `updatedAt`                                     | date-time                                          |                                                                                                                     |

## Examples

### Read a brand

```http
GET /api/v1/brands/brd_01m4tx5nj8emwbyf7y9vcf47x4
Authorization: Bearer or_test_…
```

Response (`200`):

```json
{
  "id": "brd_01m4tx5nj8emwbyf7y9vcf47x4",
  "object": "brand",
  "orgId": "org_01m4tx5nj7ekd958x53w4bntcg",
  "entityId": "ent_01m4tx5nj8emwbyf7y9vcf47x2",
  "slug": "acme-app",
  "name": "Acme App",
  "status": "test_only",
  "isPlatformBrand": false,
  "branding": {
    "logoUrl": null,
    "iconUrl": null,
    "primaryColor": null,
    "accentColor": null,
    "supportEmail": null,
    "supportUrl": null,
    "termsUrl": null,
    "privacyUrl": null
  },
  "statementDescriptor": "ACME APP",
  "statementDescriptorSuffix": null,
  "invoiceSeries": {
    "invoice": "ACM",
    "creditNote": "ACM-CN"
  },
  "billingSettings": {
    "dunning": {
      "retryOffsetsDays": [1, 3, 5, 7],
      "finalAction": "unpaid"
    },
    "entitlementGraceDays": 7,
    "sendInvoice": {
      "graceDays": 14
    },
    "cardExpiryReminders": true,
    "pausedEntitlements": false,
    "paymentBehavior": "allow_incomplete"
  },
  "policies": {
    "breakageRecognition": "at_expiry",
    "supportRefundLimits": [],
    "disputeWalletFreeze": true,
    "taxIdUnavailable": "charge_as_b2c"
  },
  "portalSettings": {
    "allowPlanChanges": true,
    "planChangeMatrix": [],
    "allowCancel": true,
    "cancelBehavior": "period_end",
    "collectCancelReason": true,
    "allowQuantityChanges": false
  },
  "checkoutSettings": {
    "locales": ["en", "hr"],
    "collectPhone": false,
    "requireBusinessDetails": "auto"
  },
  "createdAt": "2026-10-13T12:00:00.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-13T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

## Errors

| Code                                                                                     | HTTP status | When                                             | What to do                                                                                           |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`resource_not_found`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#resource_not_found) | 404         | No brand with this ID is visible to the request. | Check the ID and that your credentials are scoped to the right organization, entity, brand and mode. |
| [`permission_denied`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#permission_denied)   | 403         | You can't see brands here.                       | Ask an organization owner or admin for a role or scope that allows this action.                      |

It can also return these [common errors](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference.md#common-errors): [`validation_failed`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#validation_failed), [`api_version_unsupported`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#api_version_unsupported), [`authentication_required`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#authentication_required), [`api_key_invalid`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#api_key_invalid), [`dry_run_not_supported`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#dry_run_not_supported), [`rate_limited`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#rate_limited), [`internal_error`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#internal_error).
