# Getting an Entity

<span class="rvts6">This call retrieves one entity.</span>

##### <span class="rvts16">Method</span>

<span class="rvts6">GET</span>

<span class="rvts16">URL</span>

<span class="rvts6">&lt;server&gt;/entity.ashx</span>

##### <span class="rvts16">Parameters</span>

<div class="rvps2" id="bkmrk-id-unique-identifier"><table border="1" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="-1"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td valign="top" width="76"><span class="rvts6">id</span>

</td><td valign="top" width="548"><span class="rvts6">Unique identifier for the entity</span>

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##### <span class="rvts16">Returns</span>

<span class="rvts6">This call returns a JSON file. The file defines a dictionary where the entity’s properties appear as key-value pairs.</span>

##### <span class="rvts16">Example</span>

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A586" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.881%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td><span class="rvts25">http://localhost:58697/entity.ashx?id=770A11061EFA41C0B7729DE5ABA266C4</span></td></tr></tbody></table>