---
title: "Retrieve Glossary Details"
method: GET
path: "/v2/glossaries/{glossary_id}"
tags: ["ManageGlossaries"]
---

# Retrieve Glossary Details

`GET /v2/glossaries/{glossary_id}`

Retrieve meta information for a single glossary, omitting the glossary entries.

## Path parameters

- `glossary_id` string, required

## Response `200`

JSON object containing the glossary meta-information.

- MonolingualGlossary
  - `glossary_id` string — A unique ID assigned to a glossary.
  - `name` string — Name associated with the glossary.
  - `ready` boolean — Indicates if the newly created glossary can already be used in `translate` requests. If the created glossary is not yet ready, you have to wait and check the `ready` status of the glossary before using it in a `translate` request.
  - `source_lang` 'ar' | 'bg' | 'cs' | 'da' | 'de' | 'el' | 'en' | 'es' | 'et' | 'fi' | 'fr' | 'he' | 'hu' | 'id' | 'it' | 'ja' | 'ko' | 'lt' | 'lv' | 'nb' | 'nl' | 'pl' | 'pt' | 'ro' | 'ru' | 'sk' | 'sl' | 'sv' | 'th' | 'tr' | 'uk' | 'vi' | 'zh' — The language in which the source texts in the glossary are specified.
  - `target_lang` 'ar' | 'bg' | 'cs' | 'da' | 'de' | 'el' | 'en' | 'es' | 'et' | 'fi' | 'fr' | 'he' | 'hu' | 'id' | 'it' | 'ja' | 'ko' | 'lt' | 'lv' | 'nb' | 'nl' | 'pl' | 'pt' | 'ro' | 'ru' | 'sk' | 'sl' | 'sv' | 'th' | 'tr' | 'uk' | 'vi' | 'zh' — The language in which the target texts in the glossary are specified.
  - `creation_time` string, date-time — The creation time of the glossary in the ISO 8601-1:2019 format (e.g.: `2021-08-03T14:16:18.329Z`).
  - `entry_count` integer — The number of entries in the glossary.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request. Please check error message and your parameters.
- `401` — Authorization failed. Please supply a valid `DeepL-Auth-Key` via the `Authorization` header.
- `403` — Forbidden. The access to the requested resource is denied, because of insufficient access rights. This error is also returned when the API key is scoped but does not include the scope required for this endpoint.
- `404` — The requested resource could not be found.
- `413` — The request size exceeds the limit.
- `415` — The requested entries format specified in the `Accept` header is not supported.
- `429` — Too many requests. Please wait and resend your request.
- `456` — Quota exceeded. The character limit has been reached.
- `500` — Internal error.
- `503` — Resource currently unavailable. Try again later.
- `529` — Too many requests. Please wait and resend your request.

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