---
title: "Retrieve a primary server"
method: GET
path: "/{account}/secondary_dns/primaries/{primaryserver}"
tags: ["secondary dns"]
---

# Retrieve a primary server

`GET /{account}/secondary_dns/primaries/{primaryserver}`

Retrieves the details of an existing primary server.

## Path parameters

- `account` integer, required
- `primaryserver` integer, required

## Response `200`

Primary Server retrieved.

- object
  - `data` PrimaryServer, required
    - `id` integer, required
    - `account_id` integer, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `ip` string, required
    - `port` integer, required
    - `linked_secondary_zones` string[], required
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required — A date-time value, representing when the entry was created, formatted as ISO 8601.
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required — A date-time value, representing when the entry was last updated, formatted as ISO 8601.

## Other responses

- `400` — A required parameter is missing or the request is invalid.
- `404` — The requested resource doesn't exist.

---

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