---
title: "Get the item's external id info."
method: GET
path: "/Items/{itemId}/ExternalIdInfos"
tags: ["ItemLookup"]
---

# Get the item's external id info.

`GET /Items/{itemId}/ExternalIdInfos`

## Path parameters

- `itemId` string, uuid, required — Item id.

## Response `200`

External id info retrieved.

- ExternalIdInfo[]
  - `Name` string, nullable — Gets or sets the display name of the external id provider (IE: IMDB, MusicBrainz, etc).
  - `Key` string, nullable — Gets or sets the unique key for this id. This key should be unique across all providers.
  - `Type` 'Album' | 'AlbumArtist' | 'Artist' | 'BoxSet' | 'Episode' | 'Movie' | 'OtherArtist' | 'Person' | 'ReleaseGroup' | 'Season' | 'Series' | 'Track' — The specific media type of an MediaBrowser.Model.Providers.ExternalIdInfo.
  - `UrlFormatString` string, nullable — Gets or sets the URL format string.

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Item not found.

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