---
title: "Retrieve a Fax Application"
method: GET
path: "/fax_applications/{id}"
tags: ["Programmable Fax Applications"]
---

# Retrieve a Fax Application

`GET /fax_applications/{id}`

Return the details of an existing Fax Application inside the 'data' attribute of the response.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful response

- object
  - `data` FaxApplication
    - `id` string — Uniquely identifies the resource.
    - `record_type` string — Identifies the type of the resource.
    - `application_name` string — A user-assigned name to help manage the application.
    - `active` boolean — Specifies whether the connection can be used.
    - `anchorsite_override` 'Latency' | 'Chicago, IL' | 'Ashburn, VA' | 'San Jose, CA' | 'Sydney, Australia' | 'Amsterdam, Netherlands' | 'London, UK' | 'Toronto, Canada' | 'Vancouver, Canada' | 'Frankfurt, Germany' — `Latency` directs Telnyx to route media through the site with the lowest round-trip time to the user's connection. Telnyx calculates this time using ICMP ping messages. This can be disabled by specifying a site to handle all media.
    - `webhook_event_url` string, uri — The URL where webhooks related to this connection will be sent. Must include a scheme, such as 'https'.
    - `webhook_event_failover_url` string, uri, nullable — The failover URL where webhooks related to this connection will be sent if sending to the primary URL fails. Must include a scheme, such as 'https'.
    - `webhook_timeout_secs` integer, nullable — Specifies how many seconds to wait before timing out a webhook.
    - `tags` string[] — Tags associated with the Fax Application.
    - `inbound` object
      - `channel_limit` integer — When set, this will limit the number of concurrent inbound calls to phone numbers associated with this connection.
      - `sip_subdomain` string — Specifies a subdomain that can be used to receive Inbound calls to a Connection, in the same way a phone number is used, from a SIP endpoint. Example: the subdomain "example.sip.telnyx.com" can be called from any SIP endpoint by using the SIP URI "sip:@example.sip.telnyx.com" where the user part can be any alphanumeric value. Please note TLS encrypted calls are not allowed for subdomain calls.
      - `sip_subdomain_receive_settings` 'only_my_connections' | 'from_anyone' — This option can be enabled to receive calls from: "Anyone" (any SIP endpoint in the public Internet) or "Only my connections" (any connection assigned to the same Telnyx user).
    - `outbound` object
      - `channel_limit` integer — When set, this will limit the number of concurrent outbound calls to phone numbers associated with this connection.
      - `outbound_voice_profile_id` string — Identifies the associated outbound voice profile.
    - `created_at` string — ISO 8601 formatted date indicating when the resource was created.
    - `updated_at` string — ISO 8601 formatted date indicating when the resource was updated.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request, the request was unacceptable, often due to missing a required parameter.
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Unauthorized
- `404` — The requested resource does not exist

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