# Get a Clinician

`GET /v1/clinicians/:id`

**Required API scopes:** `clinicians.read`

## Parameters

- `id` (path, `string`) (required)

## Response `200`

The requested `Clinician`.

- `object`
  - `created_at` (`string`) - format: `date-time`; An ISO 8601 timestamp in UTC, with a `Z` suffix. For example, `2026-07-01T09:00:00Z`.
  - `display_name` (`string`) - The formatted name of the clinician, including title.
  - `email` (`string | null`) - format: `email`; The practice contact email of the clinician within the organization.
  - `first_name` (`string | null`) - The first name of the clinician.
  - `id` (`string`) - format: `uuid`; The resource's unique identifier, formatted as an RFC 4122 version 4 UUID.
  - `last_name` (`string | null`) - The last name of the clinician.
  - `links` (`object`) - URLs to related resources.
    - `bookings` (`string`) - format: `uri`; URL to list Bookings for this Clinician.
  - `medical_specialty` (`string | null`) - The medical specialty of the clinician, when recorded.
  - `object` (`any`) - Discriminator value emitted at `object`.
  - `title` (`string | null`) - The professional or personal title of the clinician, when recorded, such as `Dr`.
  - `updated_at` (`string`) - format: `date-time`; An ISO 8601 timestamp in UTC, with a `Z` suffix. For example, `2026-07-01T09:00:00Z`.

### Example

```json
{
  "id": "2b3c4d5e-6f70-489a-9bcd-ef0123456789",
  "object": "clinician",
  "created_at": "2026-01-01T09:00:00Z",
  "display_name": "Dr Alex Morgan",
  "email": "alex.morgan@example.com",
  "first_name": "Alex",
  "last_name": "Morgan",
  "links": {
    "bookings": "https://api.carebit.co/v1/bookings?clinician_id=2b3c4d5e-6f70-489a-9bcd-ef0123456789"
  },
  "medical_specialty": "Cardiology",
  "title": "Dr",
  "updated_at": "2026-01-01T09:00:00Z"
}
```

## Response `401`

The access token is missing, invalid, expired, or revoked.

- `object`
  - `error` (`object`) - The structured details that describe why the request failed.
    - `code` (`string`) - The machine-readable error code.
    - `errors` (`array | null`) - Additional errors from a failed validation.
      - `items` (`object`)
        - `code` (`string`) - The machine-readable code for this validation error.
        - `message` (`string`) - A message that explains this validation error.
        - `param` (`string | null`) - The name of the parameter that caused this validation error, when known.
    - `message` (`string`) - A message that explains the error and how to resolve it.
    - `param` (`string | null`) - The name of the parameter that caused the error, when known.
    - `type` (`string`) - enum: `authentication_error`, `permission_error`, `invalid_request_error`, `rate_limit_error`, `api_error`; The high-level category of the error.

### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "resource_missing",
    "errors": [
      {
        "code": "resource_missing",
        "message": "The requested resource was not found.",
        "param": "patient_id"
      }
    ],
    "message": "The requested resource was not found.",
    "param": "patient_id",
    "type": "authentication_error"
  }
}
```

## Response `403`

The access token lacks the required scope, or the project is disabled.

- `object`
  - `error` (`object`) - The structured details that describe why the request failed.
    - `code` (`string`) - The machine-readable error code.
    - `errors` (`array | null`) - Additional errors from a failed validation.
      - `items` (`object`)
        - `code` (`string`) - The machine-readable code for this validation error.
        - `message` (`string`) - A message that explains this validation error.
        - `param` (`string | null`) - The name of the parameter that caused this validation error, when known.
    - `message` (`string`) - A message that explains the error and how to resolve it.
    - `param` (`string | null`) - The name of the parameter that caused the error, when known.
    - `type` (`string`) - enum: `authentication_error`, `permission_error`, `invalid_request_error`, `rate_limit_error`, `api_error`; The high-level category of the error.

### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "resource_missing",
    "errors": [
      {
        "code": "resource_missing",
        "message": "The requested resource was not found.",
        "param": "patient_id"
      }
    ],
    "message": "The requested resource was not found.",
    "param": "patient_id",
    "type": "authentication_error"
  }
}
```

## Response `404`

Error response.

- `object`
  - `error` (`object`) - The structured details that describe why the request failed.
    - `code` (`string`) - The machine-readable error code.
    - `errors` (`array | null`) - Additional errors from a failed validation.
      - `items` (`object`)
        - `code` (`string`) - The machine-readable code for this validation error.
        - `message` (`string`) - A message that explains this validation error.
        - `param` (`string | null`) - The name of the parameter that caused this validation error, when known.
    - `message` (`string`) - A message that explains the error and how to resolve it.
    - `param` (`string | null`) - The name of the parameter that caused the error, when known.
    - `type` (`string`) - enum: `authentication_error`, `permission_error`, `invalid_request_error`, `rate_limit_error`, `api_error`; The high-level category of the error.

### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "resource_missing",
    "errors": [
      {
        "code": "resource_missing",
        "message": "The requested resource was not found.",
        "param": "patient_id"
      }
    ],
    "message": "The requested resource was not found.",
    "param": "patient_id",
    "type": "authentication_error"
  }
}
```

## Response `429`

Too many requests. Retry after the delay indicated by `Retry-After`.

- `object`
  - `error` (`object`) - The structured details that describe why the request failed.
    - `code` (`string`) - The machine-readable error code.
    - `errors` (`array | null`) - Additional errors from a failed validation.
      - `items` (`object`)
        - `code` (`string`) - The machine-readable code for this validation error.
        - `message` (`string`) - A message that explains this validation error.
        - `param` (`string | null`) - The name of the parameter that caused this validation error, when known.
    - `message` (`string`) - A message that explains the error and how to resolve it.
    - `param` (`string | null`) - The name of the parameter that caused the error, when known.
    - `type` (`string`) - enum: `authentication_error`, `permission_error`, `invalid_request_error`, `rate_limit_error`, `api_error`; The high-level category of the error.

### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "resource_missing",
    "errors": [
      {
        "code": "resource_missing",
        "message": "The requested resource was not found.",
        "param": "patient_id"
      }
    ],
    "message": "The requested resource was not found.",
    "param": "patient_id",
    "type": "authentication_error"
  }
}
```

## Code samples

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.carebit.co/v1/clinicians/8f14e45f-ea7d-4b6f-9c2a-1d3e5f7a9b0c" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CAREBIT_ACCESS_TOKEN"
```

```javascript
const response = await fetch("https://api.carebit.co/v1/clinicians/8f14e45f-ea7d-4b6f-9c2a-1d3e5f7a9b0c", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.CAREBIT_ACCESS_TOKEN}`,
  },
});

if (!response.ok) {
  throw new Error(`Carebit API error: ${response.status}`);
}

const data = await response.json();
```

```python
import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.carebit.co/v1/clinicians/8f14e45f-ea7d-4b6f-9c2a-1d3e5f7a9b0c",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['CAREBIT_ACCESS_TOKEN']}",
    }
)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
```

```ruby
require "httparty"

response = HTTParty.get(
  "https://api.carebit.co/v1/clinicians/8f14e45f-ea7d-4b6f-9c2a-1d3e5f7a9b0c",
  headers: {
    "Authorization" => "Bearer #{ENV.fetch("CAREBIT_ACCESS_TOKEN")}"
  }
)
raise "Carebit API error: #{response.code}" unless response.success?
data = response.parsed_response
```

```php
<?php

$client = new GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->get("https://api.carebit.co/v1/clinicians/8f14e45f-ea7d-4b6f-9c2a-1d3e5f7a9b0c", [
    "headers" => [
      "Authorization" => "Bearer " . getenv("CAREBIT_ACCESS_TOKEN"),
    ]
]);
$data = json_decode((string) $response->getBody(), true, flags: JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
```