# Get a single warehouse source

Returns a specific Warehouse source by its ID.

[endpoint]
base_url = "https://warehouse.betterstack.com"
path = "/api/v1/sources/{id}"
method = "GET"

[[path_param]]
name = "id"
description = "The ID of the Warehouse source to retrieve."
required = true
type = "string"

[[header]]
name = "Authorization"
description = "Bearer `$TOKEN`"
required = true
type = "string"
[/endpoint]

[responses]
[[response]]
status = 200
description = '''The requested Warehouse source.'''
body = '''{
  "data": {
    "id": "5678",
    "type": "warehouse_source",
    "attributes": {
      "warehouse_source_group_id": 1234,
      "team_id": 123456,
      "team_name": "example-team",
      "name": "Warehouse test",
      "table_name": "warehouse_test",
      "token": "abc123def456ghi789jkl012",
      "ingesting_paused": false,
      "ingesting_host": "s5678.us-east-9.betterstackdata.com",
      "created_at": "2025-10-06T09:24:10.776Z",
      "updated_at": "2025-10-21T16:38:50.712Z",
      "events_retention": 90,
      "time_series_retention": 180,
      "live_tail_pattern": "{status} {message}",
      "data_region": "us-east-9",
      "custom_bucket": null,
      "vrl_transformation": ""
    }
  }
}'''

[[response]]
status = 401
description = '''Unauthorized'''
body = '''{
  "errors":"Invalid Team API token. How to find your Team API token: https://betterstack.com/docs/logs/api/getting-started/#obtaining-a-logtail-api-token"
}'''

[[response]]
status = 404
description = '''Not Found'''
body = '''{
  "errors":"Resource with the provided ID was not found"
}'''
[/responses]

#### Example cURL

```shell
[label Example]
curl --request GET \
  --url https://warehouse.betterstack.com/api/v1/sources/5678 \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
```