---
search:
  tags:
    - Medicines
    - GET
seo:
  description: >-
    Any signed in user. Returns one medicine with its live stock quantity…
    Reference for the GET /api/v1/medicines/{medicineId} endpoint in the
    PharmaFlow API.
sidebar:
  label: Read a medicine
  badge: GET
title: Read a medicine
type: openapi-operation
---
Any signed in user. Returns one medicine with its live stock quantity and pricing. A deactivated medicine reads as missing, so a soft deleted row is refused, not returned.

`GET /api/v1/medicines/{medicineId}`

**Responses**

- `200` — The medicine
- `401` — Not authenticated
- `404` — Medicine not found

Response example, 200:

```json
{
  "id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "generic_name": "string",
  "barcode": "string",
  "category": "string",
  "form": "string",
  "strength": "string",
  "unit": "string",
  "selling_price": "string",
  "max_public_price": "string",
  "stock_quantity": -9007199254740991,
  "low_stock_threshold": -9007199254740991,
  "requires_prescription": true,
  "is_controlled": true,
  "vat_category": "string",
  "requires_cold_chain": true,
  "sfda_registration_no": "string",
  "image_key": "string",
  "image_url": "string",
  "is_active": true,
  "created_at": "string",
  "updated_at": "string"
}
```