# Retrieve a department

{% hint style="info" %}
 This endpoint requires `departments_r` or `departments_rw` scope.
{% endhint %}

## department

<mark style="color:blue;">`GET`</mark> `https://www.welcomekit.co/api/v1/external/departments/:id`

#### Path Parameters

| Name | Type   | Description   |
| ---- | ------ | ------------- |
| id   | string | Department ID |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200 Success" %}

```
{
  "id": 42,
  "name": "Tech",
  "is_active": true,
  "slug": "tech",
  "description": "Foo bar"
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

Request example

```
curl -X GET -G "https://www.welcomekit.co/api/v1/external/departments/:id" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer WK_API_KEY"
```