---
title: Get a Genre
framework: devicemanagement
role: symbol
role_heading: Web Service Endpoint
path: devicemanagement/get-a-genre
---

# Get a Genre

Fetch metadata for a genre from the catalog by using its identifier.

## URL

GET https://api.ent.apple.com/v1/catalog/{storefront}/genres/{id}

## Path Parameters

id: The unique identifier for the genre. storefront: An iTunes Store territory, specified by an ISO 3166 alpha-2 country code. The possible values are the id attributes of Storefrontobjects.

## Query Parameters

l: The localization to use, specified by a language tag. The possible values are in the supportedLanguageTags array belonging to the Storefront object specified by storefront. Otherwise, the default is defaultLanguageTag in Storefront.

## Response Codes

200 OK: The request was successful. 401 Unauthorized: A response indicating an incorrect Authorization header. 500 Internal Server Error: A response indicating an error occurred on the server.

## Discussion

Discussion Example

## Topics

### Responses

- [GenresResponse](devicemanagement/genresresponse.md)
- [UnauthorizedResponse](devicemanagement/unauthorizedresponse.md)
- [ErrorsResponse](devicemanagement/errorsresponse.md)

## See Also

### Fetching genres

- [Get Multiple Genres](devicemanagement/get-multiple-genres.md)