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# Retrieve a group policy

GET https://test.api.kota.io/group_policies/{group_policy_id}

Retrieves a `group_policy` object.

Reference: https://docs.kota.io/api-reference/group-policies/retrieve-group-policy

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Authorization header using the Bearer scheme

## Servers

- `https://test.api.kota.io` (test, default)
- `https://api.kota.io` (production)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `group_policy_id` (string, required)

### Headers

- `X-Platform-Id` (string, optional) — The target platform id. Required only when calling with a dashboard (WorkOS AuthKit) access token instead of a platform API key — the token carries no platform claim, so the caller must say which platform it means. Ignored for platform API key / embed session token callers.

## Response

### 200

OK

- `id` (string, required) — Unique identifier for the group policy. Prefixed with `gp_`.
- `start_date` (date, required) — Policy start (effective) date in ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD).
- `status` (enum, required) — Current lifecycle state of the `group_policy`, indicating its progress from creation to activation. Possible values are: - `scheduled`: Group policy has been scheduled for activation. - `active`: Group policy is now active - `expired`: Group policy is no longer active as it reached its end date - `cancelled`: Group policy is now cancelled for any reason.
  - Allowed values: `scheduled`, `active`, `expired`, `cancelled`
- `type` (enum, required) — Policy type. Determines which sub-object is populated.
  - Allowed values: `health_insurance`, `life_assurance`
- `provider` (PolicyProviderResponse, required) — Provider information for this policy.
- `plan` (PolicyPlanResponse, required) — Plan information for this policy
- `linked_group_policy_ids` (list of string, required) — The other `group_policy` objects bought together with this one as a single scheme — the policies created from the same multi-level purchase. Always present, and empty for a policy with no siblings.
- `disclosures` (list of DisclosureResponse, required) — Disclosures associated with this group policy.
- `group_id` (string, optional) — Identifier for the group associated with this group policy.
- `employer_id` (string, optional) — Identifier for the employer associated with this group policy.
- `end_date` (date, optional, nullable) — Policy end date (inclusive) in ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD), or null if open-ended.
- `cancellation_date` (date, optional, nullable) — Policy cancellation date (inclusive) in ISO 8610 (YYYY-MM-DD), or null if not applicable.
- `health_insurance` (HealthInsuranceGroupPolicyResponse, optional) — Health insurance–specific fields (present when `type=health_insurance`).
- `life_assurance` (LifeAssuranceGroupPolicyResponse, optional) — Life assurance–specific fields (present when `type=life_assurance`).
- `object` (string, optional) — The object type

## Errors

### 404 Not Found Error

Not Found

- `type` (string, optional, nullable)
- `title` (string, optional, nullable)
- `status` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `detail` (string, optional, nullable)
- `instance` (string, optional, nullable)

## Types

### PolicyProviderResponse

- `id` (string, required) — Unique identifier for the provider. Prefixed with pr_.
- `name` (string, required) — Provider display name.
- `description` (string, required) — Short description of the provider.
- `logo_url` (string, required)
- `employer_portal_url` (string, optional, nullable) — URL for the employer portal.
- `employee_portal_url` (string, optional, nullable) — URL for the employee portal (may include claims management).
- `support_phone_number` (string, optional, nullable) — Provider support phone number in E.164 format.

### PolicyPlanResponse

- `id` (string, required) — Unique identifier for the plan. Prefixed with pl_.
- `name` (string, required) — Plan display name.
- `description` (string, required) — Short description of the plan.
- `currency` (enum, required) — ISO 4217 currency code for pricing under this plan.
  - Allowed values: `eur`, `aed`, `afn`, `xcd`, `all`, `amd`, `aoa`, `ars`, `usd`, `aud`, `awg`, `azn`, `bam`, `bbd`, `bdt`, `xof`, `bgn`, `bhd`, `bif`, `bmd`, `bnd`, `bob`, `bov`, `brl`, `bsd`, `inr`, `btn`, `nok`, `bwp`, `byn`, `bzd`, `cad`, `xaf`, `cdf`, `chf`, `che`, `chw`, `nzd`, `clp`, `clf`, `cny`, `cop`, `cou`, `crc`, `cup`, `cuc`, `cve`, `ang`, `czk`, `djf`, `dkk`, `dop`, `dzd`, `egp`, `mad`, `ern`, `etb`, `fjd`, `fkp`, `mdl`, `gbp`, `gel`, `ghs`, `gip`, `gmd`, `gnf`, `gtq`, `gyd`, `hkd`, `hnl`, `hrk`, `htg`, `huf`, `idr`, `xdr`, `ils`, `iqd`, `irr`, `isk`, `jmd`, `jod`, `jpy`, `kes`, `kgs`, `khr`, `kmf`, `kpw`, `krw`, `kwd`, `kyd`, `kzt`, `lak`, `lbp`, `lkr`, `lrd`, `lsl`, `zar`, `lyd`, `mga`, `mkd`, `mmk`, `mnt`, `mop`, `mru`, `mur`, `mvr`, `mwk`, `mxn`, `mxv`, `myr`, `mzn`, `nad`, `xpf`, `ngn`, `nio`, `npr`, `omr`, `pab`, `pen`, `pgk`, `php`, `pkr`, `pln`, `pyg`, `qar`, `ron`, `rsd`, `rub`, `rwf`, `sar`, `sbd`, `scr`, `sdg`, `sek`, `sgd`, `shp`, `sll`, `sos`, `srd`, `ssp`, `stn`, `svc`, `xsu`, `syp`, `twd`, `szl`, `thb`, `tjs`, `tmt`, `tnd`, `top`, `try`, `ttd`, `tzs`, `uah`, `ugx`, `usn`, `uyu`, `uyi`, `uyw`, `uzs`, `ves`, `vnd`, `vuv`, `wst`, `yer`, `xua`, `zmw`, `zwl`
- `documents` (list of PlanDocumentResponse, required) — List of plan documents (e.g., IPIDs, T&Cs).
- `coverage_options` (list of PlanCoverageResponse, optional, nullable) — The coverage options chosen for this policy, as whole objects rather than ids. Each entry is one coverage decision from the plan's catalogue, with `options` narrowed to what was actually selected at every level. Null when nothing was selected, and null on surfaces where the selection has not been made yet.

### DisclosureResponse

- `category` (enum, required) — The category of the disclosure.
  - Allowed values: `regulatory`, `provider`, `intermediary`
- `type` (enum, required) — The specific type of disclosure within its category.
  - Allowed values: `intermediary_role`, `intermediary_commission`, `underwriter_disclaimer`, `anti_selection_notice`, `statement_of_needs`, `product_information`, `pre_existing_conditions`, `statutory_warning`, `privacy_policy`, `terms_of_business`
- `text` (string, required) — The disclosure statement text. It may contain `{token}` placeholders, each of which has exactly one entry in `links` and must be rendered as an anchor to that link. A disclosure with no links contains no placeholders, so plain text stays plain text.
- `links` (list of DisclosureLinkResponse, required) — The documents `text` names, one per placeholder it carries. Empty for a disclosure that is text only.

### HealthInsuranceGroupPolicyResponse

- `renewal` (HealthInsurancePolicyRenewalResponse, required) — Renewal information for the policy.
- `configuration` (HealthInsuranceGroupPolicyConfigurationResponse, required) — How the policy is configured by default, such as cost sharing and other options.
- `group_policy_number` (string, optional, nullable) — Provider-issued policy number. May be null if not yet issued.

### LifeAssuranceGroupPolicyResponse

- `renewal` (LifeAssurancePolicyRenewalResponse, required) — Renewal information for the policy.
- `configuration` (LifeAssuranceGroupPolicyConfigurationResponse, required) — How the policy is configured by default, such as cost sharing and other options.
- `group_policy_number` (string, optional, nullable) — Provider-issued policy number. May be null if not yet issued.

### PlanDocumentResponse

- `title` (string, required) — Title of the document.
- `link` (string, required) — Public URL to the document. This could be any format (PDF, HTML, etc.).
- `type` (enum, optional) — Machine-readable document kind used for display and i18n. Possible values are listed below; as this enum can expand with new benefits, unknown values MUST be handled gracefully by clients (fallback to a generic `document` label).
  - Allowed values: `ipid`, `table_of_cover`, `waiting_periods`, `hospital_list`, `plan_summary`, `terms_and_conditions`, `other`

### PlanCoverageResponse

- `id` (string, required) — Unique identifier for the coverage selection. Prefixed with `pc_`.
- `name` (string, required) — Title for this coverage selection. Typically used as the display heading.
- `scope` (enum, required) — Scope of selection for this coverage selection: `group_policy` (employer selects for the group), `policy` (per-policy selection), or `member` (individual member selects).
  - Allowed values: `group_policy`, `policy`, `member`
- `input_type` (enum, required) — Describes whether this input allows selecting a single option or multiple options.
  - Allowed values: `single_select`, `multi_select`
- `required` (boolean, required) — Whether a selection is mandatory.
- `options` (list of PlanCoverageOptionResponse, required) — Available options within this coverage selection.
- `description` (string, optional, nullable) — Full description of this coverage selection.
- `min_selections` (integer, optional, nullable) — Minimum required selections (multi-select only).
- `max_selections` (integer, optional, nullable) — Maximum allowed selections (multi-select only).
- `sort_order` (integer, optional, nullable) — Display ordering hint.
- `group_label` (string, optional, nullable) — Optional grouping label for UI rendering. Indicates which coverage selections are best presented together from a UX standpoint.

### DisclosureLinkResponse

- `token` (string, required) — The placeholder this link fills. It appears in the disclosure's `text` wrapped in braces, as `{token}`, and matches `^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*$`. Tokens are unique within one disclosure, and every token in the text has exactly one link here.
- `type` (enum, required) — What kind of document this is, for reporting and audit. The token is derived from it, so the two always agree; this is the value to branch on rather than matching the token as a string.
  - Allowed values: `intermediary_role`, `intermediary_commission`, `underwriter_disclaimer`, `anti_selection_notice`, `statement_of_needs`, `product_information`, `pre_existing_conditions`, `statutory_warning`, `privacy_policy`, `terms_of_business`
- `label` (string, required) — The anchor text to display in place of the token.
- `url` (string, required) — Absolute HTTPS URL of the document.
- `version` (string, required) — Version of the document at the URL, so a record of what was shown can name the exact document the customer could have read.

### HealthInsurancePolicyRenewalResponse

- `renewal_date` (date, required) — Renewal date.
- `window_start_date` (date, required) — Renewal window start (inclusive).
- `window_end_date` (date, required) — Renewal window end (inclusive).
- `status` (enum, required) — Current renewal status.
  - Allowed values: `upcoming`, `open`, `renewed`, `cancelled`
- `renewed_policy_id` (string, optional, nullable) — Identifier of the renewed policy. This means existing policy will be replaced by the renewed policy on the renewal date.

### HealthInsuranceGroupPolicyConfigurationResponse

- `cost_sharing` (CostSharingConfigurationResponse, required) — Defines how the policies total cost is shared between employer and employee.

### LifeAssurancePolicyRenewalResponse

- `renewal_date` (date, required) — Renewal date.
- `window_start_date` (date, required) — Renewal window start (inclusive).
- `window_end_date` (date, required) — Renewal window end (inclusive).
- `status` (enum, required) — Current renewal status.
  - Allowed values: `upcoming`, `open`, `renewed`, `cancelled`
- `renewed_policy_id` (string, optional, nullable) — Identifier of the renewed policy. This means existing policy will be replaced by the renewed policy on the renewal date.

### LifeAssuranceGroupPolicyConfigurationResponse

- `cost_sharing` (CostSharingConfigurationResponse, required) — Defines how the policies total cost is shared between employer and employee. A life assurance policy only ever carries `policyholder_only` or `percentage`.

### PlanCoverageOptionResponse

- `id` (string, required) — Unique identifier for this coverage option. Prefixed with `pco_`.
- `name` (string, required) — Display name for this coverage option.
- `description` (string, optional, nullable) — Longer explanation of this coverage option.
- `learn_more_url` (string, optional, nullable) — Link to learn more about this coverage option.
- `from_price` (double, optional, nullable) — Lowest applicable monthly price for this coverage option.
- `benefits` (list of PlanCoverageOptionBenefitResponse, optional, nullable) — Benefit items included with this coverage option.
- `sub_options` (list of PlanCoverageOptionResponse, optional, nullable) — Nested sub-options available when this option is selected.
- `eligibility_criteria` (list of EmployerEligibilityCriterionResponse, optional, nullable) — Eligibility criteria that must be met to select this coverage option.

### CostSharingConfigurationResponse

- `type` (enum, required) — Cost sharing type. Determines which sub-object is populated.
  - Allowed values: `member_count`, `member_selection`, `member_selection_percentage_based`, `percentage`, `policyholder_only`, `family_type`, `fixed_amount`, `full_coverage`
- `member_count` (MemberCountCostSharingConfigurationResponse, optional) — Numbers of additional members covered by the employer.
- `member_selection` (MemberSelectionCostSharingConfigurationResponse, optional) — Whether specific member types are covered by the employer.
- `member_selection_percentage_based` (MemberSelectionPercentageBasedCostSharingConfigurationResponse, optional) — Whether specific member types are covered by the employer, each at a percentage of their premium.
- `percentage` (PercentageCostSharingConfigurationResponse, optional) — Percentage of the premium the employer covers.
- `family_type` (FamilyTypeCostSharingConfigurationResponse, optional) — Type of the family covered by the employer.
- `fixed_amount` (FixedAmountCostSharingConfigurationResponse, optional) — Fixed monthly amount the employer covers.

### PlanCoverageOptionBenefitResponse

- `name` (string, required) — Benefit name.
- `description` (string, optional, nullable) — Benefit description.

### EmployerEligibilityCriterionResponse

- `type` (enum, required) — The type of eligibility criterion.
  - Allowed values: `employees_count`, `members_count`, `industry_exclusions`
- `description` (string, required) — Human-readable description of the criterion.
- `employees_count` (EmployeesCountDetails, optional) — Employee count constraints. Only populated when type is `employees_count`.
- `members_count` (MembersCountDetails, optional) — Member count constraints. Only populated when type is `members_count`.
- `industry_exclusions` (IndustryExclusionsDetails, optional) — Industry exclusion details. Only populated when type is `industry_exclusions`.

### MemberCountCostSharingConfigurationResponse

- `adults` (integer, required) — Number of additional adults covered, including partner/spouse.
- `children` (integer, required) — Number of additional children covered.

### MemberSelectionCostSharingConfigurationResponse

- `partner` (boolean, required) — If a spouse/partner is covered.
- `children` (boolean, required) — If children are covered.

### MemberSelectionPercentageBasedCostSharingConfigurationResponse

- `partner` (boolean, required) — If a spouse/partner is covered.
- `children` (boolean, required) — If children are covered.
- `percentage` (integer, required) — Employer coverage percentage of each covered member's premium: For 40% send 40. For 100% send 100.

### PercentageCostSharingConfigurationResponse

- `percentage` (integer, required) — Employer coverage percentage: For 40% send 40. For 100% send 100.

### FamilyTypeCostSharingConfigurationResponse

- `type` (enum, required) — Employer coverage family type
  - Allowed values: `single`, `couple`, `single_with_children`, `family`

### FixedAmountCostSharingConfigurationResponse

- `monthly_amount` (double, required) — Monthly amount the employer covers, in the plan's currency. Must be positive.

### EmployeesCountDetails

- `min` (integer, optional, nullable) — Minimum number of employees required.
- `max` (integer, optional, nullable) — Maximum number of employees allowed.

### MembersCountDetails

- `min` (integer, optional, nullable) — Minimum number of members required.
- `max` (integer, optional, nullable) — Maximum number of members allowed.

### IndustryExclusionsDetails

- `excluded_industries` (list of string, required) — List of excluded industries.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "gp_3b1333d87d9d4fd6ad83ba7f6b0e951a",
  "start_date": "2024-12-01",
  "status": "scheduled",
  "type": "health_insurance",
  "provider": {
    "id": "pr_3b1333d87d9d4fd6ad83ba7f6b0e951a",
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "logo_url": "string",
    "employer_portal_url": null,
    "employee_portal_url": null,
    "support_phone_number": null
  },
  "plan": {
    "id": "pl_3b1333d87d9d4fd6ad83ba7f6b0e951a",
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "currency": "eur",
    "documents": [
      {
        "title": "string",
        "link": "string",
        "type": "ipid"
      }
    ],
    "coverage_options": null
  },
  "linked_group_policy_ids": [
    "gp_3b1333d87d9d4fd6ad83ba7f6b0e951a"
  ],
  "disclosures": [
    {
      "category": "regulatory",
      "type": "intermediary_role",
      "text": "string",
      "links": [
        {
          "token": "string",
          "type": "intermediary_role",
          "label": "string",
          "url": "string",
          "version": "string"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "group_id": "gr_3b1333d87d9d4fd6ad83ba7f6b0e951a",
  "employer_id": "er_3b1333d87d9d4fd6ad83ba7f6b0e951a",
  "end_date": "2024-12-01",
  "cancellation_date": "2024-12-01",
  "health_insurance": null,
  "life_assurance": null,
  "object": "string"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://test.api.kota.io/group_policies/gp_3b1333d87d9d4fd6ad83ba7f6b0e951a"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <apiKey>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://test.api.kota.io/group_policies/gp_3b1333d87d9d4fd6ad83ba7f6b0e951a';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <apiKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://test.api.kota.io/group_policies/gp_3b1333d87d9d4fd6ad83ba7f6b0e951a"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <apiKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://test.api.kota.io/group_policies/gp_3b1333d87d9d4fd6ad83ba7f6b0e951a")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <apiKey>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://test.api.kota.io/group_policies/gp_3b1333d87d9d4fd6ad83ba7f6b0e951a")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <apiKey>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://test.api.kota.io/group_policies/gp_3b1333d87d9d4fd6ad83ba7f6b0e951a', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://test.api.kota.io/group_policies/gp_3b1333d87d9d4fd6ad83ba7f6b0e951a");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <apiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <apiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://test.api.kota.io/group_policies/gp_3b1333d87d9d4fd6ad83ba7f6b0e951a")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```