--- title: "Retrieve organization information by external platform id" slug: "retrieve-organization-information-by-external-platform-id" updated: 2024-10-25T18:04:27Z published: 2026-02-10T22:32:35Z --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.skillable.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Retrieve organization information by external platform id Get/GetOrganizationByExternalId/{id} Allows you to get information about an organization by providing a unique identifier from your external system. SecurityAPI Key: api_keyHeader parameter nameapi_key Path parametersidstringRequired The external ID of the organization to retrieve. Responses200 OK Response Expand Allobject Statusinteger (int32) Indicates the status of the API request. 0 = Success 10 = Error 20 = Not found 30 = Invalid integration key Example10 Errorstring | null Error details. This will only have a value if an error was encountered. The status property will also be set to Error (10). Organizationobject (Organization) Idinteger (int32) The organization's unique identifier Example567 ExternalIdstring | null The organization's external ID, usually a unique identifier from the calling system ExampleB93762AC6FEE987A Namestring The organization's name ExampleChild Organization 1 Descriptionstring | null An optional description ExampleA sample child organization ParentIdstring | null The ID of the organization's parent organization Example458 IntegrationKeystring The organization's API integration key. This can be used for making API calls in the context of this organization as opposed to the context of a parent. Example987654321 TimeZoneIdstring The organization's default time zone. This is used as a default when creating new users and events. ExampleCentral Standard Time Culturestring The organization's default language/culture setting. This is used as a default when creating new users and events. Exampleen-US DefaultUserPasswordstring | null The default password for new users in the organization ExamplePassword DefaultUserNamePatternstring The default pattern selected for creating a username for a new user in the organization. - Email ExampleFirstNameLastName Enabledboolean is the organization enabled. Exampletrue Children Array of integer Identifiers of child organizations that belong to the organization integer (int32)