# Read Single Record
Record data is accessible via the [read()](https://www.odoo.com/documentation/16.0/developer/reference/backend/orm.html#odoo.models.Model.read), which takes a single record id and optionally a list of fields to fetch. By default, it will fetch all the fields the current user can read, which tends to be a huge amount.
**`GET /restapi/1.0/object/{object_name}/{id}`**
**Request:**
```
GET /restapi/1.0/object/res.partner/12 HTTP/1.1
Host: {your_Odoo_server_url}
```
**JSON Response:**
```
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
{
'Partner': {
'id': 12,
'name': 'Think Big Systems',
'street': '89 Lingfield Tower',
'street2': false,
'city': 'London',
'state_id': false,
'zip': false,
'country_id': [486, 'United Kingdom'],
'create_date': '2017-07-10 11:02:57',
'create_uid': [1, 'Administrator'],
'write_date': '2017-07-11 15:08:45',
'write_uid': [1, 'Administrator'],
...
...
...
}
}
```
**XML Response:**
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
<res.partner type="dict">
<id type="int">12</id>
<name type="str">Think Big Systems</name>
<street type="str">89 Lingfield Tower</street>
<street2 type="bool">false</street2>
<city type="str">London</city>
<state_id type="bool">false</state_id>
<zip type="bool">false</zip>
<country_id type="list">
<item type="int">486</item>
<item type="str">United Kingdom</item>
</country_id>
<create_date type="str">2017-07-10 11:02:57</create_date>
<create_uid type="list">
<item type="int">1</item>
<item type="str">Administrator</item>
</create_uid>
<write_date type="str">2017-07-10 15:02:57</write_date>
<write_uid type="list">
<item type="int">1</item>
<item type="str">Administrator</item>
</write_uid>
</res.partner>
**Query Parameters:**
* **fields** – OPTIONAL. list of field names to return (default is all fields).
| Headers and Status Codes | Description |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Request Headers | - Accept – the response content type depends on Accept header
- Authorization – The OAuth protocol parameters to authenticate.
|
| Response Headers | |
| Status Codes | |
Conversely, picking only three fields deemed interesting.
> **Request:**
>
> ```
> GET /restapi/1.0/object/res.partner/12?fields=['name','country_id'] HTTP/1.1
> Host: {your_Odoo_server_url}
> ```
**JSON Response:**
```
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
{
'Partner': {
'id': 12,
'name': 'Think Big Systems',
'country_id': [486, 'United Kingdom']
}
}
```
**Note**
> even if the `id` field is not requested, it is always returned
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