# Get Smart Collection

This endpoint allows getting smart collection information.

## Get Smart Collection

<mark style="color:blue;">`GET`</mark> `https://api.whisk.com/v2/smart_collection/{collection_id}`

Getting smart collection by id. Id's for smart collections could be get from [Get Collection](/api/recipes/user-recipes-and-collections/get-collection.md) method in `smartCollections` array. The type in response represents smart collection type.

`SMART_COLLECTION_TYPE_INVALID`

`SMART_COLLECTION_TYPE_MADE_IT`

`SMART_COLLECTION_TYPE_RECENTLY_VIEWED`

#### Path Parameters

| Name           | Type   | Description                  |
| -------------- | ------ | ---------------------------- |
| collection\_id | string | Unique collection identifier |

#### Headers

| Name          | Type   | Description                                                                            |
| ------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Authorization | String | User Access token to authorize the API usage. For more information, see Authentication |

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```json
{
  "collection": {
    "id": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "type": "SMART_COLLECTION_TYPE_INVALID",
    "images": [
      {
        "url": "string",
        "width": 0,
        "height": 0,
        "selection": {
          "x": 0,
          "y": 0,
          "width": 0,
          "height": 0
        }
      }
    ],
    "recipe_count": 0
  },
  "smart_tags": [
    {
      "value": {
        "name": "string",
        "display_name": "string"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

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{% tab title="401: Unauthorized This failed response appears due to API authentication failure. The possible error codes that may appear are: auth.tokenNotFound, auth.tokenExpired, auth.tokenInvalid, auth.tokenRequired." %}

```json
{
  "code": "auth.tokenNotFound"
}
```

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{% tab title="500: Internal Server Error This failed response appears when something is not right on Whisk's end. Please send a message to <help@whisk.com>, and be sure to include both the Request and Response data. We’ll get back to you soon." %}

```
This is unexpected response, something is wrong on our side, please contact: help@whisk.com
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Sample Request

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