> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.oddpool.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get an entity

> Fetch an entity by its Oddpool ID.

Fetch one entity by its Oddpool ID. Returns the same **entity** object as [Look up an entity](/institutions/reference-data/entities/lookup).

## Path parameters

<ParamField path="ope" type="string" required>
  The entity id, e.g. `OPE:TEAM:LOS-ANGELES-LAKERS`. Colons are URL-safe; `OPE%3ATEAM%3ALOS-ANGELES-LAKERS` works too.
</ParamField>

## Request

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key" \
    "https://api.oddpool.com/reference/v2/entities/OPE:TEAM:LOS-ANGELES-LAKERS"
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  r = requests.get(
      "https://api.oddpool.com/reference/v2/entities/OPE:TEAM:LOS-ANGELES-LAKERS",
      headers={"X-API-Key": "your_api_key"},
  )
  entity = r.json()
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Response

A canonical **entity**. Every field is defined in [Response fields](/institutions/reference-data/response-fields#entity).

```json theme={null}
{
  "oddpool_id": "OPE:TEAM:LOS-ANGELES-LAKERS",
  "kind": "team",
  "canonical_name": "Los Angeles Lakers",
  "aliases": ["Lakers", "LA Lakers", "LAL"],
  "wikidata_qid": "Q121783",
  "metadata": { "league": "NBA", "sport": "basketball", "city": "Los Angeles" },
  "provenance": "wikidata",
  "source_synced_at": "2026-05-27T01:16:04Z"
}
```

## Errors

Returns `404` when no entity has this id:

```json theme={null}
{ "detail": { "error_code": "ENTITY_NOT_FOUND", "oddpool_id": "OPE:PERSON:NOT-A-REAL-PERSON" } }
```