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

# Get a tag

> Retrieve a single tag by its prefixed id — the same row `/v1/tags` lists for it. This is
how to name the `tag_…` and `stag_…` ids that appear in a flow's condition tree.

**Required scope:** `contacts_read`




## OpenAPI

````yaml openapi/privy-api.yaml GET /tags/{id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Privy API
  version: '1.0'
  description: >
    The Privy API lets you programmatically manage your contact list and read
    what you have set up in Privy.

    Create, update, unsubscribe, and remove contacts; report orders;

    and read your campaigns, flows, segments, orders, store products, coupon
    pools,

    performance reports, and account setup.
servers:
  - url: https://api.privy.com/v1
    description: Production
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Account
    description: Retrieve information about the authenticated Privy account.
  - name: Contacts
    description: Manage your contact list.
  - name: Imports
    description: >-
      Read your contact import history — CSV uploads, connected-provider syncs,
      and SMS consent imports.
  - name: Tags
    description: Read your contact tags — Privy tags and tags synced from Shopify.
  - name: Campaigns
    description: >-
      Read your message campaigns — email and SMS newsletters, plus the messages
      your flows send.
  - name: Displays
    description: >-
      Read your on-site displays (popups, flyouts, banners, embedded forms,
      landing pages).
  - name: Coupons
    description: Read your coupon pools, their code inventory, and individual codes.
  - name: Reports
    description: >-
      Read performance reporting — signups, views, conversion rates, and
      attributed revenue — for your business, displays, and flows.
  - name: Flows
    description: Read your automation flows and their configuration.
  - name: Segments
    description: Read your customer segments and their membership.
  - name: Orders
    description: Report orders placed in your store and read your order history.
  - name: Products
    description: Read the product catalog and collections of your connected store.
  - name: Events
    description: Ingest custom events to trigger Flows and other automations.
paths:
  /tags/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Tags
      summary: Get a tag
      description: >
        Retrieve a single tag by its prefixed id — the same row `/v1/tags` lists
        for it. This is

        how to name the `tag_…` and `stag_…` ids that appear in a flow's
        condition tree.


        **Required scope:** `contacts_read`
      operationId: getTag
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AccountIdParam'
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          description: >
            The tag's prefixed id: `tag_…` for a Privy tag, `stag_…` for a
            Shopify tag. The

            prefix selects the tag type, so pass the id exactly as returned. A
            numeric id from a

            Privy dashboard URL is not a valid API id and will 404.
          schema:
            type: string
          example: tag_Lgn1woo
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The tag.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Tag'
              example:
                data:
                  id: tag_Lgn1woo
                  name: vip
                  tag_type: privy
                  created_at: '2026-03-14T16:02:11Z'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InsufficientScope'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  parameters:
    AccountIdParam:
      name: Privy-Account-Id
      in: header
      required: false
      description: >
        Target a subaccount instead of the main connected account.

        Pass a subaccount `id` from get_account's `subaccounts` list. Only
        direct subaccounts

        of the connected account are reachable — omit this for the main account
        itself.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: S1U2B3A4C5C6T7
  schemas:
    Tag:
      type: object
      description: >
        A contact tag. Privy tags are applied in Privy; Shopify tags are synced
        from Shopify

        customer records. The two are separate sets, and a name can exist in
        both.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The tag's prefixed id — `tag_…` for a Privy tag, `stag_…` for a
            Shopify tag.
          example: tag_Lgn1woo
        name:
          type: string
          description: The tag name, lower-cased and trimmed.
          example: vip
        tag_type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - privy
            - shopify
          example: privy
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: When Privy first saw this tag name for the account.
          example: '2026-03-14T16:02:11Z'
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - code
            - message
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              enum:
                - invalid_client
                - invalid_scope
                - unauthorized
                - insufficient_scope
                - forbidden
                - paid_plan_required
                - api_access_required
                - segment_builder_required
                - not_found
                - no_connected_store
                - conflict
                - contacts_not_ready
                - validation_failed
                - rate_limited
                - store_unavailable
              example: validation_failed
            message:
              type: string
              example: One or more fields are invalid
            details:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  field:
                    type: string
                    example: email
                  message:
                    type: string
                    example: is required
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid bearer token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            error:
              code: unauthorized
              message: Bearer token is missing or invalid
    InsufficientScope:
      description: >-
        `insufficient_scope` when the token lacks the required scope for this
        endpoint.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            error:
              code: insufficient_scope
              message: Token does not have the required scope
    NotFound:
      description: >-
        The requested resource does not exist or does not belong to your
        account.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            error:
              code: not_found
              message: Not found
    RateLimited:
      description: Rate limit exceeded. Retry after the specified time.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          description: Seconds to wait before retrying.
          schema:
            type: integer
          example: 42
        X-RateLimit-Limit-Minute:
          description: Maximum requests allowed per minute.
          schema:
            type: integer
          example: 60
        X-RateLimit-Remaining-Minute:
          description: Requests remaining in the current minute window.
          schema:
            type: integer
          example: 0
        X-RateLimit-Reset-Minute:
          description: Unix timestamp when the minute window resets.
          schema:
            type: integer
          example: 1711929600
        X-RateLimit-Limit-Day:
          description: Maximum requests allowed per day.
          schema:
            type: integer
          example: 10000
        X-RateLimit-Remaining-Day:
          description: Requests remaining in the current day window.
          schema:
            type: integer
          example: 9500
        X-RateLimit-Reset-Day:
          description: Unix timestamp when the day window resets.
          schema:
            type: integer
          example: 1712016000
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            error:
              code: rate_limited
              message: Rate limit exceeded
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API token or OAuth access token
      description: >
        Send either an API token or an OAuth access token as

        `Authorization: Bearer <token>`. See the Authentication page for
        details.

````