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# Get an ugwo

> Fetch a single payment request by ID.

Returns the ugwo identified by `ugwoUid`. The response includes the
attached customer, checkout (if any), and the **activities** that
have been run against it.

## Path parameters

<ParamField path="ugwoUid" type="string" required>
  The ugwo ID, `ugw.XXXX.YYYY...`.
</ParamField>

## Response

Same shape as the [create response](/ugwo/create#response), plus an
`activities` array of every activity that has run against this ugwo.

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl https://api.kwugwo.africa/v1/ugwo/ugw.VCvr.7K2qPmRtV9xLnQ8sD1cYwHfE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $KWUGWO_SECRET_KEY"
  ```

  ```js Node theme={null}
  const ugwo = await fetch(
    `https://api.kwugwo.africa/v1/ugwo/${ugwoUid}`,
    { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.KWUGWO_SECRET_KEY}` } }
  ).then(r => r.json());
  ```

  ```php PHP theme={null}
  <?php
  $ch = curl_init("https://api.kwugwo.africa/v1/ugwo/{$ugwoUid}");
  curl_setopt_array($ch, [
      CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
      CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => ['Authorization: Bearer ' . getenv('KWUGWO_SECRET_KEY')],
  ]);
  $ugwo = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
  curl_close($ch);
  ```

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

  ugwo = requests.get(
      f"https://api.kwugwo.africa/v1/ugwo/{ugwo_uid}",
      headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KWUGWO_SECRET_KEY']}"},
  ).json()
  ```

  ```go Go theme={null}
  url := fmt.Sprintf("https://api.kwugwo.africa/v1/ugwo/%s", ugwoUid)
  req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
  req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("KWUGWO_SECRET_KEY"))
  resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
  defer resp.Body.Close()
  body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
  fmt.Println(string(body))
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json 200 OK theme={null}
  {
    "uid": "ugw.VCvr.7K2qPmRtV9xLnQ8sD1cYwHfE",
    "amount": 500000,
    "currency": "NGN",
    "status": "ugwo_successful",
    "ref": "order_4719",
    "description": "Order #4719",
    "meta": { "order_id": "4719" },
    "onye": {
      "uid": "ony.VCvr.7K2qPmRtV9xLnQ8sD1cYwHfE",
      "email": "ada@example.com"
    },
    "checkout": null,
    "activities": [
      {
        "uid": "act.VCvr.qnbBJaElzSTHOcaTzxbuDlIs",
        "activity_type": "charge",
        "status": "requires_action",
        "psp": "paystack_ng",
        "psp_external_id": "5kfxw34ugz",
        "next_action": {
          "type": "user_action",
          "instruction": "Transfer to bank",
          "headers": {
            "bank_name": "Test Bank",
            "expires_at": "2026-05-14T20:10:50+00:00",
            "account_name": "PAYSTACK CHECKOUT",
            "account_number": "1260881821"
          }
        },
        "error": null,
        "created_at": "2026-05-14T19:55:50+00:00",
        "updated_at": "2026-05-14T19:55:51+00:00"
      }
    ],
    "created_at": "2026-05-15T09:14:22+00:00"
  }
  ```

  ```json 404 Not Found theme={null}
  {
    "type": "https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-10",
    "title": "Not Found",
    "status": 404,
    "detail": "ugwo.error.not_found"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>