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# Get routing policy

GET https://api-gateway.merge.dev/v1/customers/{customer_id}/routing-policies/{policy_id}

Reference: https://docs.merge.dev/merge-gateway/embedded-routing/routing-policies/get-routing-policy

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Your production key sent as a bearer token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `customer_id` (string, required)
- `policy_id` (string, required)

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `id` (string, optional)
- `name` (string, optional)
- `description` (string, optional, nullable) — Optional free-text description
- `strategy` (enum, optional)
  - Allowed values: `PRIORITY`, `INTELLIGENT`
- `is_default` (boolean, optional) — Used when a request names no explicit policy.
- `allowed_providers` (list of string, optional, nullable)
- `allowed_models` (list of string, optional, nullable)
- `priority_order` (list of RoutingPolicyPriorityOrderItems, optional, nullable)
- `axis` (enum, optional, nullable) — Optimization axis the router optimizes for. Set for INTELLIGENT policies; null for PRIORITY.
  - Allowed values: `COST`, `PERFORMANCE`, `CAPABILITY`
- `created_at` (datetime, optional)
- `modified_at` (datetime, optional)

## Types

### RoutingPolicyPriorityOrderItems

- `model` (string, optional)
- `priority` (integer, optional)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "2a1b3c4d-5e6f-4708-9a0b-1c2d3e4f5a6b",
  "name": "workflow-a",
  "description": "Primary workflow routing",
  "strategy": "PRIORITY",
  "is_default": true,
  "allowed_providers": [
    "openai",
    "anthropic"
  ],
  "allowed_models": [
    "openai/gpt-5.5",
    "anthropic/claude-opus-4-8"
  ],
  "priority_order": [
    {
      "model": "openai/gpt-5.5",
      "priority": 1
    },
    {
      "model": "anthropic/claude-opus-4-8",
      "priority": 2
    }
  ],
  "axis": "COST",
  "created_at": "2026-07-01T12:00:00Z",
  "modified_at": "2026-07-01T12:00:00Z"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api-gateway.merge.dev/v1/customers/customer_id/routing-policies/policy_id"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api-gateway.merge.dev/v1/customers/customer_id/routing-policies/policy_id';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api-gateway.merge.dev/v1/customers/customer_id/routing-policies/policy_id"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api-gateway.merge.dev/v1/customers/customer_id/routing-policies/policy_id")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api-gateway.merge.dev/v1/customers/customer_id/routing-policies/policy_id")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api-gateway.merge.dev/v1/customers/customer_id/routing-policies/policy_id', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api-gateway.merge.dev/v1/customers/customer_id/routing-policies/policy_id");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api-gateway.merge.dev/v1/customers/customer_id/routing-policies/policy_id")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```