# Account

#### `GET /accounts/:account_id` <a href="#get-accounts-account_id" id="get-accounts-account_id"></a>

```
const getAccount = () => {
  const timestamp = Math.round(Date.now() / 1000)
  const payload = timestamp + 'GET' + '/accounts/e5e18303-a352-4c28-8dab-3779e66a659b' + '{}'
  const decodedSecret = Buffer.from(apiSecret, 'base64')
  const hmac = crypto.createHmac('sha256', decodedSecret)
  const signedPayload = hmac.update(payload).digest('base64')

  // SET HEADERS
  const headers = {
    'X-NDAX-API-KEY': 'public_key',
    'X-NDAX-SIGNED': signedPayload,
    'X-NDAX-TIMESTAMP': timestamp,
    'X-NDAX-PASSPHRASE': 'passphrase'
  }
  const options = {
    headers,
    body,
    json: true
  }

  return request.get(
    `https://api.ndax.in/accounts/e5e18303-a352-4c28-8dab-3779e66a659b`,
    options
  )
}
```

Response "message" field contains various fields that provide details about the account, such as the asset type ("e₹"), the account owner ("ABC123"), the account type ("collateral\_deficiency"), the account group ("0CDCX"), the account label ("general"), the balance ("0.00"), the account ID ("ce819fe8-b1d7-43bb-961c-e09ede0988d3"), and the last update timestamp (1554395972174).

> Sample Response

```
{
  "message": {
    "asset": "e₹",
    "account_owner": "ABC123",
    "account_type": "collateral_deficiency",
    "account_group": "0CDCX",
    "account_label": "general",
    "balance": "0.00",
    "account_id": "ce819fe8-b1d7-43bb-961c-e09ede0988d3",
    "last_update": 1554395972174
  }
}
```

Information about a specific account. Response parameters listed below.

<table><thead><tr><th width="196.33333333333331">Parameter</th><th width="431">Description</th><th>Type</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>asset</td><td>The asset code for the specific account, e.g. e₹</td><td>string</td></tr><tr><td>account_owner</td><td>The code of the participant that owns the account</td><td>string</td></tr><tr><td>account_type</td><td><code>available</code>, <code>collateral</code>, <code>payable</code>, <code>receivable</code> or <code>collateral_deficiency</code></td><td>string</td></tr><tr><td>account_group</td><td>The sub account determination used for allocating towards settlements</td><td>string</td></tr><tr><td>balance</td><td>The balance in the account</td><td>string</td></tr><tr><td>account_id</td><td>Unique ID of the specific account</td><td>string</td></tr><tr><td>last_update</td><td>Timestamp of last settlement run</td><td>timestamp</td></tr><tr><td>account_label</td><td>The account label associated with the account</td><td>string</td></tr></tbody></table>


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