# Method: photo.get

- [HTTP request](https://developers.google.com/streetview/publish/reference/rest/v1/photo/get#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)
- [Path parameters](https://developers.google.com/streetview/publish/reference/rest/v1/photo/get#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)
- [Query parameters](https://developers.google.com/streetview/publish/reference/rest/v1/photo/get#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)
- [Request body](https://developers.google.com/streetview/publish/reference/rest/v1/photo/get#body.request_body)
- [Response body](https://developers.google.com/streetview/publish/reference/rest/v1/photo/get#body.response_body)
- [Authorization scopes](https://developers.google.com/streetview/publish/reference/rest/v1/photo/get#body.aspect)
- [Try it!](https://developers.google.com/streetview/publish/reference/rest/v1/photo/get#try-it)

Gets the metadata of the specified `https://developers.google.com/streetview/publish/reference/rest/v1/photo#Photo`.

This method returns the following error codes:

- `https://developers.google.com/streetview/publish/reference/rest/v1/Code#ENUM_VALUES.PERMISSION_DENIED` if the requesting user did not create the requested `https://developers.google.com/streetview/publish/reference/rest/v1/photo#Photo`.
- `https://developers.google.com/streetview/publish/reference/rest/v1/Code#ENUM_VALUES.NOT_FOUND` if the requested `https://developers.google.com/streetview/publish/reference/rest/v1/photo#Photo` does not exist.
- `https://developers.google.com/streetview/publish/reference/rest/v1/Code#ENUM_VALUES.UNAVAILABLE` if the requested `https://developers.google.com/streetview/publish/reference/rest/v1/photo#Photo` is still being indexed.

### HTTP request

`GET https://streetviewpublish.googleapis.com/v1/photo/{photoId}`

The URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.

### Path parameters

| Parameters ||
|---|---|
| `photoId` | `string` Required. ID of the `https://developers.google.com/streetview/publish/reference/rest/v1/photo#Photo`. |

### Query parameters

| Parameters ||
|---|---|
| `view` | ``enum (`https://developers.google.com/streetview/publish/reference/rest/v1/PhotoView`)`` Required. Specifies if a download URL for the photo bytes should be returned in the `https://developers.google.com/streetview/publish/reference/rest/v1/photo#Photo` response. |
| `languageCode` | `string` The BCP-47 language code, such as "en-US" or "sr-Latn". For more information, see <http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/#Unicode_locale_identifier>. If languageCode is unspecified, the user's language preference for Google services is used. |

### Request body

The request body must be empty.

### Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance of `https://developers.google.com/streetview/publish/reference/rest/v1/photo#Photo`.

### Authorization scopes

Requires the following OAuth scope:

- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/streetviewpublish`

For more information, see the [OAuth 2.0 Overview](https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/OAuth2).