View source for Get Item by External Id

== Summary ==
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! Item by External Id
! colspan="2" | 
|-
! URL
| colspan="2" |  http://:base_url/:api_path/:version/items/item/external?api_key=YOUR_KEY&external_id=EXTERNAL_ID
|-
! Type
| colspan="2" | GET
|-
! Params:
| api_key || required 
|-
! 
| item_name || required
|-
! Response
| colspan="2" | JSON
|}

The Get Item By External Id method returns the item corresponding to the external id provided.

== Response Parameters ==
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! Field
! Description
|-
! name
| Item name 
|-
|-
! category
| Contains both category name and id for item
|-
|-
! notes
| Item notes
|-
|-
! price
| Item price
|-
! external_id
| Item external id
|-
! product_code
| Item product code
|-
|}

== Example response ==
<source lang="java">
{
   "name":"darrenItem",
   "category":{
      "external_id":"",
      "name":"Test1"
   },
   "notes":"notes",
   "external_id":"ss303",
   "product_code":"productCodeTest",
   "price":2.5
}
</source>

== Example curl request ==

curl "http://live.mymobileworkers.com:8080/api/1/items/item/external/?api_key=darrenwebapi&external_id=ss303"