# Syntax

## Get options

```
GET /v{version}/options
```

### Description

This API endpoint enables you to retrieve retrieve a collection of options filtered by a specific query.

### Parameters

| Type       | Name                           | Description                                                                                                                                 | Schema          | Default |
| ---------- | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ------- |
| **Header** | **Authorization**   *required* | This is the authorization token that you retrieved from the first endpoint (/token).                                                        | string          |         |
| **Header** | **Et-App-Key**   *required*    | This is your app’s unique key that can be retrieved from the BO Companies widget in Autoshares Trader.                                      | string          |         |
| **Path**   | **version**   *required*       | This is the version of the API. Unless you have multiple versions of Autoshares Trader’s API deployed in your environment, leave it at 1.0. | string          | `"1"`   |
| **Query**  | **desc**   *required*          | This is a boolean field that indicates if the returned options should be sorted in descending (true) or ascending (false) order.            | boolean         |         |
| **Query**  | **filter**   *optional*        | This is a filter query used to retrieve only those options that satisfy the conditions of the query.                                        | string (String) |         |
| **Query**  | **pageNumber**   *required*    | This is the page number (all options are split into pages).                                                                                 | integer (int32) |         |
| **Query**  | **pageSize**   *required*      | This is the number of options that should be retrieved from the specified page.                                                             | integer (int32) |         |
| **Query**  | **sortField**   *required*     | This is the field by which all retrieved options should be sorted.                                                                          | string          |         |

### Responses

| HTTP Code | Description                                                                                       | Schema                                                                                                                    |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **200**   | Successful request, JSON data is returned, containing the collection of filtered options.         | < [OptionResource](/rest-api/trading-api/securities/get-filtered-options/securities_getoptions.md#optionresource) > array |
| **401**   | The access level of the provided authorization token is not sufficient to perform this operation. | No Content                                                                                                                |
| **403**   | The provided Et-App-Key is incorrect.                                                             | No Content                                                                                                                |
| **422**   | A validation error occurred while processing the request.                                         | No Content                                                                                                                |
| **500**   | Internal server error                                                                             | No Content                                                                                                                |

### Produces

* `application/json`
* `text/json`


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