# Syntax

## Get user watchlist

```
GET /v{version}/users/{userId}/watchlists/{watchlistId}
```

### Description

This API endpoint enables you to retrieve information about a specific watchlist. If parameter includeSecurities is set to true, the watchlist’s securities will also be included in the response.

### 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**   | **userId**   *required*            | This is the internal identifier of the user whose watchlist’s information needs to be retrieved.                                            | integer (int32) |         |
| **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"`   |
| **Path**   | **watchlistId**   *required*       | This is the internal identifier of the watchlist whose information needs to be retrieved.                                                   | integer (int32) |         |
| **Query**  | **includeSecurities**   *required* | This boolean parameter indicates if the list of securities in the watchlist should be returned in the request response.                     | boolean         |         |

### Responses

| HTTP Code | Description                                                                                                                                                                        | Schema                                                                                                              |
| --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **200**   | Successful request, JSON data containing the information about the new watchlist is returned (along with its securities if the resultIncludeSecurities parameter was set to true). | [WatchlistModel](/rest-api/trading-api/watchlists/get-specific-watchlist/watchlists_getwatchlist.md#watchlistmodel) |
| **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                                                                                                          |
| **409**   | The watchlist does not exist.                                                                                                                                                      | 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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