---
title: "Find a business"
description: "Use GET /business/{business} to retrieve one business by numeric ID or slug."
canonical: https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/get-business/
---

# Find a business

> **API operation:** [Open the endpoint in Scalar](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/#tag/business/GET/business/{business})

Use `GET /business/{business}` to retrieve one business by numeric ID or slug. The operation is `Business.find.business_business`.

The archived path called the final parameter `id_or_slug`; the current route calls it `business`. Both occupy the same final segment. The controller treats a numeric value as an ID and another accepted value as a slug.

The ordinary detail flow is public and returns only an enabled business. `mode=dashboard` requires an authenticated administrator or business manager and can expose a different administrative shape. Query values such as `params`, `type`, `location`, `timestamp`, and `version` are operation-specific.

## Legacy SDK examples

```javascript
const response = await ordering.businesses(businessId).parameters(parameters).get()
const dashboardResponse = await ordering.businesses(businessId).asDashboard().get()
```

Confirm the SDK package and version before using these helpers. For relation expansions, see [Business special requests](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/business-special-requests/).

## OpenAPI reference

**Operation:** `GET /business/{business}`

**Path parameters**

| Name       | Type   | Required | Description |
| ---------- | ------ | -------- | ----------- |
| `business` | string | Yes      | —           |

**Query parameters**

| Name              | Type    | Required | Description                                                                                                                |
| ----------------- | ------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `params`          | string  | No       | Comma-separated list of fields. It is intersected with the model’s $fillable; an empty or invalid list returns all fields. |
| `professional_id` | integer | No       | —                                                                                                                          |
| `dropdownoption`  | integer | No       | —                                                                                                                          |
| `location`        | string  | No       | —                                                                                                                          |
| `menu_id`         | integer | No       | —                                                                                                                          |
| `mode`            | string  | No       | —                                                                                                                          |
| `student_id`      | integer | No       | —                                                                                                                          |
| `timestamp`       | integer | No       | —                                                                                                                          |
| `type`            | integer | No       | —                                                                                                                          |
| `user_id`         | integer | No       | —                                                                                                                          |
| `version`         | string  | No       | —                                                                                                                          |

**Header parameters**

| Name      | Type   | Required | Description |
| --------- | ------ | -------- | ----------- |
| `X-APP-X` | string | No       | —           |

**Responses**

| Code | Description                           |
| ---- | ------------------------------------- |
| 200  | OK (Envelope)                         |
| 400  | Bad Request (ErrorResponse)           |
| 401  | Unauthorized                          |
| 404  | Not Found                             |
| 429  | Too Many Requests (ErrorResponse)     |
| 500  | Internal Server Error (ErrorResponse) |
| 503  | Service Unavailable (ErrorResponse)   |

[Open this operation in the API reference](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/#tag/business/GET/business/{business})