---
title: "Read a signature"
description: "One signature by its id."
url: "https://openemail.uk/docs/api/signatures/get"
area: "API"
category: "Mailbox"
---

# Read a signature

One signature by its id.

`GET /signatures/{id}`

## GET /signatures/{id}

One signature by its id.

## Example

Needs `settings:read`.

**curl**

```
curl "$OE/signatures/sig_8f2c1a9b7d3e4f60a1b2c3d4" -H "$AUTH"
```

**Response**

```
{
  "object": "signature",
  "id": "sig_8f2c1a9b7d3e4f60a1b2c3d4",
  "address": "ada@acme.com",
  "name": "Short",
  "html": "<p>Ada<br />Acme Ltd</p>",
  "isDefault": false,
  "isReplyDefault": true,
  "createdAt": "2026-10-12T09:14:03.117Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-12T09:14:03.117Z"
}
```

> An id that names no signature is a 404, and so is one on an address the key or the app does not hold.

## Reference

- [`GET /signatures/{id}`](https://openemail.uk/docs/api/reference/settings#get-signatures-id): full reference