# Search ITEM by name ,id

**URL:** <https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/search-item-by-name-id/944>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** catalog-api\
**Created:** [September 16, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/search-item-by-name-id/944 "2020-09-16T12:10:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![working\_sq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9bd4f/32.png) [@working\_sq](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/working_sq)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/search-item-by-name-id/944/1 "2020-09-16T12:10:01Z")

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I am using Catalog -\> “Search catalog items”

Here i can search by name, description using " text\_filter ".  
But how to search by “ID”.

dummy json resonse:

```auto
 "items": [
    {
      "type": "ITEM",
      "id": "7APT44**G2J",
      "updated_at": "2020-09-15T03:11:22.429Z"
}]
I want to search by this "id".

Thanks
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**Author:** ![sjosey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/square/forums/user_avatar/developer.squareup.com/sjosey/32/40_2.png) [@sjosey](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/sjosey)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/search-item-by-name-id/944/2 "2020-09-16T16:05:57Z")

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Hi @working_sq welcome to the forums!

If you want to get an item by ID, you should just use the `RetrieveCatalogObject` (or `BatchRetrieveCatalogObjects`) endpoint instead (which needs the ID). Please let me know if I misunderstood, or if you have additional questions.