# Square API how to retrieve items which are not part of a catalog

**URL:** <https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/square-api-how-to-retrieve-items-which-are-not-part-of-a-catalog/10701>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** catalog-api\
**Created:** [September 15, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/square-api-how-to-retrieve-items-which-are-not-part-of-a-catalog/10701 "2023-09-15T23:05:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grifff17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grifff17](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/Grifff17)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/square-api-how-to-retrieve-items-which-are-not-part-of-a-catalog/10701/1 "2023-09-15T23:05:39Z")

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I am trying to retrieve items, but the client I am working with set up their preexisting system such that the items I am trying to fetch are not in the catalog. The catalog only has items available in their online store, and I am working with items that they only sell at a physical location. If I go to the dashboard → items library I can find them, but listing catalog using the api explorer does not include them. I need to retrieve their item IDs so that I can create an order with those items. How do I do this with the square API?

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**Author:** ![Bryan-Square](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/square/forums/user_avatar/developer.squareup.com/bryan-square/32/38_2.png) [@Bryan-Square](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/Bryan-Square)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/square-api-how-to-retrieve-items-which-are-not-part-of-a-catalog/10701/2 "2023-09-18T16:37:21Z")

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All items in the sellers Catalog are returned with the API. Are you [paginating](https://developer.squareup.com/docs/build-basics/common-api-patterns/pagination) through all the catalog objects? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Grifff17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grifff17](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/Grifff17)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/square-api-how-to-retrieve-items-which-are-not-part-of-a-catalog/10701/3 "2023-09-18T19:06:11Z")

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Thanks, that was it.