> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://spreecommerce.org/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get a variant > Returns a single variant by ID. **Required scope:** `read_products` (for API-key authentication). ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/admin.yaml get /api/v3/admin/products/{product_id}/variants/{id} openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: Admin API contact: name: Spree Commerce url: https://spreecommerce.org email: hello@spreecommerce.org description: > Spree Admin API v3 - Administrative API for managing products, orders, and store settings. ## Authentication The Admin API requires a secret API key passed in the `x-spree-api-key` header. Secret API keys can be generated in the Spree admin dashboard. ## Response Format All responses are JSON. List endpoints return paginated responses with `data` and `meta` keys. Single resource endpoints return a flat JSON object. ## Resource IDs Every resource is identified by an opaque string ID (e.g. `prod_86Rf07xd4z`, `variant_k5nR8xLq`, `or_UkLWZg9DAJ`). Use these IDs everywhere — URL paths, request bodies, and Ransack filters all accept them directly. ## Error Handling Errors return a consistent format: ```json { "error": { "code": "validation_error", "message": "Validation failed", "details": { "name": ["can't be blank"] } } } ``` version: v3 servers: - url: http://{defaultHost} variables: defaultHost: default: localhost:3000 security: [] tags: - name: Authentication description: Admin user authentication - name: Product Catalog description: Products, variants, and option types - name: Orders description: >- Order management — orders, items, payments, fulfillments, refunds, gift cards, store credits - name: Customers description: Customer management — profiles, addresses, store credits, credit cards - name: Configuration description: Store configuration — payment methods, tag autocomplete paths: /api/v3/admin/products/{product_id}/variants/{id}: get: tags: - Product Catalog summary: Get a variant description: |- Returns a single variant by ID. **Required scope:** `read_products` (for API-key authentication). parameters: - name: x-spree-api-key in: header required: true schema: type: string - name: Authorization in: header required: true description: Bearer token for admin authentication schema: type: string - name: product_id in: path required: true description: Product ID schema: type: string - name: id in: path required: true description: Variant ID schema: type: string - name: expand in: query required: false description: >- Comma-separated associations to expand (e.g., images, prices, stock_items, option_values). Use dot notation for nested expand (max 4 levels). schema: type: string - name: fields in: query required: false description: >- Comma-separated list of fields to include (e.g., sku,price,stock). id is always included. schema: type: string responses: '200': description: variant found content: application/json: example: id: variant_gbHJdmfrXB product_id: prod_UkLWZg9DAJ sku: SKU-61 options_text: 'Size: S' track_inventory: true media_count: 0 thumbnail_url: null purchasable: true in_stock: false backorderable: true weight: 32.22 height: 112.69 width: 30.62 depth: 152.79 price: id: price_gbHJdmfrXB amount: '19.99' amount_in_cents: 1999 compare_at_amount: null compare_at_amount_in_cents: null currency: USD display_amount: $19.99 display_compare_at_amount: null price_list_id: null original_price: null option_values: - id: optval_UkLWZg9DAJ option_type_id: opt_UkLWZg9DAJ name: size-10 label: S position: 1 color_code: null option_type_name: foo-size-19 option_type_label: Size image_url: null metadata: {} created_at: '2026-05-09T10:05:12.514Z' updated_at: '2026-05-09T10:05:12.514Z' metadata: {} position: 2 total_on_hand: 0 tax_category_id: 1 cost_price: '17.0' cost_currency: USD deleted_at: null created_at: '2026-05-09T10:05:12.511Z' updated_at: '2026-05-09T10:05:12.525Z' product_name: Product 511114 display_price: $19.99 '404': description: variant not found content: application/json: example: error: code: variant_not_found message: Variant not found schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' security: - api_key: [] bearer_auth: [] x-codeSamples: - lang: javascript label: Spree Admin SDK source: >- import { createAdminClient } from '@spree/admin-sdk' const client = createAdminClient({ baseUrl: 'https://your-store.com', secretKey: 'sk_xxx', }) const variant = await client.products.variants.get('prod_86Rf07xd4z', 'variant_k5nR8xLq', { expand: ['prices', 'stock_items'], }) components: schemas: ErrorResponse: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string example: record_not_found message: type: string example: Record not found details: type: object description: Field-specific validation errors nullable: true example: name: - is too short - is required email: - is invalid required: - code - message required: - error example: error: code: validation_error message: Validation failed details: name: - is too short email: - is invalid securitySchemes: api_key: type: apiKey name: x-spree-api-key in: header description: Secret API key for admin access bearer_auth: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: JWT description: JWT token for admin user authentication ````