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# Get patient

> Fetch one patient by Olira-assigned id.

```python theme={null}
olira.get_patient(patient_id: str) -> Patient
```

**Requires scope:** `api:manage-patients`

## Parameters

<ParamField body="patient_id" type="str" required>
  Olira patient id.
</ParamField>

## Returns

`Patient`

<ResponseField name="id" type="str">
  Olira patient id.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="first_name" type="str | None">
  Given name.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="last_name" type="str | None">
  Family name.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="sex" type="str | None">
  Sex/gender.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="timezone" type="str">
  IANA timezone.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="status" type="str">
  Status.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="email" type="str | None">
  Email.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="phone_number" type="str | None">
  Phone.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="date_of_birth" type="str | None">
  DOB.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="created_at" type="str | None">
  Created at.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="external_identifiers" type="list[ExternalIdentifier]">
  External ids.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="metadata" type="dict[str, Any] | None">
  Metadata.
</ResponseField>

## Raises

| Exception         | When                                                                                                                  |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `AuthError`       | HTTP 401 or 403 — invalid API key or insufficient OAuth scope for this endpoint.                                      |
| `ValidationError` | HTTP 400, 404, or 422 — malformed JSON, unknown patient, or validation failure (message includes response excerpt).   |
| `ServerError`     | HTTP 409 (e.g. conflicting external identifier) or repeated 5xx after retries; includes status\_code when applicable. |
| `RateLimitError`  | HTTP 429 — rate limited; check retry\_after (seconds).                                                                |
| `NetworkError`    | Connection timeout, DNS failure, or read error after retries.                                                         |

<RequestExample>
  ```python Python theme={null}
  import olira

  olira.init(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
  patient = olira.get_patient(patient_id="8a4fde23-0f1b-4c2a-9d7e-b36c1a5f0e82")
  print(patient.status)
  ```

  ```http HTTP theme={null}
  GET /v1/patients/8a4fde23-0f1b-4c2a-9d7e-b36c1a5f0e82
  Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```python 200 theme={null}
  Patient(
      id="8a4fde23-0f1b-4c2a-9d7e-b36c1a5f0e82",
      first_name="Ada",
      last_name="Lovelace",
      email="ada@example.com",
      sex="unknown",
      timezone="UTC",
      status="active",
      phone_number=None,
      date_of_birth=None,
      created_at="2026-01-10T08:00:00Z",
      external_identifiers=[],
      metadata=None,
  )
  ```

  ```json 401 theme={null}
  {
    "error": true,
    "status_code": 401,
    "error_type": "authentication_error",
    "message": "Could not validate credentials",
    "details": [
      {
        "type": "authentication_error",
        "message": "Could not validate credentials"
      }
    ],
    "timestamp": "2026-05-06T12:00:00+00:00"
  }
  ```

  ```json 403 theme={null}
  {
    "error": true,
    "status_code": 403,
    "error_type": "authorization_error",
    "message": "Insufficient OAuth scope for this endpoint",
    "details": [
      {
        "type": "authorization_error",
        "message": "Insufficient OAuth scope for this endpoint"
      }
    ],
    "timestamp": "2026-05-06T12:00:00+00:00"
  }
  ```

  ```json 404 theme={null}
  {
    "error": true,
    "status_code": 404,
    "error_type": "not_found_error",
    "message": "Patient not found",
    "details": [
      {
        "type": "not_found_error",
        "message": "Patient not found"
      }
    ],
    "timestamp": "2026-05-06T12:00:00+00:00"
  }
  ```

  ```json 422 theme={null}
  {
    "error": true,
    "status_code": 422,
    "error_type": "validation_error",
    "message": "Request validation failed (1 error)",
    "details": [
      {
        "type": "missing",
        "message": "Field required",
        "field": "patient_id",
        "location": ["body", "patient_id"],
        "input_value": null
      }
    ],
    "timestamp": "2026-05-06T12:00:00+00:00"
  }
  ```

  ```json 429 theme={null}
  {
    "error": true,
    "status_code": 429,
    "error_type": "server_error",
    "message": "Rate limit exceeded",
    "details": [
      {
        "type": "rate_limit",
        "message": "Too many requests; retry after backoff"
      }
    ],
    "timestamp": "2026-05-06T12:00:00+00:00"
  }
  ```

  ```json 500 theme={null}
  {
    "error": true,
    "status_code": 500,
    "error_type": "internal_server_error",
    "message": "An internal server error occurred",
    "details": [
      {
        "type": "internal_server_error",
        "message": "An unexpected error occurred while processing your request"
      }
    ],
    "timestamp": "2026-05-06T12:00:00+00:00"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>