## Retrieve

`client.vals.branches.retrieve(stringvalId, stringbranchId, RequestOptionsoptions?): BranchRetrieveResponse`

**get** `/v2/vals/{val_id}/branches/{branch_id}`

Get a branch by id

### Parameters

- **valId:** `string`

- **branchId:** `string`

### Returns

- `BranchRetrieveResponse`
  A Branch

  - **id:** `string`

    The id of the branch

  - **createdAt:** `string`

  - **forkedBranchId:** `string | null`

    The id of the branch this branch was forked from

  - **links:** `Links`

    - **html:** `string`

      The URL of this resource on Val Town

    - **self:** `string`

      The URL of this resource on this API

  - **name:** `string`

  - **updatedAt:** `string`

  - **version:** `number`

### Example

```node
import ValTown from '@valtown/sdk';

const client = new ValTown();

const branch = await client.vals.branches.retrieve(
  '182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e',
  '182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e',
);

console.log(branch.id);
```