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# Get a Reservation

> One reservation by id.

Returns one reservation, in the same shape [List Reservations](/platform/reservation/list-reservations) returns.


## OpenAPI

````yaml platform/reservation/openapi.json GET /venue/{venueId}/reservation/{id}
openapi: 3.0.4
info:
  title: NowBookIt Reservation API
  description: >-
    REST API for venue availability and reservation lifecycle. Every endpoint is
    venue-scoped: `/api/reservations/venue/{venueId}/...`.
  version: v1
  contact:
    email: platform.integrations@nowbookit.com
servers:
  - url: https://platform.uat.nowbookit.com/api/reservations
    description: UAT
  - url: https://platform.nowbookit.com/api/reservations
    description: Production
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Availability
    description: What a venue can offer for a party size over a date range.
  - name: Reservations
    description: List, read, create, amend and cancel a venue's reservations.
  - name: Reference data
    description: A venue's own guest tags and reservation statuses.
paths:
  /venue/{venueId}/reservation/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Reservations
      summary: Get a reservation
      description: >-
        One reservation by id.


        `id` is the reservation id
        (`booking_2026-08-24_G3F7PA8HO438Z_1787294227662`), not the `bookingRef`
        you quote to a guest. Only the `id` addresses the reservation directly.


        A reservation belonging to another venue returns `404`.
      operationId: getReservation
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/VenueId'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ReservationId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The reservation.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Reservation'
              example:
                id: booking_2026-09-01_G3F7PA8HO438Z_1787294227662
                bookingRef: '94227662'
                status: C
                statusId: status_confirmed
                reservationType: Booking
                bookingDateTime: '2026-09-01T18:30:00'
                durationMinutes: 120
                partySize: 2
                service:
                  id: service_dinner
                  name: Dinner
                diner:
                  id: customer_9f2a1c
                  firstName: Alex
                  lastName: Chen
                  email: alex.chen@example.com
                  phone: '+61400000000'
                tableIds:
                  - table_12
                requestedSectionId: section_main
                tagIds:
                  - tag_birthday
                optionsSelected: []
                paymentDetails:
                  paymentType: NoPayment
                  currency: AUD
                  total: 0
                  paid: 0
                  state: None
                notes: Window table if possible
                source: online
                createdAt: '2026-08-24T04:15:20.104Z'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationFailed'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
components:
  parameters:
    VenueId:
      name: venueId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The venue being addressed. Every endpoint on this API is venue-scoped.
      schema:
        type: string
        minLength: 1
        example: '6247'
    ReservationId:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The reservation's `id` — not its `bookingRef`.
      schema:
        type: string
        minLength: 1
        example: booking_2026-08-24_G3F7PA8HO438Z_1787294227662
  schemas:
    Reservation:
      type: object
      description: >-
        A reservation. Absent optional fields are omitted from the JSON rather
        than sent as `null` or `[]`.
      required:
        - id
        - bookingDateTime
        - partySize
        - tableIds
        - tagIds
        - optionsSelected
        - paymentDetails
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The identifier that addresses this reservation.
          example: booking_2026-08-24_G3F7PA8HO438Z_1787294227662
        bookingRef:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The reference you quote to a guest. A different identifier from
            `id`, and not usable as a path parameter.
          example: '94227662'
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReservationStatusCode'
        statusId:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The status's id. Several statuses can share one `code`, so this is
            what identifies the status the reservation is in — and the value a
            patch sets `status` to.
          example: status_seated_main
        reservationType:
          type: string
          enum:
            - Booking
            - WaitList
            - StandbyList
          description: >-
            A standby or waitlist entry is the same kind of record as a
            confirmed booking.
        bookingDateTime:
          type: string
          description: Venue-local wall clock, ISO formatted. Not an absolute instant.
          example: '2026-08-24T14:00:00'
        durationMinutes:
          type: integer
          example: 120
        partySize:
          type: integer
          example: 2
        service:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
              example: service_dinner
            name:
              type: string
              example: Dinner
        diner:
          type: object
          description: Guest details recorded on the reservation.
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
              description: The guest's customer record, when the reservation has one.
            firstName:
              type: string
            lastName:
              type: string
            email:
              type: string
            phone:
              type: string
        tableIds:
          type: array
          description: The tables allocated. Empty only for a standby or waitlist entry.
          items:
            type: string
        requestedSectionId:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The section the reservation asked for, which is often not where the
            allocated table sits. Absent when no preference was given.
        movedFromBookingId:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The reservation this one replaced, set when a reservation was moved
            to another calendar date. The same `id` coming back means an
            ordinary change; a new `id` with this set means a replacement, and
            the value names the reservation to stop tracking.
          example: booking_2026-08-24_G3F7PA8HO438Z_1787294227662
        tagIds:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        optionsSelected:
          type: array
          description: >-
            Booking options the guest chose, with the prices that determined
            what was payable.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReservationOption'
        paymentDetails:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReservationPaymentDetails'
        notes:
          type: string
        source:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Originating channel. Read-only — set from your credential when the
            reservation is created.
          example: online
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: >-
            When the reservation was made. An absolute instant, unlike
            `bookingDateTime`.
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    ReservationStatusCode:
      type: string
      enum:
        - U
        - P$
        - C
        - X
        - NS
        - S
        - F
        - SP
        - TX
      description: >-
        The status code the reservation carries, joining onto the
        reservation-statuses endpoint's `code`. `U` unconfirmed, `P$` pending
        payment, `C` confirmed, `X` cancelled, `NS` cancelled no-show, `S`
        seated, `F` finished, `SP` standby pending, `TX` SMS sent or SMS failed.


        Several statuses can share one code, so treat `code` as a coarse
        grouping and `statusId` as the precise value. Venues can add statuses of
        their own, so read the venue's own set from the reservation-statuses
        endpoint rather than assuming this list is closed.
    ReservationOption:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        unitPrice:
          type: number
          description: >-
            Per-unit. Multiply by `quantity` for this line's contribution to the
            total.
        quantity:
          type: integer
        paymentType:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaymentType'
        isUpsell:
          type: boolean
          description: An optional extra rather than one of the main choices.
    ReservationPaymentDetails:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Where the reservation stands on payment. Always present, including for
        reservations that take no payment.
      required:
        - paymentType
        - total
        - paid
        - state
      properties:
        paymentType:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaymentType'
        pricingType:
          allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PricingType'
          description: >-
            How the amount was arrived at. Never apply it to `total` — that
            value is already multiplied out.
        currency:
          type: string
          example: AUD
        total:
          type: number
          description: >-
            The amount payable, already multiplied out for the party. Not a
            per-guest rate.
        paid:
          type: number
          description: What was actually settled. `0` until paid.
        state:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaymentState'
        transactionId:
          type: string
          description: Present once a payment exists.
        paidAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        dueBy:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: >-
            When the payment window closes. Present only while a payment is
            outstanding — it is how long the guest has to pay before the
            reservation is released.
    ValidationErrorResponse:
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        - type: object
          required:
            - errors
          properties:
            errors:
              type: object
              description: >-
                Field path to the messages for that field. A cross-field rule
                with no single field to blame is keyed `query`, `path` or
                `body`.
              additionalProperties:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - code
        - message
        - requestId
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The error class, e.g. `ValidationError`, `NotFoundError`,
            `InternalError`.
          example: NotFoundError
        message:
          type: string
        requestId:
          type: string
          description: Quote this when reporting a problem.
    PaymentType:
      type: string
      description: How the reservation takes payment, if at all.
      example: Deposit
    PricingType:
      type: string
      description: How the payable amount was arrived at — a label, not a multiplier.
      example: PerPerson
    PaymentState:
      type: string
      enum:
        - None
        - Pending
        - Paid
        - Holding
        - Completely Charged
        - Partially Charged
        - Released
      description: >-
        `None` nothing payable. `Pending` payable, nothing settled yet. `Paid`
        settled by a normal payment. The remaining four are pre-authorisation
        states, where funds are held rather than taken.
  responses:
    ValidationFailed:
      description: >-
        The request failed validation. `errors` is keyed by field path —
        `query`, `path` or `body` for an issue with no single field to blame.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorResponse'
          example:
            code: ValidationError
            message: Query parameters failed validation
            requestId: 0f1c9f2e-4b8a-4c1e-9d33-2a7f5b1c8e90
            errors:
              partySize:
                - partySize must be at least 1
              endDate:
                - endDate must be on or after startDate
    NotFound:
      description: >-
        The venue or reservation does not exist, or does not belong to the venue
        addressed.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            code: NotFoundError
            message: 'Venue not found: 6247'
            requestId: 0f1c9f2e-4b8a-4c1e-9d33-2a7f5b1c8e90
    ServerError:
      description: An unexpected failure. Quote `requestId` when reporting one.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            code: InternalError
            message: Internal server error
            requestId: 0f1c9f2e-4b8a-4c1e-9d33-2a7f5b1c8e90
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        Your API key. See [Authorization](/platform/authorization) to create
        one.

````

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