# Get Avatar Details

Retrieves detailed information about a specific avatar by its ID.

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  **Note:**

  * Scroll down to the **Response** section below and expand the status code(s) to view the detailed response schema.
  * Refer to the **RESPONSE** section on the right and choose an example to see how the API response appears for each status code.
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# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "heygen-api",
    "version": "4.0.8"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.heygen.com"
    }
  ],
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "sec0": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "name": "x-api-key",
        "in": "header",
        "x-default": "<your-api-key>"
      }
    }
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "sec0": []
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/v2/avatar/{avatar_id}/details": {
      "get": {
        "summary": "Retrieve Avatar Details",
        "description": "Retrieve detailed information about a specific avatar by its ID, including its name, gender, preview media, default voice, and tags.",
        "operationId": "retrieve-avatar-details",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "{avatar_id}",
            "in": "path",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "required": true,
            "description": "Unique identifier of the avatar. Can be retrieved from <a href=\"https://docs.heygen.com/reference/list-avatars-v2\" target=\"_blank\">List All Avatars (V2)</a> endpoint. "
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "Avatar details retrieved successfully - Expand to view the detailed response schema.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "examples": {
                  "Result": {
                    "value": {
                      "error": null,
                      "data": {
                        "type": "avatar",
                        "id": "Abigail_standing_office_front",
                        "name": "Abigail Office Front",
                        "gender": "female",
                        "preview_image_url": "https://files2.heygen.ai/avatar/v3/463208b6cad140d2b263535826838e3a_39240/preview_target.webp",
                        "preview_video_url": "https://files2.heygen.ai/avatar/v3/463208b6cad140d2b263535826838e3a_39240/preview_video_target.mp4",
                        "premium": false,
                        "is_public": true,
                        "default_voice_id": "16a09e4706f74997ba4ed05ea11470f6",
                        "tags": [
                          "NEW",
                          "AVATAR_IV"
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  }
                },
                "schema": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "error": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "Displays error message when the request fails; null if the request is successful."
                    },
                    "data": {
                      "type": "object",
                      "properties": {
                        "type": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "description": "Resource type. Always returns \"avatar\". "
                        },
                        "id": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "description": "Unique identifier of the avatar."
                        },
                        "name": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "description": "Name of the avatar. "
                        },
                        "gender": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "description": "Gender associated with the avatar."
                        },
                        "preview_image_url": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "description": "URL of the avatar's preview image. "
                        },
                        "preview_video_url": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "description": "URL of the avatar's preview video. "
                        },
                        "premium": {
                          "type": "boolean",
                          "description": "Indicates whether the avatar is a premium avatar or not (account-specific)."
                        },
                        "is_public": {
                          "type": "boolean",
                          "description": "Indicates whether the avatar is publicly available. "
                        },
                        "default_voice_id": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "description": "Default voice ID linked to the avatar."
                        },
                        "tags": {
                          "type": "array",
                          "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                          },
                          "description": "List of tags associated with the avatar."
                        }
                      },
                      "description": "Contains the avatar details. "
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "deprecated": false
      }
    }
  },
  "x-readme": {
    "headers": [],
    "explorer-enabled": true,
    "proxy-enabled": true
  },
  "x-readme-fauxas": true
}
```