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# Get license

GET https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/license

**Enterprise feature**

Reads the Unleash license. Only available for self-hosted Enterprise customers.

Reference: https://docs.getunleash.io/api/read-license

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (required) — API key needed to access this API
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — API key needed to access this API, in Bearer token format

## Response

### 200

licenseReadSchema

- `isValid` (boolean, required) — Whether the license is valid or not.
- `token` (string, optional) — The actual license token.
- `customer` (string, optional) — Name of the customer that owns the license. This is the name of the company that purchased the license.
- `type` (string, optional) — Type of license.
- `instanceName` (string, optional) — Name of the Unleash instance where this license is valid.
- `instanceId` (string, optional) — Identifier of the Unleash instance where this license is valid.
- `plan` (string, optional) — Name of plan that the license is for.
- `resources` (LicenseReadSchemaResources, optional) — The resources available in the license.
- `expireAt` (string, optional) — Date when the license expires.
- `issuedAt` (string, optional) — Date when the license was issued.

## Types

### LicenseReadSchemaResources

The resources available in the license.

- `seats` (double, optional) — Number of seats in the license.
- `releaseTemplates` (double, optional) — Number of release templates in the license.
- `edgeInstances` (double, optional) — Number of Edge instances in the license.
- `readOnlyUsers` (double, optional) — Number of read-only users in the license.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "isValid": true,
  "token": "string",
  "customer": "string",
  "type": "string",
  "instanceName": "string",
  "instanceId": "string",
  "plan": "string",
  "resources": {
    "seats": 1.1,
    "releaseTemplates": 1.1,
    "edgeInstances": 1.1,
    "readOnlyUsers": 1.1
  },
  "expireAt": "2023-07-31T13:33:02Z",
  "issuedAt": "2023-07-31T13:33:02Z"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/license"

headers = {"Authorization": "<apiKey>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/license';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: '<apiKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/license"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<apiKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/license")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<apiKey>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/license")
  .header("Authorization", "<apiKey>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/license', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/license");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "<apiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "<apiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/license")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```