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GET
/
v3
/
avatars
/
looks
/
{look_id}
Get Avatar Look
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.heygen.com/v3/avatars/looks/{look_id} \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'
import requests

url = "https://api.heygen.com/v3/avatars/looks/{look_id}"

headers = {"x-api-key": "<api-key>"}

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

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.heygen.com/v3/avatars/looks/{look_id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.heygen.com/v3/avatars/looks/{look_id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "x-api-key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.heygen.com/v3/avatars/looks/{look_id}"

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

	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")

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

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

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.heygen.com/v3/avatars/looks/{look_id}")
  .header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.heygen.com/v3/avatars/looks/{look_id}")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "data": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "name": "<string>",
    "group_id": "ag_abc123",
    "preview_image_url": "https://files.heygen.ai/look/business_preview.jpg",
    "preview_video_url": "https://files.heygen.ai/look/business_preview.mp4",
    "gender": "female",
    "tags": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "default_voice_id": "1bd001e7e50f421d891986aad5c8bbd2",
    "supported_api_engines": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "image_width": 1920,
    "image_height": 1080,
    "status": "completed",
    "error": {
      "code": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>"
    }
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid_parameter",
    "message": "Video not found",
    "param": "<string>",
    "doc_url": "<string>"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "authentication_failed",
    "message": "Invalid or expired API key. Verify your x-api-key header.",
    "param": null,
    "doc_url": null
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "Avatar look not found.",
    "param": null,
    "doc_url": null
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limit_exceeded",
    "message": "Too many requests. Retry after the duration specified in the Retry-After header.",
    "param": null,
    "doc_url": null
  }
}

Authorizations

​
x-api-key
string
header
required

HeyGen API key. Obtain from your HeyGen dashboard.

Path Parameters

​
look_id
string
required

Unique avatar look identifier. This is the value to pass as avatar_id to POST /v3/videos.

Response

Successful response

​
data
AvatarLookItem · object

A single avatar look in the list response.

The id field is the look-level identifier to pass as avatar_id to POST /v3/videos.