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import ParameterTypes from "@site/src/components/ParameterTypes"

# retrieveType - Product Module Reference

This documentation provides a reference to the retrieveType method. This belongs to the Product Module.

This method is used to retrieve a product type by its ID.

## Example

A simple example that retrieves a product type by its ID:

```ts
import {
  initialize as initializeProductModule,
} from "@medusajs/product"

async function retrieveProductType (id: string) {
  const productModule = await initializeProductModule()

  const productType = await productModule.retrieveType(id)

  // do something with the product type or return it
}
```

To specify attributes that should be retrieved:

```ts
import {
  initialize as initializeProductModule,
} from "@medusajs/product"

async function retrieveProductType (id: string) {
  const productModule = await initializeProductModule()

  const productType = await productModule.retrieveType(id, {
    select: ["value"]
  })

  // do something with the product type or return it
}
```

## Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[
  {
    "name": "typeId",
    "type": "`string`",
    "description": "The ID of the product type to retrieve.",
    "optional": false,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": []
  },
  {
    "name": "config",
    "type": "[FindConfig](../../product/interfaces/product.FindConfig.mdx)&#60;[ProductTypeDTO](../../product/interfaces/product.ProductTypeDTO.mdx)&#62;",
    "description": "The configurations determining how the product type is retrieved. Its properties, such as `select` or `relations`, accept the\nattributes or relations associated with a product type.",
    "optional": true,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": [
      {
        "name": "order",
        "type": "`object`",
        "description": "An object used to specify how to sort the returned records. Its keys are the names of attributes of the entity, and a key's value can either be `ASC`\nto sort retrieved records in an ascending order, or `DESC` to sort retrieved records in a descending order.",
        "optional": true,
        "defaultValue": "",
        "expandable": false,
        "children": []
      },
      {
        "name": "relations",
        "type": "`string`[]",
        "description": "An array of strings, each being relation names of the entity to retrieve in the result.",
        "optional": true,
        "defaultValue": "",
        "expandable": false,
        "children": []
      },
      {
        "name": "select",
        "type": "(`string` \\| keyof `Entity`)[]",
        "description": "An array of strings, each being attribute names of the entity to retrieve in the result.",
        "optional": true,
        "defaultValue": "",
        "expandable": false,
        "children": []
      },
      {
        "name": "skip",
        "type": "`null` \\| `number`",
        "description": "A number indicating the number of records to skip before retrieving the results.",
        "optional": true,
        "defaultValue": "",
        "expandable": false,
        "children": []
      },
      {
        "name": "take",
        "type": "`null` \\| `number`",
        "description": "A number indicating the number of records to return in the result.",
        "optional": true,
        "defaultValue": "",
        "expandable": false,
        "children": []
      },
      {
        "name": "withDeleted",
        "type": "`boolean`",
        "description": "A boolean indicating whether deleted records should also be retrieved as part of the result. This only works if the entity extends the\n`SoftDeletableEntity` class.",
        "optional": true,
        "defaultValue": "",
        "expandable": false,
        "children": []
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "sharedContext",
    "type": "[Context](../../product/interfaces/product.Context.mdx)",
    "description": "A context used to share resources, such as transaction manager, between the application and the module.",
    "optional": true,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": [
      {
        "name": "enableNestedTransactions",
        "type": "`boolean`",
        "description": "A boolean value indicating whether nested transactions are enabled.",
        "optional": true,
        "defaultValue": "",
        "expandable": false,
        "children": []
      },
      {
        "name": "isolationLevel",
        "type": "`string`",
        "description": "A string indicating the isolation level of the context. Possible values are `READ UNCOMMITTED`, `READ COMMITTED`, `REPEATABLE READ`, or `SERIALIZABLE`.",
        "optional": true,
        "defaultValue": "",
        "expandable": false,
        "children": []
      },
      {
        "name": "manager",
        "type": "`TManager`",
        "description": "An instance of a manager, typically an entity manager, of type `TManager`, which is a typed parameter passed to the context to specify the type of the `manager`.",
        "optional": true,
        "defaultValue": "",
        "expandable": false,
        "children": []
      },
      {
        "name": "transactionId",
        "type": "`string`",
        "description": "A string indicating the ID of the current transaction.",
        "optional": true,
        "defaultValue": "",
        "expandable": false,
        "children": []
      },
      {
        "name": "transactionManager",
        "type": "`TManager`",
        "description": "An instance of a transaction manager of type `TManager`, which is a typed parameter passed to the context to specify the type of the `transactionManager`.",
        "optional": true,
        "defaultValue": "",
        "expandable": false,
        "children": []
      }
    ]
  }
]} />

## Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[
  {
    "name": "Promise",
    "type": "Promise&#60;[ProductTypeDTO](../../product/interfaces/product.ProductTypeDTO.mdx)&#62;",
    "optional": false,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "description": "The retrieved product type.",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": [
      {
        "name": "deleted_at",
        "type": "`string` \\| `Date`",
        "description": "When the product type was deleted.",
        "optional": true,
        "defaultValue": "",
        "expandable": false,
        "children": []
      },
      {
        "name": "id",
        "type": "`string`",
        "description": "The ID of the product type.",
        "optional": false,
        "defaultValue": "",
        "expandable": false,
        "children": []
      },
      {
        "name": "metadata",
        "type": "`null` \\| `Record<string, unknown>`",
        "description": "Holds custom data in key-value pairs.",
        "optional": true,
        "defaultValue": "",
        "expandable": false,
        "children": []
      },
      {
        "name": "value",
        "type": "`string`",
        "description": "The value of the product type.",
        "optional": false,
        "defaultValue": "",
        "expandable": false,
        "children": []
      }
    ]
  }
]} />
