## Retrieve

`models.retrieve(strmodel)  -> ModelRetrieveResponse`

**get** `/models/{model}`

Retrieves a model instance, providing basic information about the model such as the owner and permissioning.

### Parameters

- **model:** `str`

### Returns

- `class ModelRetrieveResponse`

  Describes a model offering that can be used with the API.

  - **id:** `str`

    The model identifier, which can be referenced in the API endpoints.

  - **created:** `int`

    The Unix timestamp (in seconds) when the model was created.

  - **object:** `Literal["model"]`

    The object type, which is always "model".

    - `"model"`

  - **owned\_by:** `str`

    The organization that owns the model.

### Example

```python
from do_gradientai import GradientAI

client = GradientAI(
    api_key="My API Key",
)
model = client.models.retrieve(
    "llama3-8b-instruct",
)
print(model.id)
```