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# Retrieve an allocation

> Returns the allocation's current state.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json get /v1/allocations/{id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Matamba Gateway
  version: '1'
  description: >-
    Open brokerage accounts for your customers, fund them from your wallet,
    place and track orders, and read each account's records at the broker. All
    amounts are integers in kobo, and every error includes a `code` you can use
    in your logic.
servers:
  - url: https://{host}
    description: The sandbox and live environments each have their own host and API keys.
    variables:
      host:
        default: sandbox-host.invalid
        description: We send you the host along with your API keys.
security:
  - bearer: []
tags:
  - name: Accounts
    description: The accounts you can trade for, and the broker's records for each one.
  - name: Orders
    description: >-
      Estimate, place, retrieve and cancel orders. We store each order before we
      send it to the exchange, and we send it only once.
  - name: Events
    description: >-
      Each change to your orders creates an event. We send the same event bodies
      to your webhook endpoint. See [Webhooks](/webhooks) for how to verify
      them.
  - name: Applications
    description: Open a brokerage account for your customer.
  - name: Reference
    description: Code lists from the broker that you use in account applications.
  - name: Wallet
    description: >-
      Your wallet, and the allocations you make from it to your customers'
      accounts.
paths:
  /v1/allocations/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Wallet
      summary: Retrieve an allocation
      description: Returns the allocation's current state.
      operationId: getAllocation
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AllocationId'
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Allocation'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
          description: '`unauthorized`'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
          description: '`allocation_not_found`'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
          description: '`rate_limited`'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
          description: '`internal_error`'
        '503':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
          description: '`service_unavailable`'
components:
  parameters:
    AllocationId:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The allocation's `id`.
      schema:
        type: string
  responses:
    Allocation:
      description: An allocation.
      headers:
        x-request-id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
        Cache-Control:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/CacheControl'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Allocation'
          example:
            object: allocation
            id: alc_4hn7vz2qe6wk3pma5rtd
            account: '1000000001'
            amount_kobo: 5000000
            state: booked
            reason: null
            reject_reason: null
            created_at: '2026-09-25T06:07:15Z'
            updated_at: '2026-09-25T06:07:15Z'
    Error:
      description: >-
        An error. Use `error.code` in your logic. A path that doesn't exist
        returns 404 `not_found`, and a method the path doesn't support returns
        405 `method_not_allowed` with an `Allow` header.
      headers:
        x-request-id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
        Cache-Control:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/CacheControl'
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RetryAfter'
        WWW-Authenticate:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/WWWAuthenticate'
        Allow:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Allow'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  headers:
    RequestId:
      description: A unique identifier for this request. Include it when you contact us.
      schema:
        type: string
    CacheControl:
      description: Always `no-store`.
      schema:
        type: string
        const: no-store
    RetryAfter:
      description: >-
        The number of seconds to wait before you retry. Sent with 429 (`1`) and
        with 503 `settlement_lockout` (`60`).
      schema:
        type: integer
    WWWAuthenticate:
      description: 'Sent with 401: `Bearer realm="Matamba Gateway"`.'
      schema:
        type: string
    Allow:
      description: Sent with 405. Lists the methods the path supports.
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    Allocation:
      type: object
      required:
        - object
        - id
        - account
        - amount_kobo
        - state
        - reason
        - reject_reason
        - created_at
        - updated_at
      properties:
        object:
          type: string
          const: allocation
        id:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Unique identifier for the allocation, also used as the broker's
            reference for the deposit. Starts with `alc_`.
        account:
          type: string
        amount_kobo:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        state:
          type: string
          description: >-
            `sending`: reserved, and the send is in progress. `booked`: the
            broker booked it into the account's balance. `uncertain`: we don't
            know whether the broker booked it. The amount stays reserved, we
            don't send it again, and we reconcile it with the broker.
            `rejected`: the broker rejected it, and the amount is returned to
            your wallet. `refused`: it never reached the broker, and the amount
            is returned to your wallet.
          enum:
            - sending
            - booked
            - uncertain
            - rejected
            - refused
        reason:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: >-
            A sentence explaining the allocation's current state. It's for
            people to read, so don't use it in your logic.
        reject_reason:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: >-
            Why the broker rejected the allocation. Set only when `state` is
            `rejected`.
          enum:
            - invalid_amount
            - closed_financial_year
            - account_not_at_broker
            - rejected_by_broker
            - null
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - type
            - code
            - message
            - doc_url
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              description: The category of the error.
              enum:
                - authentication_error
                - invalid_request_error
                - idempotency_error
                - order_error
                - application_error
                - wallet_error
                - limit_error
                - rate_limit_error
                - api_error
            code:
              type: string
              description: The error code. Use it in your logic; it doesn't change.
              enum:
                - unauthorized
                - not_found
                - method_not_allowed
                - unsupported_media_type
                - request_too_large
                - invalid_request
                - missing_required_field
                - unknown_account
                - duplicate_order
                - order_not_found
                - exchange_unavailable
                - order_not_sent
                - order_rejected
                - similar_order_unresolved
                - order_not_cancelable
                - cancel_unconfirmed
                - settlement_lockout
                - account_not_at_broker
                - exchange_error
                - application_rejected
                - duplicate_application
                - application_not_found
                - application_not_sent
                - wallet_too_low
                - allocation_rejected
                - duplicate_allocation
                - allocation_not_found
                - allocation_not_sent
                - rate_limited
                - unknown_symbol
                - limit_exceeded
                - service_unavailable
                - internal_error
            message:
              type: string
              description: >-
                A human-readable description of the error, for your logs. The
                wording can change.
            param:
              type: string
              description: >-
                The field, parameter or header that caused the error. Absent
                when the error isn't tied to a single field.
            reject_reason:
              type: string
              description: >-
                Why the exchange or broker rejected the request. Included with
                `order_rejected`, `application_rejected` and
                `allocation_rejected`, and takes the same values as the
                `reject_reason` field on the order, application or allocation.
            doc_url:
              type: string
              format: uri
              description: A link to the documentation for this error code.
  securitySchemes:
    bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        `Authorization: Bearer <key>`. Sandbox keys start with `mgw_test_` and
        live keys start with `mgw_live_`. Each key works only in its own
        environment, and a live key works only from the IP addresses or ranges
        registered for it.

````