# Overview

In this tutorial we will retrieve the identity created in the [Register an Identity tutorial](🔗).

## Prerequisites

• [node.js](🔗) (v12+)

• Basic familiarity with JavaScript asychronous functions using [async/await](🔗)

• The Dash JavaScript SDK is initialized (covered in [Connecting to a Network](🔗))

• A Dash Platform Identity: [Tutorial: Register an Identity](🔗)

# Code

# Example Identity

The following example response shows a retrieved identity:

# What's Happening

After we initialize the Client, we request an identity. The `platform.identities.get` method takes a single argument: an identity ID. After the identity is retrieved, it is displayed on the console.