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# Getting a list of region targeting rules

> 📘 Information below might be outdated - please visit our recently updated [API Reference](https://developers.short.io/reference/)

The instruction below shows how to get a list of region targeting rules for a URL.

### **1)** Get your API key here: <https://app.short.io/settings/integrations/api-key>

* Click "Create API key".
* Add a **Secret** key.

![](https://files.readme.io/b48d0bd-Screen_Shot_2021-08-11_at_2.57.06_PM.png "Screen Shot 2021-08-11 at 2.57.06 PM.png")

### **2)** Copy an ID of a short link you want to get a list of region targeting.

* Open the statistics of the short link.
* Copy the link ID.

![](https://files.readme.io/a5095df-1.png "1.png")

![](https://files.readme.io/1de1fe1-Screen_Shot_2021-08-11_at_3.15.24_PM.png "Screen Shot 2021-08-11 at 3.15.24 PM.png")

### **3)** Install prerequisites for requests.

```python
pip install requests
```
```javascript Node.js
npm install --save axios
```

Now everything is ready to run the following snippet. It will get a list of region targeting rules for a URL.

### **4)** Create a file: **filename.py/ .js/ .rb**. Use the code snippet below.

> 📘
>
> Please, replace **link\_idString** with an appropriate value.

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.short.io/link_region/link_idString"

headers = {
    'accept': "application/json",
    'authorization': "<<apiKey>>"
    }

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
```
```javascript Node.js
const axios = require('axios');

axios.get('https://api.short.io/link_region/LINK_ID', {
   headers: {
    accept:'*/*',
    authorization: '<<apiKey>>'
}
})
.then(function (response) {
  console.log(response.data);
})
.catch(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});
```
```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://api.short.io/link_region/LINK_ID")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["accept"] = 'application/json'
request["authorization"] = '<<apiKey>>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

### **5)** Launch the file.

```python
python filename.py
```
```javascript Node.js
node filename.js
```
```ruby Ruby
ruby filename.rb
```

### **6)** JSON Response (list of region targeting rules).

Once you run the code, you will see the response.

```json
[
  {
    id: 306,
    country: 'AO',
    region: '18',
    originalURL: 'https://www.blog.short.io',
    createdAt: '2020-06-01T08:46:35.000Z',
    updatedAt: '2020-06-01T08:46:35.000Z',
    link_idString:" lnk_49n_UcbM5",
    name: 'Lunda Sul'
  }
 ]
```