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# Get pets

GET /pets

Reference: https://akamai.ferndocs.com/sample-spec/api/sample-spec-api/get-pets

## Response

### 200

List of pets

- `list of Pet`

## Types

### Pet

### Cat

- `petType` ("cat", required)
- `hunts` (boolean, required)
- `breed` (string, optional, nullable)

### Dog

- `petType` ("dog", required)
- `barkVolume` (integer, required)
- `breed` (string, optional, nullable)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
[
  {
    "petType": "cat",
    "hunts": true,
    "breed": "Siberian"
  },
  {
    "petType": "dog",
    "barkVolume": 7,
    "breed": "Golden Retriever"
  }
]
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.example.com/pets"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.example.com/pets';
const options = {method: 'GET'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.example.com/pets"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.example.com/pets")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

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

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.example.com/pets")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.example.com/pets');

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.example.com/pets");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.example.com/pets")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```