# Find one (blueprint)
Look up the record with the specified `id` from the database, and (if possible) subscribe to the record in order to hear about any future changes.
```usage
GET /:model/:id
```
The **findOne()** blueprint action returns a single record from the model (given by `:model`) as a JSON object. The specified `id` is the [primary key](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unique_key) of the desired record.
If the action was triggered via a socket request, the requesting socket will be "subscribed" to the returned record. If the record is subsequently updated or deleted, a message will be sent to that socket's client informing them of the change. See the [.subscribe()](https://sailsjs.com/documentation/reference/web-sockets/resourceful-pub-sub/subscribe) docs for more info.
### Parameters
Parameter | Type | Details
---------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- |:---------------------------------
model | ((string)) | The [identity](https://sailsjs.com/documentation/concepts/models-and-orm/model-settings#?identity) of the containing model.
e.g. `'purchase'` (in `/purchase/7`)
id | ((string)) | The desired target record's primary key value
e.g. `'7'` (in `/purchase/7`).
_populate_ | ((string?)) | If specified, overide the default automatic population process. Accepts a comma-separated list of attribute names for which to populate record values, or specify `false` to have no attributes populated. See [here](https://sailsjs.com/documentation/concepts/models-and-orm/records#?populated-values) for more information on how the population process fills out attributes in the returned record according to the model's defined associations.
_select_ | ((string?)) | The attributes to include in the result, specified as a comma-delimited list. By default, all attributes are selected. Not valid for plural (“collection”) association attributes.
e.g. `?select=name,age`.
_omit_ | ((string?)) | The attributes to exclude from the result, specified as a comma-delimited list. Cannot be used in conjuction with `select`. Not valid for plural (“collection”) association attributes.
e.g. `?omit=favoriteColor,address`.
### Example
Find the purchase with id #1:
```text
GET /purchase/1
```
[](https://www.getpostman.com/run-collection/96217d0d747e536e49a4)
##### Expected Response
```json
{
"amount": 49.99,
"id": 1,
"createdAt": 1485551132315,
"updatedAt": 1485551132315
}
```