# identity (/docs/query/identity)

**Category:** Identity & commitments

## Parameters [#parameters]

| Parameter      | Type   | Description                     |
| -------------- | ------ | ------------------------------- |
| `coldkey_ss58` | string | Coldkey whose identity to read. |

## CLI [#cli]

```bash
btcli query identity --coldkey <ss58|name> --json
```

## Python [#python]

Namespace method (autocomplete, signature help):

```python
import bittensor as bt

sub = bt.Subtensor()
result = sub.identity.identity(coldkey_ss58="5F...")
```

Or dispatch by name, as an agent would:

```python
result = sub.read("identity", coldkey_ss58="5F...")
```

Async is the same surface awaited: `async with bt.Subtensor() as client:`.

## On-chain implementation [#on-chain-implementation]

* Storage [`SubtensorModule.IdentitiesV2`](/code/pallets/subtensor/src/lib.rs#L2567)

Every file is browsable under [/code](/code) exactly as built into the runtime.