# How to retrieve a list of products in a virtual catalog
**URL:** https://www.virtocommerce.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-list-of-products-in-a-virtual-catalog/260
**Category:** dev
**Tags:** module, architect-guideline
**Created:** [September 17, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://www.virtocommerce.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-list-of-products-in-a-virtual-catalog/260 "2020-09-17T20:20:57Z")
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### Author:  [@brianmrush](https://www.virtocommerce.org/u/brianmrush)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://www.virtocommerce.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-list-of-products-in-a-virtual-catalog/260/1 "2020-09-17T20:20:57Z")
Trying to retrieve a list of products that are contained in a virtual catalog
```
ProductSearchCriteria criteria = new ProductSearchCriteria();
criteria.CatalogId = message.MetaData.CatalogId;
criteria.ObjectType = KnownDocumentTypes.Product;
criteria.ResponseGroup = "withCategories, withProducts";
var products = await _productSearchService.SearchProductsAsync(criteria);
```
Seems this only works with non virtual catalogs. Is there a way to get the products inside a virtual catalog?
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### Author:  [@OlegoO](https://www.virtocommerce.org/u/OlegoO)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://www.virtocommerce.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-list-of-products-in-a-virtual-catalog/260/2 "2020-09-21T13:45:01Z")
Virto Commerce allows to retrieve a list of products that are contained in a virtual catalogue. You need to specify storeId and catalogId:
```auto
{
"objectType": "Product",
"storeId": "TODO: StoreId",
"catalogId": "TODO: Virtual Catalog ID",
"skip": 0,
"take": 10
}
```
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