---
title: "View a Contact"
method: GET
path: "/contacts/{contact_id}"
tags: ["Contacts"]
---

# View a Contact

`GET /contacts/{contact_id}`

This endpoint doesn't consume Apollo credits. Learn more about [API pricing and credits](https://docs.apollo.io/docs/api-pricing).

<a href="https://knowledge.apollo.io/hc/en-us/articles/5995459280525-View-and-Edit-Contacts" target="_blank">Contacts</a> are people saved in Apollo.<br><br>Use the View a Contact endpoint to retrieve details for an existing contact in your team's Apollo database.<br><br>This endpoint requires a master API key. If you call the endpoint without a master key, you receive a `403` response. Check out <a href="https://docs.apollo.io/docs/create-api-key">Create an API Key</a> to learn how to create a master key.

## Path parameters

- `contact_id` string, required

## Response `200`

200

- object
  - `contact` object
    - `id` string
    - `first_name` string
    - `last_name` string
    - `name` string
    - `email` string
    - `title` string
    - `organization_name` string
    - `account_id` string
    - `owner_id` string
    - `contact_stage_id` string
    - `linkedin_url` string
    - `phone_numbers` object[]
      - `raw_number` string
      - `sanitized_number` string
      - `type` string
    - `typed_custom_fields` object
    - `label_ids` string[]
    - `created_at` string
    - `updated_at` string

## Other responses

- `401` — 401
- `403` — 403
- `422` — 422
- `429` — 429

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