---
title: "Discover Contacts"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/contacts/discover"
tags: ["Contacts"]
---

# Discover Contacts

`POST /api/v1/contacts/discover`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.dialogbrain.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.dialogbrain.com/api/v1/contacts/discover`
- Auth: none declared

Look a person up on a connected channel by username or phone number before adding them. Returns what the channel knows; nothing is stored until POST /contacts/sync.

## Request body

- SrcApiV1ContactsDiscoverRequest
  - `query` string, required
  - `channel` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/dialogbrain/apis/dialogbrain-v2-api-gateway.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/dialogbrain/apis/dialogbrain-v2-api-gateway/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/dialogbrain/apis/dialogbrain-v2-api-gateway/revisions/77bef09a9209?raw)