---
title: "Read a contact (iCloud Contacts)"
method: POST
path: "/v1/icloud_contacts/read"
tags: ["read"]
---

# Read a contact (iCloud Contacts)

`POST /v1/icloud_contacts/read`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://muse.space`
- URL: `https://muse.space/v1/icloud_contacts/read`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Read one contact in full: names, email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses, organization, birthday, links and notes.

## Request body

- ContactsReadInput
  - `id` string, required: The `id` of a contact from search.

## Response `200`

The result.

- ContactsReadOutput
  - `id` string, required
  - `address_book_id` string, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `given_name` string
  - `family_name` string
  - `nickname` string
  - `organization` string
  - `job_title` string
  - `emails` object[], required: The preferred one first.
    - `address` string, required
    - `label` string
  - `phones` object[], required: The preferred one first.
    - `number` string, required
    - `label` string
  - `addresses` object[], required
    - `street` string
    - `city` string
    - `region` string
    - `postal_code` string
    - `country` string
    - `label` string
  - `urls` string[], required
  - `birthday` string: YYYY-MM-DD, or --MM-DD when the year is not kept.
  - `notes` string

## Other responses

- `401`: `unauthorized`, `token_revoked`, `token_expired`
- `403`: `forbidden`, `recipient_not_allowed`
- `404`: `not_found`
- `409`: `reconnect_required`, `changed_since_read`
- `413`: `too_large`
- `422`: `invalid_arguments`, `unreadable`
- `429`: `rate_limited`, `send_cap_reached`, `send_cooldown`
- `500`: `internal`
- `502`: `upstream_unavailable`, `upstream_rejected`, `delivery_unconfirmed`

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