---
title: "Get Recipient"
method: GET
path: "/recipients/{recipientId}"
tags: ["Recipients"]
---

# Get Recipient

`GET /recipients/{recipientId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.thanks.io/api/v2`
- URL: `https://api.thanks.io/api/v2/recipients/{recipientId}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Get a recipient by ID.

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- Recipient
  - `id` integer
  - `mailing_list_id` integer
  - `name` string
  - `company` string
  - `address` string
  - `address2` string
  - `city` string
  - `province` string: State or Province
  - `postal_code` string
  - `country` string
  - `dob` string: Date of Birth in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD) or null if not set. If provided as MM/DD/YYYY in requests, it will be converted to ISO 8601 format.
  - `anniversary` string: Can be used for house purchase anniversaries, move-in dates, or any recurring annual milestone. Anniversary date in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD) or null if not set. If provided as MM/DD/YYYY in requests, it will be converted to ISO 8601 format.
  - `email` string
  - `phone` string
  - `custom1` string: Custom field for additional information about the recipient
  - `custom2` string: Custom field for additional information about the recipient
  - `custom3` string: Custom field for additional information about the recipient
  - `custom4` string: Custom field for additional information about the recipient
  - `custom5` string: Custom field for additional information about the recipient
  - `custom6` string: Custom field for additional information about the recipient
  - `custom7` string: Custom field for additional information about the recipient
  - `custom8` string: Custom field for additional information about the recipient
  - `custom9` string: Custom field for additional information about the recipient
  - `custom10` string: Custom field for additional information about the recipient
  - `absentee_address` string, nullable: The property (absentee) address the absentee image template and message variables use, or null when none is set. Mail is delivered to `address`, not here.
  - `mailing-list` MailingList
    - `id` integer
    - `user_id` integer
    - `sub_account_id` integer, nullable
    - `type` 'csv' | 'manual' | 'map' | 'friends' | 'retarget' | 'leads' | 'zapier' | 'radius' | 'highlevel' | 'qrscans'
    - `description` string
    - `qrcode_url` string, nullable
    - `total_recipients` integer
    - `processed` boolean
    - `is_suppression_list` boolean
    - `total_scans` integer
    - `unique_scans` integer
    - `last_scan` string, nullable
    - `total_sends` integer
    - `last_send` string, nullable
    - `api_key` string: API key that can be used to add recipients to this mailing list with thanks.io Webhooks
    - `created_at` string, date-time
    - `created_at_diff` string: Human-friendly relative time since creation
    - `updated_at` string, date-time
  - `created_at` string
  - `updated_at` string

## Other responses

- `403`: Access token is missing or invalid
- `404`: Resource not found

## Changes

- **2026-10-19** `bbe02ffe74f3`: 1 info
  - added the optional property `absentee_address` to the response with the `200` status
- **2026-10-18** `c10cfeb34552`: 1 warning
  - removed the optional property `absentee_address` from the response with the `200` status
- **2026-10-17** `10023a95b079`: 1 info
  - added the optional property `absentee_address` to the response with the `200` status
- **2026-10-03** `91e51cdec675`: 6 info
  - added the optional property `custom10` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `custom5` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `custom6` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `custom7` to the response with the `200` status
  - …2 more
- **2026-05-24** `cb15f5303c47`: 1 info
  - added the optional property `anniversary` to the response with the `200` status

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/thanks-io/apis/thanks-io-api/changes/recipients/:recipientId/get.md)

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