---
title: "Retrieve a contact"
method: GET
path: "/contacts/{id}"
tags: ["Contacts"]
---

# Retrieve a contact

`GET /contacts/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.unitpost.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://www.unitpost.com/api/v1/contacts/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Retrieve a single contact and all of its field values. The `{id}` path segment accepts either the contact's id or its email address, so you can look a contact up without storing our id. Change it with [Update a contact](#patch-contacts-id), or see which subscription topics it's opted into with [List a contact's topic subscriptions](#get-contacts-id-topics). Requires the `contacts:read` capability.

## Response `200`

The contact.

- Contact
  - `object` 'contact', required
  - `id` string, required
  - `email` string, nullable, required
  - `first_name` string, nullable, required
  - `last_name` string, nullable, required
  - `unsubscribed` boolean, required
  - `unsubscribed_at` string, nullable, required
  - `unsubscribe_reason` 'USER' | 'MANUAL' | 'IMPORT' | 'BOUNCE' | 'COMPLAINT', nullable, required
  - `custom_fields` object, required
  - `created_at` string, required
  - `updated_at` string, required

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing or invalid API key.
- `404`: Contact not found.

---

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