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

# Retrieve a contact

`GET /{account}/contacts/{contact}`

Retrieves the details of an existing contact.

## Path parameters

- `account` integer, required
- `contact` integer, required

## Response `200`

Successfully retrieved the contact.

- object
  - `data` Contact, required
    - `id` integer, required
    - `account_id` integer, required
    - `label` string, required
    - `first_name` string, required
    - `last_name` string, required
    - `organization_name` string, required
    - `job_title` string, required
    - `address1` string, required
    - `address2` string, required
    - `city` string, required
    - `state_province` string, required
    - `postal_code` string, required — The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, upper case (eg. DE).
    - `country` string, required
    - `phone` string, required
    - `fax` string, required
    - `email` string, required
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required — A date-time value, representing when the entry was created, formatted as ISO 8601.
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required — A date-time value, representing when the entry was last updated, formatted as ISO 8601.

## Other responses

- `404` — The requested resource doesn't exist.

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