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# Get Contact

GET https://api.pinnacle.sh/contacts

Retrieve contact information for a given number.

Reference: https://docs.pinnacle.sh/api-reference/contacts/get

## Authentication

- `PINNACLE-API-KEY` header (required) — API Key authentication via header

## Request

### Query parameters

- `id` (string, optional) — Unique identifier of a specific contact you want to retrieve.  Either this parameter or `phoneNumber` must be provided, but not both.
- `phoneNumber` (string, optional) — Phone number you want to look up contact information for, provided in URL-encoded E.164 format with %2B prefix instead of +.

## Response

### 200

Successfully retrieved.

- `id` (string, required) — Unique ID of the contact. This identifier is a string that always begins with the prefix `co_`, for example: `co_1234567890`.
- `phoneNumber` (string, required) — Contact's phone number in E.164 format.
- `description` (string, optional) — Additional information about the contact.
- `email` (string, optional) — Contact's email address, if available.
- `name` (string, optional) — Full name of the contact, if available.
- `tags` (list of string, optional) — List of tags associated with the contact.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Validation failed. The payload has missing required fields and/or invalid types.  See [https://zod.dev/error-formatting](https://zod.dev/error-formatting) for more information.

- `description` (string, required) — Human-readable summary of validation failures.
- `errors` (ZodErrorErrors, required) — Structured dictionary of issues containing two main sections: - `errors`: Array of global validation errors not tied to specific fields - `properties`: Object mapping field names to their specific validation errors, where each field contains an `errors` array

### 401 Unauthorized Error

The request lacks valid authentication credentials or the provided credentials are invalid.  Ensure you're including a valid API key in the request headers and that your account has the necessary permissions to access this endpoint.

- `error` (string, required) — Human-readable description of the error that occurred, corresponding to the HTTP status code.

### 403 Forbidden Error

Your subscription does not include access to this feature.  This occurs when attempting to use functionality that requires a higher subscription tier. Please upgrade your subscription to access this feature.

- `error` (string, required) — Human-readable description of the error that occurred, corresponding to the HTTP status code.

### 404 Not Found Error

The requested resource could not be found.  This may occur if the identifier is incorrect, the resource has been deleted, or you don't have permission to access it.

- `error` (string, required) — Human-readable description of the error that occurred, corresponding to the HTTP status code.

### 500 Internal Server Error

An unexpected error occurred on Pinnacle's servers while processing your request.  If this error persists, please contact support with the request details.

- `error` (string, required) — Human-readable description of the error that occurred, corresponding to the HTTP status code.

## Types

### ZodErrorErrors

Structured dictionary of issues containing two main sections: - `errors`: Array of global validation errors not tied to specific fields - `properties`: Object mapping field names to their specific validation errors, where each field contains an `errors` array

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "co_1234567890",
  "phoneNumber": "+14154537890",
  "description": "Friend from work",
  "email": "alvaroope@pinnacle.sh",
  "name": "Alva Roope",
  "tags": [
    "friend",
    "work"
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Contact
import requests

url = "https://api.pinnacle.sh/contacts"

querystring = {"id":"co_1234567890"}

headers = {"PINNACLE-API-KEY": "<apiKey>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Contact
const url = 'https://api.pinnacle.sh/contacts?id=co_1234567890';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'PINNACLE-API-KEY': '<apiKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Contact
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.pinnacle.sh/contacts?id=co_1234567890"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("PINNACLE-API-KEY", "<apiKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Contact
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.pinnacle.sh/contacts?id=co_1234567890")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["PINNACLE-API-KEY"] = '<apiKey>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Contact
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.pinnacle.sh/contacts?id=co_1234567890")
  .header("PINNACLE-API-KEY", "<apiKey>")
  .asString();
```

```php Contact
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.pinnacle.sh/contacts?id=co_1234567890', [
  'headers' => [
    'PINNACLE-API-KEY' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Contact
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.pinnacle.sh/contacts?id=co_1234567890");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("PINNACLE-API-KEY", "<apiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Contact
import Foundation

let headers = ["PINNACLE-API-KEY": "<apiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.pinnacle.sh/contacts?id=co_1234567890")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```

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