Get a contact by ID

Retrieve detailed information about a specific contact in your Quo workspace using the contact’s unique identifier.

GET /contacts/{contactId}

Get a contact by ID

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://dev-public-api.openphone.dev/contacts/{contactId} \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Quo-Api-Version: <quo-api-version>'

200

{
  "data": {
    "id": "6a145ff26212a192852c856e",
    "createdAt": "2021-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "updatedAt": "2021-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "actorId": "US123abc",
    "externalId": "1234567890",
    "source": "public-api",
    "sourceUrl": "https://example.com/contacts/001",
    "firstName": "John",
    "lastName": "Doe",
    "company": "Quo",
    "role": "admin"
  }
}

{
  "message": "The input was invalid",
  "docs": "https://quo.com/docs",
  "title": "Bad Request",
  "trace": "6897907457496870895"
}

{
  "message": "User is unauthorized to perform this action",
  "docs": "https://quo.com/docs",
  "title": "Unauthorized",
  "trace": "6897907457496870895"
}

{
  "message": "User is forbidden to perform this action",
  "docs": "https://quo.com/docs",
  "title": "Forbidden",
  "trace": "6897907457496870895"
}

{
  "message": "The contact was not found",
  "docs": "https://quo.com/docs",
  "title": "Not Found",
  "trace": "6897907457496870895"
}

{
  "message": "An unknown error has occurred",
  "docs": "https://quo.com/docs",
  "title": "Unknown Error",
  "trace": "6897907457496870895"
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Headers

Quo-Api-Version · enum<string> · required

API version header. Supported values: 2026-03-30

Available options: 2026-03-30

Path Parameters

contactId · string · required

The unique identifier of the contact being retrieved.

Pattern: ^(.*)$

Example:

"6a145ff26212a192852c856e"

Response

200

application/json

OK

data · object · required

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