> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.talqui.chat/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Read contact > Looks up a single contact, either by contactID or by a channel + external identifier pair (e.g. a WhatsApp phone number). ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api/services-api.yaml get /v1/tenants/{tenantID}/contacts/{contactID} openapi: 3.0.3 info: description: >- Talqui is an omnichannel customer service platform that unifies conversations from WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram, and many other channels into a single attendant panel, alongside a broader ecosystem of plugins and integrations. This API gives developers programmatic access to Talqui's services layer, exposing the operations needed to read and manage tenants, conversations, plugins, and related resources that power that platform. Authentication is available on behalf of an Operator (the default for this API), a Plugin Connection, or a Plugin — see the [Talqui authentication guide](https://docs.talqui.chat/guides/introduction/authentication/) for how each token is obtained and when to use it. Need help or have questions not covered here? Reach out to support@talqui.com. license: name: ISC url: https://opensource.org/license/isc-license-txt title: Talqui - Services API version: 0.65.0 servers: - description: Production url: https://services-api.talqui.chat security: [] tags: - name: Tenants - name: Settings - name: Analytics - name: Campaigns - name: Campaigns models - name: Contacts - name: Handoff links - name: Inboxes - name: Messages - name: Notifications - name: Sessions - name: Operators - name: Plugins - name: Setup - name: Uploads paths: /v1/tenants/{tenantID}/contacts/{contactID}: get: tags: - Contacts summary: Read contact description: |- Looks up a single contact, either by contactID or by a channel + external identifier pair (e.g. a WhatsApp phone number). operationId: ReadContactController_contactID parameters: - in: path name: tenantID required: true schema: type: string - in: path name: contactID required: true schema: type: string responses: '200': content: application/json: schema: additionalProperties: false properties: contact: additionalProperties: false description: The requested contact. properties: contactBlock: description: >- Whether this contact is blocked from starting new sessions. type: boolean contactChannels: description: Channels this contact has interacted through. items: type: string type: array contactEmail: description: Email address of the contact. type: string contactEmailVerified: description: Whether the contact email address has been verified. type: boolean contactExternal: additionalProperties: type: string description: >- External identifiers for this contact, keyed by channel. type: object contactFirstname: description: First name of the contact. type: string contactID: description: Unique identifier for this contact. type: string contactLastSessionID: description: Identifier of the contact most recent session, if any. nullable: true type: string contactLastname: description: Last name of the contact. type: string contactMeta: additionalProperties: {} description: Arbitrary metadata attached to the contact. type: object contactNameVerified: description: Whether the contact name has been verified. type: boolean contactPhone: description: Phone number of the contact. type: string contactPhoneVerified: description: Whether the contact phone number has been verified. type: boolean contactPhoto: description: URL of the contact profile photo, if available. nullable: true type: string contactSummary: description: >- AI-generated summary of the relationship/history with this contact, if available. nullable: true type: string contactTags: description: Tags used for organizing/filtering contacts. items: type: string type: array createdAt: description: When this contact was created. format: date-time type: string organizationID: description: The Talqui organization this contact belongs to. type: string tenantID: description: The tenant this contact belongs to. type: string updatedAt: description: When this contact was last updated. format: date-time type: string required: - organizationID - tenantID - contactID - contactExternal - contactFirstname - contactLastname - contactNameVerified - contactPhone - contactPhoneVerified - contactEmail - contactEmailVerified - contactSummary - contactChannels - contactPhoto - contactTags - contactMeta - contactLastSessionID - contactBlock - createdAt - updatedAt type: object required: - contact type: object description: Response for status 200. '400': content: application/json: schema: properties: errors: items: oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/MissingTenantIDError' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/MissingContactIdentifierError' maxItems: 1 minItems: 1 type: array required: - errors type: object description: >- MissingTenantIDError (error_code 1001): tenantID absent from the URL. | MissingContactIdentifierError (error_code 1203): neither contactID nor channel+contactExternalID were provided. '401': content: application/json: schema: properties: errors: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError' maxItems: 1 minItems: 1 type: array required: - errors type: object description: 'UnauthorizedError (error_code 1003): missing/invalid operator token.' '403': content: application/json: schema: properties: errors: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForbiddenError' maxItems: 1 minItems: 1 type: array required: - errors type: object description: 'ForbiddenError (error_code 1004): operator token rejected upstream.' '404': content: application/json: schema: properties: errors: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactNotFoundError' maxItems: 1 minItems: 1 type: array required: - errors type: object description: >- ContactNotFoundError (error_code 1204): no contact matches the given identifier for this tenant. '500': content: application/json: schema: properties: errors: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnknownError' maxItems: 1 minItems: 1 type: array required: - errors type: object description: >- UnknownError (error_code 5999): Unexpected internal error not otherwise documented for this endpoint. security: - operatorAuth: [] components: schemas: MissingTenantIDError: additionalProperties: false properties: error: enum: - MissingTenantIDError type: string error_code: enum: - 1001 type: number message: example: tenantID is required. type: string statusCode: enum: - 400 type: number required: - statusCode - error - error_code - message type: object MissingContactIdentifierError: additionalProperties: false properties: error: enum: - MissingContactIdentifierError type: string error_code: enum: - 1203 type: number message: example: Either contactID or channel + contactExternalID is required. type: string statusCode: enum: - 400 type: number required: - statusCode - error - error_code - message type: object UnauthorizedError: additionalProperties: false properties: error: enum: - UnauthorizedError type: string error_code: enum: - 1003 type: number message: example: You are not authorized to perform this request. type: string statusCode: enum: - 401 type: number required: - statusCode - error - error_code - message type: object ForbiddenError: additionalProperties: false properties: error: enum: - ForbiddenError type: string error_code: enum: - 1004 type: number message: example: You do not have access to this resource. type: string statusCode: enum: - 403 type: number required: - statusCode - error - error_code - message type: object ContactNotFoundError: additionalProperties: false properties: error: enum: - ContactNotFoundError type: string error_code: enum: - 1204 type: number message: example: Contact not found. type: string statusCode: enum: - 404 type: number required: - statusCode - error - error_code - message type: object UnknownError: additionalProperties: false properties: error: enum: - UnknownError type: string error_code: enum: - 5999 type: number message: example: For some unknown reason your request has not succeeded. type: string statusCode: enum: - 500 type: number required: - statusCode - error - error_code - message type: object securitySchemes: operatorAuth: bearerFormat: JWT description: >- Behalf of an Operator (default). A JWT issued by Talqui Core when an operator signs in, scoped to every tenant that operator belongs to. Send as `Authorization: Bearer `. scheme: bearer type: http ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.