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# Retrieve a contact

GET https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/contacts/{contact_id}

Returns one contact by id: its name, last name and company. Use it to check a contact before you add it to a notification configuration. A contact can be unnamed, so `name` may be `null`. A client id answers 404.

Reference: https://api.docs.modulards.com/modular-ds-public-api/contacts/manage-contacts/retrieve-a-contact

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Personal access token created in the Modular DS dashboard; read-only tokens can only call GET endpoints.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `contact_id` (string, required)

### Query parameters

- `include` (string, optional) — Related data to return with the contact. Accepted: `contact_methods`.

## Response

### 200

200 - Contact

- `data` (ApiPublicV1ContactsContactIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData, optional)
- `jsonapi` (ApiPublicV1ContactsContactIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaJsonapi, optional)

## Errors

### 404 Not Found Error

404 Not Found - Not a Contact

- `errors` (list of ApiPublicV1ContactsContactIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItems, optional)
- `jsonapi` (ApiPublicV1ContactsContactIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaJsonapi, optional)

## Types

### ApiPublicV1ContactsContactIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData

- `attributes` (ApiPublicV1ContactsContactIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataAttributes, optional)
- `id` (string, optional)
- `links` (ApiPublicV1ContactsContactIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataLinks, optional)
- `type` (string, optional)

### ApiPublicV1ContactsContactIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaJsonapi

- `version` (string, optional)

### ApiPublicV1ContactsContactIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, optional)
- `status` (string, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### ApiPublicV1ContactsContactIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataAttributes

- `company` (any, optional, nullable)
- `created_at` (string, optional)
- `last_name` (string, optional)
- `name` (string, optional)
- `updated_at` (string, optional)

### ApiPublicV1ContactsContactIdGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataLinks

- `self` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "company": null,
      "created_at": "2026-08-10T09:00:00.000000Z",
      "last_name": "Smith",
      "name": "Bob",
      "updated_at": "2026-08-10T09:00:00.000000Z"
    },
    "id": "201",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/contacts/201"
    },
    "type": "contacts"
  },
  "jsonapi": {
    "version": "1.1"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python 200 - Contact
import requests

url = "https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/contacts/contact_id"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript 200 - Contact
const url = 'https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/contacts/contact_id';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

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

```go 200 - Contact
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/contacts/contact_id"

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

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

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

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

}
```

```ruby 200 - Contact
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/contacts/contact_id")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

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

```java 200 - Contact
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/contacts/contact_id")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php 200 - Contact
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/contacts/contact_id', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp 200 - Contact
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/contacts/contact_id");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift 200 - Contact
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/contacts/contact_id")! 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()
```