Retrieve a contact

client.contact.retrieve(, ?): ContactRetrieveResponse

GET/v1/contacts/{id}

Retrieves a single contact by its ID. A record you may see by name only is returned as { id, restricted: { name, reason } }, with no fields or relationships; check for restricted before reading them.

Required scope: contacts:read

Rate limit category: Read

ParametersExpand Collapse

id: string

Unique identifier of the contact to retrieve.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

ContactRetrieveResponse = Entity { id, createdAt, fields, 4 more } | Restricted { id, restricted }

One of the following:

Entity { id, createdAt, fields, 4 more }

id: string

Unique identifier for the entity.

createdAt: string

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the entity was created.

fields: Record<string, Fields>

Map of field names to their typed values. System fields are prefixed with $ (e.g. $name, $email); custom attributes use their bare slug.

value: string | number | boolean | 3 more | null

The field value, or null if unset.

One of the following:

string

number

boolean

Array<string>

Address { city, country, latitude, 5 more }

city?: string | null

City name.

country?: string | null

2-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.

latitude?: number | null

Latitude coordinate.

longitude?: number | null

Longitude coordinate.

postalCode?: string | null

Postal or ZIP code.

state?: string | null

State or province.

street?: string | null

Street address line 1.

street2?: string | null

Street address line 2.

FullName { firstName, lastName }

firstName?: string | null

The contact’s first name.

lastName?: string | null

The contact’s last name.

valueType: "ADDRESS" | "CHECKBOX" | "CURRENCY" | 12 more

The data type of the field.

One of the following:

"ADDRESS"

"CHECKBOX"

"CURRENCY"

"DATETIME"

"EMAIL"

"FULL_NAME"

"MARKDOWN"

"MULTI_SELECT"

"NUMBER"

"SINGLE_SELECT"

"SOCIAL_HANDLE"

"TELEPHONE"

"TEXT"

"URL"

"HTML"

httpLink: string | null

URL to view the entity in the Lightfield web app, or null.

relationships: Record<string, Relationships>

Map of relationship names to their associated entities. System relationships are prefixed with $ (e.g. $owner, $contact). A self-referential relationship keeps its merged values and includes optional directional values. List filters select the current record’s role with :asSource or :asDestination, for example ?parent:asSource[contains]=account_id.

cardinality: string

Whether the relationship is has_one or has_many.

objectType: string

The type of the related object (e.g. account, contact).

values: Array<string>

IDs of the related entities.

directions?: Directions { asDestination, asSource }

Directional values for a self-referential relationship. List filters use the relationship key with :asSource or :asDestination; writes continue to use the bare key.

asDestination: AsDestination { cardinality, values }

The current record is the destination (incoming) endpoint.

cardinality: "HAS_ONE" | "HAS_MANY"

Whether this endpoint direction is HAS_ONE or HAS_MANY.

One of the following:

"HAS_ONE"

"HAS_MANY"

values: Array<string>

IDs of the related entities in this direction.

asSource: AsSource { cardinality, values }

The current record is the source (outgoing) endpoint.

cardinality: "HAS_ONE" | "HAS_MANY"

Whether this endpoint direction is HAS_ONE or HAS_MANY.

One of the following:

"HAS_ONE"

"HAS_MANY"

values: Array<string>

IDs of the related entities in this direction.

updatedAt: string | null

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the entity was last updated, or null.

externalId?: string | null

External identifier for the entity, or null if unset.

Restricted { id, restricted }

id: string

Unique identifier for the record, the same ID a full response carries.

restricted: Restricted { name, reason }

Present only on a record the caller may see by name only. Check for it before reading fields or relationships, which a restricted record does not carry.

name: string

The record’s display name, or its ID when it has none.

reason: "NO_ACCESS" | "INHERITED"

Why the record is shown by name only.

One of the following:

"NO_ACCESS"

"INHERITED"

Retrieve a contact

import Lightfield from 'lightfield';

const client = new Lightfield({
  apiKey: 'My API Key',
});

const contactRetrieveResponse = await client.contact.retrieve('id');

console.log(contactRetrieveResponse);

{
  "id": "id",
  "createdAt": "createdAt",
  "fields": {
    "foo": {
      "value": "string",
      "valueType": "ADDRESS"
    }
  },
  "httpLink": "httpLink",
  "relationships": {
    "foo": {
      "cardinality": "cardinality",
      "objectType": "objectType",
      "values": [
        "string"
      ],
      "directions": {
        "asDestination": {
          "cardinality": "HAS_ONE",
          "values": [
            "string"
          ]
        },
        "asSource": {
          "cardinality": "HAS_ONE",
          "values": [
            "string"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "updatedAt": "updatedAt",
  "externalId": "externalId"
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "id",
  "createdAt": "createdAt",
  "fields": {
    "foo": {
      "value": "string",
      "valueType": "ADDRESS"
    }
  },
  "httpLink": "httpLink",
  "relationships": {
    "foo": {
      "cardinality": "cardinality",
      "objectType": "objectType",
      "values": [
        "string"
      ],
      "directions": {
        "asDestination": {
          "cardinality": "HAS_ONE",
          "values": [
            "string"
          ]
        },
        "asSource": {
          "cardinality": "HAS_ONE",
          "values": [
            "string"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "updatedAt": "updatedAt",
  "externalId": "externalId"
}