Retrieve Contact

Retrieve a specific contact by its unique ID.

HTTP Request

GET/api/contacts/:id

Authorization

Authorization

• Required: Yes
• Permission: Staff or Admin
• Authentication: Token-based (Authorization: Token <your_api_key>)

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id	Integer	Yes	Unique ID of the contact to retrieve

Example Requests

🐍 Python

1import requests
2response = requests.get('http://www.example.com/api/contacts/1', headers={
3  'Authorization': 'Token <your_api_key>'
4})
5
6print(response.json())

🌐 Curl

1curl -X GET "http://www.example.com/api/contacts/1" -H "Authorization: Token <your_api_key>"

Status Codes

Code	Description
200	Contact retrieved successfully
400	Bad request — invalid parameters
401	Unauthorized — authentication required
404	Not found — contact does not exist
403	Forbidden — insufficient permissions
500	Internal server error

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
id	Integer	Unique ID of the contact.
subject	String	The subject of the contact.
message	String	The message content of the contact.
first_name	String	The first name of the contact.
last_name	String	The last name of the contact.
email	String	The email address of the contact.
mobile_number	String	Mobile number associated with the contact.
viewed	Boolean	Whether the contact has been viewed.
viewed_at	String (ISO 8601)	Timestamp when the contact was viewed.
created_at	String (ISO 8601)	Timestamp when the contact was created.
updated_at	String (ISO 8601)	Timestamp when the contact was last updated.