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GET
/
contacts
/
{idOrEmail}
Get Contact
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.lemlist.com/api/contacts/{idOrEmail} \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>'
{
  "_id": "ctc_Rofmb6uNGyaPNZ2ni",
  "teamId": "tea_b4rMsi2trB42WyuWP",
  "fullName": "Bastien Velitchkine",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "fields": {
    "firstName": "Bastien",
    "jobTitle": "Growth Engineer",
    "lastName": "Velitchkine",
    "industry": "Technology",
    "isActiveInCampaigns": false,
    "lastCampaign": "NEW TO DELETE",
    "lastLeadMarkedAsInterestedDate": "2025-10-28T02:12:31.971Z",
    "leadStatus": "Marked as not Interested by api"
  },
  "campaigns": [
    {
      "campaignId": "cam_9NsHPnykWESTncCW8",
      "campaignState": "running",
      "leadState": "review",
      "leadId": "lea_mizMsAEkRrJuhouYe"
    }
  ],
  "ownerId": "usr_gmHgNGRcGPSTJrDbT",
  "createdAt": "2025-10-28T00:40:37.917Z",
  "createdBy": "usr_gmHgNGRcGPSTJrDbT"
}
This endpoint uses the Contact object.

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Basic authentication header of the form Basic <encoded-value>, where <encoded-value> is the base64-encoded string username:password.

Path Parameters

​
idOrEmail
string
required

The unique identifier or email of the contact

Response

Success

A contact record in your CRM. Not to be confused with a lead which is a contact specifically added to a campaign.

​
_id
string

Unique contact identifier

​
teamId
string

Team identifier the contact belongs to

​
fullName
string

Contact's calculated full name

​
email
string<email>

Contact's primary email address

​
fields
object

Custom fields associated with the contact

​
campaigns
object[]

List of campaigns the contact is associated with

​
ownerId
string

ID of the user who owns this contact

​
createdAt
string<date-time>

Contact creation timestamp

​
createdBy
string

ID of the user who created the contact