> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.bland.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get Contact

> Retrieve a contact by its unique ID, including all identifiers, contact_memories (per persona/agent), and memory entities.

### Headers

**authorization** `string` *required*

Your API key for authentication.

### Path Parameters

**contact\_id** `string` *required*

The unique identifier of the contact.

### Response

**data** `object`

The contact object with identifiers, memories, and entities.

**data.id** `string`

Unique identifier for the contact.

**data.org\_id** `string`

Organization ID the contact belongs to.

**data.name** `string`

Contact's name (if set).

**data.metadata** `object`

Custom metadata associated with the contact.

**data.identifiers** `array`

Contact identifiers (phone\_number, email, external\_id) for this contact.

**data.memories** `array`

Contact memory objects, one per persona or agent. Each includes summary, facts, recent\_messages, open\_items, and entities (memory\_entity records).

**data.memories\[].entities** `array`

Entity-scoped facts (e.g. bookings, orders) for that memory.

**errors** `null`

Error array (null on success).

```json Response theme={null}
{
  "data": {
    "id": "aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
    "org_id": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
    "name": "Sarah Chen",
    "metadata": {
      "source": "inbound_call"
    },
    "created_at": "2025-07-20T10:30:00.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2025-07-23T09:15:00.000Z",
    "identifiers": [
      {
        "id": "ident-aaaaaaaa-1111-2222-3333-bbbbbbbbbbbb",
        "contact_id": "aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
        "identifier_type": "phone_number",
        "identifier_value": "+14155550192",
        "is_primary": true
      }
    ],
    "memories": [
      {
        "id": "mem-aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
        "contact_id": "aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
        "persona_id": "persona-12345678",
        "agent_number": null,
        "summary": "Customer called about order #8821 which was delayed. Follow-up SMS confirmed the order shipped and is now in transit. Expected delivery July 25.",
        "facts": {
          "name": "Sarah Chen",
          "phone": "+14155550192",
          "preferred_contact": "sms",
          "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles"
        },
        "recent_messages": [
          {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "Has my order shipped yet?",
            "channel": "sms",
            "timestamp": "2025-07-23T09:10:00.000Z"
          },
          {
            "role": "assistant",
            "content": "Yes, order #8821 shipped this morning. Expected delivery is Friday July 25.",
            "channel": "sms",
            "timestamp": "2025-07-23T09:10:05.000Z"
          }
        ],
        "open_items": [
          {
            "type": "follow_up",
            "description": "Confirm delivery of order #8821 on July 25",
            "created_at": "2025-07-23T09:10:00.000Z",
            "priority": "medium",
            "related_to": {
              "entity_type": "order",
              "entity_id": "order-8821"
            }
          }
        ],
        "entities": [
          {
            "entity_type": "order",
            "entity_id": "order-8821",
            "facts": {
              "order_number": "#8821",
              "status": "in_transit",
              "carrier": "UPS",
              "expected_delivery": "2025-07-25"
            },
            "status": "in_transit",
            "last_discussed_at": "2025-07-23T09:10:00.000Z",
            "notes": null
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "errors": null
}
```

```json Not Found theme={null}
{
  "data": null,
  "errors": [
    {
      "error": "NOT_FOUND",
      "message": "Contact not found"
    }
  ]
}
```

***

Docs for agents: [llms.txt](https://docs.bland.ai/llms.txt)


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