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          • The Contact object
          • GET/contacts
          • POST/contacts
          • GET/contacts/{id}
          • PATCH/contacts/{id}
          • POST/contacts/ignore/{model_id}
          • GET/contacts/meta/patch/{id}
          • GET/contacts/meta/post
          • GET/contacts/remote-field-classes
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/contacts

GET
/crm/v1/contacts
GET
/api/crm/v1/contacts
$curl -G https://api.merge.dev/api/crm/v1/contacts \
>     -H "X-Account-Token: X-Account-Token" \
>     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>     -d account_id=account_id \
>     -d cursor=cD0yMDIxLTAxLTA2KzAzJTNBMjQlM0E1My40MzQzMjYlMkIwMCUzQTAw \
>     --data-urlencode expand=account,owner
200Retrieved
1{
2  "next": "cD0yMDIxLTAxLTA2KzAzJTNBMjQlM0E1My40MzQzMjYlMkIwMCUzQTAw",
3  "previous": "cj1sZXdwd2VycWVtY29zZnNkc2NzUWxNMEUxTXk0ME16UXpNallsTWtJ",
4  "results": [
5    {
6      "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
7      "remote_id": "19202938",
8      "created_at": "2021-09-15T00:00:00Z",
9      "modified_at": "2021-10-16T00:00:00Z",
10      "first_name": "Gil",
11      "last_name": "Feig",
12      "account": "0958cbc6-6040-430a-848e-aafacbadf4ae",
13      "owner": "b8fbfc30-0982-420e-8c20-dab07b70b9d6",
14      "addresses": [
15        {
16          "created_at": "2021-09-15T00:00:00Z",
17          "modified_at": "2021-10-16T00:00:00Z",
18          "street_1": "50 Bowling Green Dr",
19          "street_2": "Golden Gate Park",
20          "city": "San Francisco",
21          "state": "CA",
22          "postal_code": "94122",
23          "country": "US",
24          "address_type": "BILLING"
25        }
26      ],
27      "email_addresses": [
28        {
29          "email_address": "hello@merge.dev",
30          "email_address_type": "Work"
31        }
32      ],
33      "phone_numbers": [
34        {
35          "created_at": "2021-09-15T00:00:00Z",
36          "modified_at": "2021-10-16T00:00:00Z",
37          "phone_number": "+13785579223",
38          "phone_number_type": "Mobile"
39        }
40      ],
41      "last_activity_at": "2022-02-10T00:00:00Z",
42      "remote_created_at": "2021-11-10T00:00:00Z",
43      "remote_was_deleted": true,
44      "field_mappings": {
45        "organization_defined_targets": {
46          "custom_key": "custom_value"
47        },
48        "linked_account_defined_targets": {
49          "custom_key": "custom_value"
50        }
51      },
52      "remote_data": [
53        {
54          "path": "/contacts",
55          "data": null
56        }
57      ],
58      "remote_fields": [
59        {
60          "remote_field_class": {
61            "id": "string",
62            "display_name": "string",
63            "remote_key_name": "string",
64            "description": "string",
65            "is_custom": true,
66            "is_common_model_field": true,
67            "is_required": true,
68            "field_type": "string",
69            "field_format": "string",
70            "field_choices": [
71              "string"
72            ],
73            "item_schema": {
74              "item_type": "string",
75              "item_format": "string",
76              "item_choices": [
77                "string"
78              ]
79            }
80          },
81          "value": "string"
82        }
83      ]
84    }
85  ]
86}

Returns a list of Contact objects.

Field support by integration

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Use the /linked-accounts endpoint to pull platform support information

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Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Token-based authentication with required prefix “Bearer”

Headers

X-Account-TokenstringRequired
Token identifying the end user.

Query parameters

account_idstringOptional
If provided, will only return contacts with this account.
created_afterdatetimeOptional
If provided, will only return objects created after this datetime.
created_beforedatetimeOptional
If provided, will only return objects created before this datetime.
cursorstringOptional
The pagination cursor value.
email_addressesstringOptional

If provided, will only return contacts matching the email addresses; multiple email_addresses can be separated by commas.

expandenumOptional
Which relations should be returned in expanded form. Multiple relation names should be comma separated without spaces.
Allowed values:
include_deleted_databooleanOptional
Indicates whether or not this object has been deleted in the third party platform. Full coverage deletion detection is a premium add-on. Native deletion detection is offered for free with limited coverage. [Learn more](https://docs.merge.dev/integrations/hris/supported-features/).
include_remote_databooleanOptional

Whether to include the original data Merge fetched from the third-party to produce these models.

include_remote_fieldsbooleanOptional
Whether to include all remote fields, including fields that Merge did not map to common models, in a normalized format.
include_shell_databooleanOptional

Whether to include shell records. Shell records are empty records (they may contain some metadata but all other fields are null).

modified_afterdatetimeOptional
If provided, only objects synced by Merge after this date time will be returned.
modified_beforedatetimeOptional
If provided, only objects synced by Merge before this date time will be returned.
page_sizeintegerOptional
Number of results to return per page. The maximum limit is 100.
phone_numbersstringOptional

If provided, will only return contacts matching the phone numbers; multiple phone numbers can be separated by commas.

remote_idstringOptional
The API provider's ID for the given object.

Response

nextstring or null
previousstring or null
resultslist of objects

Indicates whether or not this object has been deleted in the third party platform. Full coverage deletion detection is a premium add-on. Native deletion detection is offered for free with limited coverage. Learn more.