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          • GET/contacts/remote-field-classes

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/contacts/{id}

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

Returns a Contact object with the given id.

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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”

Path parameters

idstringRequiredformat: "uuid"

Headers

X-Account-TokenstringRequired
Token identifying the end user.

Query parameters

expandlist of enumsOptional
Which relations should be returned in expanded form. Multiple relation names should be comma separated without spaces.
Allowed values:
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).

Response

idstringRead-onlyformat: "uuid"
remote_idstring or null

The third-party API ID of the matching object.

created_atdatetimeRead-only
The datetime that this object was created by Merge.
modified_atdatetimeRead-only
The datetime that this object was modified by Merge.
first_namestring or null
The contact's first name.
last_namestring or null
The contact's last name.
accountstring or nullformat: "uuid"
The contact's account.
ownerstring or nullformat: "uuid"
The contact's owner.
addresseslist of objects
email_addresseslist of objects
phone_numberslist of objects
last_activity_atdatetime or null
When the contact's last activity occurred.
remote_created_atdatetime or null
When the third party's contact was created.
contact_urlstring or nullformat: "uri"<=2000 characters
The contact's URL in the remote system.
remote_was_deletedbooleanRead-only

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.

field_mappingsobject or nullRead-only
remote_datalist of objects or nullRead-only
remote_fieldslist of objectsRead-only