# Get a Contact

GET https://api.smobi.com/v1/contacts/{identifier}

Authentication: x-api-key header (brand-scoped API key).

Fetch a single contact by Smobi id or phone number.

## Operation

```json
{
  "description": "Fetch a single contact by Smobi id or phone number.",
  "operationId": "getContact",
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "identifier",
      "required": true,
      "in": "path",
      "description": "Contact id (uuid) or phone number (digits-only recommended in URLs; E.164 requires encoding + as %2B)",
      "schema": {
        "example": "14155552222",
        "type": "string"
      }
    }
  ],
  "responses": {
    "200": {
      "description": "The contact",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ContactDto"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "400": {
      "description": "Identifier is neither a uuid nor a phone number"
    },
    "401": {
      "description": "Missing or invalid API key",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "statusCode": {
                "type": "number",
                "example": 401
              },
              "message": {
                "type": "string",
                "example": "Invalid API key"
              },
              "error": {
                "type": "string",
                "example": "Unauthorized"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "403": {
      "description": "The API key is not scoped to a brand",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "statusCode": {
                "type": "number",
                "example": 403
              },
              "message": {
                "type": "string",
                "example": "This endpoint requires a brand-scoped API key"
              },
              "error": {
                "type": "string",
                "example": "Forbidden"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "404": {
      "description": "No contact with this id or phone number exists for the brand",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "statusCode": {
                "type": "number",
                "example": 404
              },
              "message": {
                "type": "string",
                "example": "Contact not found"
              },
              "error": {
                "type": "string",
                "example": "Not Found"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "summary": "Get a Contact",
  "tags": [
    "Contacts"
  ],
  "security": [
    {
      "x-api-key": []
    }
  ]
}
```

## Referenced Schemas

```json
{
  "ContactDto": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "id": {
        "type": "string",
        "example": "9b2f1c3e-8a4d-4f6b-9c2e-1d3f5a7b9c0e"
      },
      "phoneNumber": {
        "type": "string",
        "example": "+14155552222",
        "description": "Always returned in E.164 format"
      },
      "active": {
        "type": "boolean",
        "example": true,
        "description": "false when the contact has been archived (DELETE)"
      },
      "firstName": {
        "type": "string",
        "nullable": true,
        "example": "Jane"
      },
      "lastName": {
        "type": "string",
        "nullable": true,
        "example": "Doe"
      },
      "email": {
        "type": "string",
        "nullable": true,
        "example": "jane@example.com"
      },
      "state": {
        "type": "string",
        "nullable": true,
        "example": "CA"
      },
      "country": {
        "type": "string",
        "nullable": true,
        "example": "US"
      },
      "dob": {
        "type": "string",
        "nullable": true,
        "example": "1990-04-12",
        "description": "Date of birth (YYYY-MM-DD)"
      },
      "gender": {
        "type": "string",
        "nullable": true,
        "example": null
      },
      "preferredLanguage": {
        "type": "string",
        "nullable": true,
        "example": "en"
      },
      "tags": {
        "example": [
          "vip",
          "spring-sale"
        ],
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "customFields": {
        "type": "object",
        "additionalProperties": true,
        "example": {
          "loyaltyTier": "gold",
          "storeIds": [
            "s1",
            "s2"
          ]
        },
        "description": "Stored custom-field values keyed by field name. See create/update request schemas for accepted write types and limits."
      },
      "marketingConsent": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ContactMarketingConsentDto"
      },
      "createdAt": {
        "type": "string",
        "example": "2026-07-07T12:00:00.000Z"
      },
      "updatedAt": {
        "type": "string",
        "example": "2026-07-07T12:00:00.000Z"
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "id",
      "phoneNumber",
      "active",
      "firstName",
      "lastName",
      "email",
      "state",
      "country",
      "dob",
      "gender",
      "preferredLanguage",
      "tags",
      "customFields",
      "marketingConsent",
      "createdAt",
      "updatedAt"
    ]
  },
  "ContactMarketingConsentDto": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "channel": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "MOBILE"
        ],
        "example": "MOBILE"
      },
      "status": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "UNKNOWN",
          "SENT",
          "OPTED_IN",
          "OPTED_OUT"
        ],
        "example": "OPTED_IN",
        "description": "Campaigns are only sent to OPTED_IN contacts. Contacts created via the API start as UNKNOWN until consent is set."
      },
      "updatedAt": {
        "type": "string",
        "nullable": true,
        "example": "2026-07-07T12:00:00.000Z"
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "channel",
      "status",
      "updatedAt"
    ]
  }
}
```