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GET
/
contacts
/
{id}
Get a specific contact
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.wsapi.chat/contacts/{id} \
  --header 'X-Api-Key: <api-key>' \
  --header 'X-Instance-Id: <x-instance-id>'
{
  "id": "1234567890@s.whatsapp.net",
  "lid": "222424242@lid",
  "phone": "1234567890",
  "device": 2,
  "fullName": "<string>",
  "firstName": "<string>",
  "pushName": "<string>",
  "businessName": "<string>",
  "inPhoneAddressBook": true
}

Authorizations

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X-Api-Key
string
header
required

Instance or customer-level API key. Either the instance's own API key or the customer's API key is accepted. Must be paired with the X-Instance-Id header to identify the target instance.

Headers

​
X-Instance-Id
string
default:{{instanceId}}
required

The ID of the WhatsApp instance to use

Path Parameters

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id
string
required

Contact JID

Response

Contact info

Represents a WhatsApp user with all known identifiers. The id field is always present: it prefers a phone-based JID, falling back to LID.

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id
string

Primary identifier (phone-based JID preferred, LID fallback)

Example:

"1234567890@s.whatsapp.net"

​
lid
string

LID-based JID (omitted if unknown)

Example:

"222424242@lid"

​
phone
string

Phone number without prefix (omitted if unknown)

Example:

"1234567890"

​
device
integer

Device number (omitted if 0)

Example:

2

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fullName
string
​
firstName
string
​
pushName
string
​
businessName
string
​
inPhoneAddressBook
boolean