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Number Intelligence

Get contact by ID

The method allows you to receive detailed information about an existing contact, which is contained in the system, and user fields of the contact.

To get a contact, make a request to this URL:

GET http://one-api.bsg.world/api/contacts/{id}

Request parameters

Parameter Required Type Description
id Yes integer ID of the contact to get information on (the contact ID is generated automatically by the BSG system when a contact is added).

Response parameters

Parameter Type Description
id integer Contact ID on which the query for information was made.
phone integer Contact phone number.
fields array Contains the embedded custom fields parameters
id string The ID of the data contact field .
value string The value specified in the contact field .
created_at datetime Contact creation date ― set automatically by the BSG system when a contact is added to the Contact Book. Display format ― Y-m-d H:i:s
groups array Contains embedded parameters of the list to which the contact is added
id string The ID of the contact list to which the contact is added .
name string The name of the list to which the contact is added .
description string The name of the list to which the contact is added .
default bool Indicates whether the contact list is a default one .
created_at datetime Date of creation/editing of the list to which the contact was added. Display Format ― Y-m-d H:i:s
hlr_status string Status of verifying the contact’s phone number against the HLR database. Possible values: sent, absent, active, unknown, failed.
hlr_last_check datetime Date and time when the contact’s phone number was last verified against the HLR database. Display Format ― Y-m-d H:i:s

If request is successful, you will receive a response:


{
  "data": {
    "id": 1,
    "phone": 33601148802,
    "fields": {
      "additionalProp1": "string",
      "additionalProp2": "string",
      "additionalProp3": "string"
    },
    "created_at": "2022-04-28 14:21:16",
    "groups": [
      {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "string",
        "description": "string",
        "default": 0,
        "created_at": "2022-04-28 14:21:16"
      }
    ],
    "hlr_status": "string",
    "hlr_last_check": "2022-04-28 14:21:16"
  }
}

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