Get contact
One contact with email, name, permission to send, lists and tags.
GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/constant-contact/contacts/{contact_id}
read
Returns the contact as its page in Contacts shows it, with the names of the lists it belongs to and its tags. Use it to check permission_to_send and list membership before you add or mail someone. A contact belongs to at most 50 lists.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| contact_id string required | string | Contact ID from list_contacts or list_email_contacts. |
Request
curl https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/constant-contact/contacts/contact_8c41d2 \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" result = client.call("constant-contact", "get_contact", {"contact_id":"contact_8c41d2"}) const result = await cotlet.call('constant-contact', 'get_contact', {"contact_id":"contact_8c41d2"}); cotlet call constant-contact get_contact --data '{"contact_id":"contact_8c41d2"}' Example response
{
"contact_id": "c1a2b3d4-0001-4e5f-8a9b-1c2d3e4f5a01",
"email": "lena.ortiz@example.com",
"first_name": "Lena",
"last_name": "Ortiz",
"permission_to_send": "implicit",
"lists": [
"Tenants",
"Newsletter"
],
"tags": [
"2026 renewal"
]
}