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# Get chat metadata

> Returns a chat's metadata information

## Overview

This method is responsible for returning a chat's metadata information.

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## Attributes

### Header

<ParamField path="instanceId" type="string" required>
  Your instance ID. Available in the Z-API panel under **Instances**.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="token" type="string" required>
  Your Z-API instance token.
</ParamField>

### Path

<ParamField path="phone" type="string" required>
  Contact phone number in DDI DDD NUMBER format. E.g.: 551199999999
</ParamField>

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## Response

### 200

<ResponseField name="phone" type="string">
  Contact phone number
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="unread" type="string">
  Number of unread messages
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="lastMessageTime" type="string">
  Last interaction timestamp
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="isMuted" type="string">
  0 or 1 indicating if the chat is muted
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="isMarkedSpam" type="boolean">
  Whether the chat is marked as spam
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="profileThumbnail" type="string">
  Chat photo URL (deleted after 48h by WhatsApp)
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="isGroupAnnouncement" type="boolean">
  Whether it is an announcement group
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="isGroup" type="boolean">
  Whether it is a group
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="about" type="string">
  Profile status
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="notes" type="object">
  Chat annotations (available only for WhatsApp Business)
</ResponseField>

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"poimandres"}}
{
  "phone": "5511999999999",
  "unread": "0",
  "lastMessageTime": "1619461666",
  "isMuted": "0",
  "isMarkedSpam": "false",
  "profileThumbnail": "https://pps.whatsapp.net/...",
  "messagesUnread": 0,
  "about": "Profile status",
  "isGroupAnnouncement": false,
  "isGroup": false,
  "notes": {
    "id": "KlesU6f4f/Qd5d6VuAbvOMi31rg/F92owVe/xDYad1C=",
    "content": "annotation text",
    "createdAt": 1655953774000,
    "lastUpdateAt": 1655953774000
  }
}
```

### 405

Make sure you are correctly sending the method specification, that is, verify that you sent POST or GET as specified at the beginning of this topic.

### 415

If you receive a 415 error, make sure to add the "Content-Type" header to your request, which in most cases is "application/json".