Get contact metadata

Método#

/contacts/{phone}#

GET https://api.z-api.io/instances/YOUR_INSTANCE/token/YOUR_TOKEN/contacts/{phone}

Header#

Key	Value
Client-Token	ACCOUNT SECURITY TOKEN

Concept#

This method is responsible for returning all of you contact’s metadata

Tip about contact's image

If you intend to store your contact's image, please note that we always return in get-contacts the attribute with imgUrl with it for you, but it is important to remember that it is only available for 48 hours. After this period the image link is deleted by WhatsApp itself . We suggest that if you need to update your contact's image, you use the next method in this documentation, get-profile-picture.

Attributes#

Required#

Attributes	Type	Description
phone	string	Telephone number in the format DDI DDD NUMERS Ex: 551199999999. IMPORTANT only send numbers without formatting or a mask

Optionals#

Attributes	Type	Description

Request Params#

URL example#

Method

GET https://api.z-api.io/instances/YOUR_INSTANCE/token/YOUR_TOKEN/contacts/5511999999999

Response#

200#

Attributes	Type	Description
phone	string	Contacts phone
name	string	First and last name of the contact, it will only return filled in if you have the number in your contacts
short	string	Contact name, it will only return filled in if you have the number in your contacts
vname	string	Contact name if you have him as a contact
notify	string	Name entered in WhatsApp name settings
imgUrl	string	Contact photo URL WhatsApp deletes after 48h

Example

{
  "name": "Contact's first and last name",
  "phone": "551199999999",
  "notify": "Contact's name on WhatsApp",
  "short": "Contact's name",
  "imgUrl": "Contact's photo URL  "
}

405#

In this case certify that you are sending the correct specification of the method. This means, verify if you sent a POST or GET as specified at the beginning of this topic.

415#

In case you receive 415 error, make sure to add the “Content-Type” of the object you are sending in the request headers, mostly “application/json”