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# Contact metadata

> Returns contact metadata information

## Overview

This method is responsible for returning the contact's metadata information.

<Info>
  If you intend to store your contact's image, note that we always return the imgUrl attribute in get-contacts, however it's important to remember that it's only available for **48 hours** per WhatsApp's policy.
</Info>

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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="name" type="string">
  Contact's full name
</ResponseField>

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

<ResponseField name="notify" type="string">
  Contact's WhatsApp name
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="short" type="string">
  Contact's short name
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="imgUrl" type="string">
  Contact's profile photo URL (expires in 48 hours)
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="about" type="string">
  Contact's profile status
</ResponseField>

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"poimandres"}}
{
  "name": "Contact full name",
  "phone": "551199999999",
  "notify": "WhatsApp name",
  "short": "Contact name",
  "imgUrl": "https://...",
  "about": "Profile status"
}
```

### 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".