## Get Contact

**get** `/print-mail/v1/contacts/{id}`

Retrieve a contact.

### Path Parameters

- `id: string`

### Returns

- `Contact = object { id, addressLine1, addressStatus, 20 more }`

  - `id: string`

    A unique ID prefixed with contact_

  - `addressLine1: string`

    The first line of the contact's address.

  - `addressStatus: "verified" or "corrected" or "failed"`

    One of `verified`, `corrected`, or `failed`.

    - `"verified"`

    - `"corrected"`

    - `"failed"`

  - `countryCode: string`

    The ISO 3611-1 country code of the contact's address.

  - `createdAt: string`

    The UTC time at which this resource was created.

  - `live: boolean`

    `true` if this is a live mode resource else `false`.

  - `object: "contact"`

    Always `contact`.

    - `"contact"`

  - `updatedAt: string`

    The UTC time at which this resource was last updated.

  - `addressErrors: optional string`

    A series of human-readable errors/warnings that were raised when running the provided address through our address verification.

  - `addressLine2: optional string`

    Second line of the contact's address, if applicable.

  - `city: optional string`

    The city of the contact's address.

  - `companyName: optional string`

    Company name of the contact.

  - `description: optional string`

    An optional string describing this resource. Will be visible in the API and the dashboard.

  - `email: optional string`

    Email of the contact.

  - `firstName: optional string`

    First name of the contact.

  - `forceVerifiedStatus: optional boolean`

    If `true`, PostGrid will force this contact to have an `addressStatus` of `verified` even if our address verification system says otherwise.

  - `jobTitle: optional string`

    Job title of the contact.

  - `lastName: optional string`

    Last name of the contact.

  - `metadata: optional map[unknown]`

    See the section on Metadata.

  - `phoneNumber: optional string`

    Phone number of the contact.

  - `postalOrZip: optional string`

    The postal or ZIP code of the contact's address.

  - `provinceOrState: optional string`

    Province or state of the contact's address.

  - `skipVerification: optional boolean`

    If `true`, PostGrid will skip running this contact's address through our address verification system.

### Example

```http
curl https://api.postgrid.com/print-mail/v1/contacts/$ID \
    -H "X-API-Key: $POSTGRID_PRINT_MAIL_API_KEY"
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "id": "contact_pxd7wnnD1xY6H6etKNvjb4",
  "object": "contact",
  "live": false,
  "companyName": "PostGrid",
  "addressLine1": "90 CANAL ST STE 600",
  "city": "BOSTON",
  "provinceOrState": "MA",
  "postalOrZip": "90210-1234",
  "countryCode": "US",
  "skipVerification": false,
  "forceVerifiedStatus": false,
  "addressStatus": "verified",
  "createdAt": "2022-02-16T15:08:41.052Z",
  "updatedAt": "2022-02-16T15:08:41.052Z"
}
```