Get contact by ID

client.users.contacts.retrieve(, ?, ?): ContactRetrieveResponse

GET/v2/contacts/{id}

Retrieves a single contact by their Featurebase ID.

Returns both customers and leads.

Path Parameters

id - The Featurebase contact ID (24-character ObjectId)

Response Format

Returns a single contact object with:

object - Always “contact”
id - Unique contact identifier
userId - External user ID from SSO (if set)
email - Contact email address
name - Contact display name
profilePicture - Profile picture URL
type - Contact type (“customer” or “lead”)
companies - Array of companies the contact belongs to
customFields - Custom field values
postsCreated - Number of posts created
commentsCreated - Number of comments created
lastActivity - Last activity timestamp

Example

{
  "object": "contact",
  "id": "676f0f6765bdaa7d7d760f88",
  "email": "john@example.com",
  "name": "John Doe",
  "type": "customer",
  ...
}

Version Availability

This endpoint is only available in API version 2026-01-01.nova and newer.

ParametersExpand Collapse

id: string

Featurebase contact ID

params: ContactRetrieveParams { featurebaseVersion }

featurebaseVersion?: "2026-01-01.nova" | "2025-12-12.clover"

API version for this request. Defaults to your organization’s configured API version if not specified.

One of the following:

"2026-01-01.nova"

"2025-12-12.clover"

ReturnsExpand Collapse

ContactRetrieveResponse extends Contact { id, name, object, 16 more } | null

User who submitted the response

Get contact by ID

import Featurebase from 'featurebase-node';

const client = new Featurebase({
  apiKey: process.env['FEATUREBASE_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const contact = await client.users.contacts.retrieve('507f1f77bcf86cd799439011');

console.log(contact);

{
  "id": "676f0f6765bdaa7d7d760f88",
  "name": "John Steezy",
  "object": "contact",
  "type": "customer",
  "commentsCreated": 0,
  "companies": [
    {
      "id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
      "companyId": "comp_12345",
      "companySize": 250,
      "createdAt": "2025-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "industry": "Technology",
      "lastActivity": "2025-01-15T00:00:00.000Z",
      "linkedUsers": 15,
      "monthlySpend": 5000,
      "name": "Acme Inc",
      "object": "company",
      "plan": "enterprise",
      "updatedAt": "2025-01-10T15:30:00.000Z",
      "website": "https://acme.com",
      "customFields": {
        "location": "bar",
        "priority": "bar"
      }
    }
  ],
  "customFields": {
    "foo": "bar"
  },
  "description": "",
  "email": "john@example.com",
  "lastActivity": "2025-01-03T21:42:30.181Z",
  "locale": "en",
  "manuallyOptedOutFromChangelog": false,
  "organizationId": "5febde12dc56d60012d47db6",
  "postsCreated": 0,
  "profilePicture": "https://fb-usercontent.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/anon_23.png",
  "roles": [
    "string"
  ],
  "subscribedToChangelog": true,
  "userId": "676f0f673dbb299c8a4f3057",
  "verified": true
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "676f0f6765bdaa7d7d760f88",
  "name": "John Steezy",
  "object": "contact",
  "type": "customer",
  "commentsCreated": 0,
  "companies": [
    {
      "id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
      "companyId": "comp_12345",
      "companySize": 250,
      "createdAt": "2025-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "industry": "Technology",
      "lastActivity": "2025-01-15T00:00:00.000Z",
      "linkedUsers": 15,
      "monthlySpend": 5000,
      "name": "Acme Inc",
      "object": "company",
      "plan": "enterprise",
      "updatedAt": "2025-01-10T15:30:00.000Z",
      "website": "https://acme.com",
      "customFields": {
        "location": "bar",
        "priority": "bar"
      }
    }
  ],
  "customFields": {
    "foo": "bar"
  },
  "description": "",
  "email": "john@example.com",
  "lastActivity": "2025-01-03T21:42:30.181Z",
  "locale": "en",
  "manuallyOptedOutFromChangelog": false,
  "organizationId": "5febde12dc56d60012d47db6",
  "postsCreated": 0,
  "profilePicture": "https://fb-usercontent.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/anon_23.png",
  "roles": [
    "string"
  ],
  "subscribedToChangelog": true,
  "userId": "676f0f673dbb299c8a4f3057",
  "verified": true
}