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# Get Contacts in List

> Search and retrieve contacts within a specific contact list using the AutoSend API.

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl --request POST \
    --url https://api.autosend.com/v1/contact-lists/contacts/search \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data '{
    "contactListId": "60d5ec49f1b2c72d9c8b4567",
    "page": 1,
    "limit": 20,
    "email": "jane"
  }'
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  url = "https://api.autosend.com/v1/contact-lists/contacts/search"

  headers = {
      "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
  }

  payload = {
      "contactListId": "60d5ec49f1b2c72d9c8b4567",
      "page": 1,
      "limit": 20,
      "email": "jane"
  }

  response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
  print(response.json())
  ```

  ```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
  fetch('https://api.autosend.com/v1/contact-lists/contacts/search', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer <token>',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      contactListId: '60d5ec49f1b2c72d9c8b4567',
      page: 1,
      limit: 20,
      email: 'jane'
    })
  })
    .then(response => response.json())
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
  ```

  ```php PHP theme={null}
  <?php

  $url = 'https://api.autosend.com/v1/contact-lists/contacts/search';

  $data = [
      'contactListId' => '60d5ec49f1b2c72d9c8b4567',
      'page' => 1,
      'limit' => 20,
      'email' => 'jane'
  ];

  $ch = curl_init($url);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
      'Authorization: Bearer <token>',
      'Content-Type: application/json'
  ]);

  $response = curl_exec($ch);
  curl_close($ch);

  echo $response;
  ?>
  ```

  ```go Go theme={null}
  package main

  import (
      "bytes"
      "encoding/json"
      "fmt"
      "io"
      "net/http"
  )

  func main() {
      url := "https://api.autosend.com/v1/contact-lists/contacts/search"

      payload := map[string]interface{}{
          "contactListId": "60d5ec49f1b2c72d9c8b4567",
          "page":          1,
          "limit":         20,
          "email":         "jane",
      }

      jsonData, _ := json.Marshal(payload)

      req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewBuffer(jsonData))
      req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
      req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

      client := &http.Client{}
      resp, err := client.Do(req)
      if err != nil {
          fmt.Println("Error:", err)
          return
      }
      defer resp.Body.Close()

      body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
      fmt.Println(string(body))
  }
  ```

  ```java Java theme={null}
  import java.io.BufferedReader;
  import java.io.InputStreamReader;
  import java.io.OutputStream;
  import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
  import java.net.URL;
  import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

  public class GetContactsInList {
      public static void main(String[] args) {
          try {
              URL url = new URL("https://api.autosend.com/v1/contact-lists/contacts/search");
              HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

              con.setRequestMethod("POST");
              con.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
              con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
              con.setDoOutput(true);

              String jsonInputString = "{\n" +
                  "  \"contactListId\": \"60d5ec49f1b2c72d9c8b4567\",\n" +
                  "  \"page\": 1,\n" +
                  "  \"limit\": 20,\n" +
                  "  \"email\": \"jane\"\n" +
                  "}";

              try (OutputStream os = con.getOutputStream()) {
                  byte[] input = jsonInputString.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                  os.write(input, 0, input.length);
              }

              BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
              String inputLine;
              StringBuilder content = new StringBuilder();
              while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
                  content.append(inputLine);
              }
              in.close();
              con.disconnect();

              System.out.println(content.toString());

          } catch (Exception e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
          }
      }
  }
  ```

  ```ruby Ruby theme={null}
  require 'net/http'
  require 'json'
  require 'uri'

  uri = URI('https://api.autosend.com/v1/contact-lists/contacts/search')

  http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
  http.use_ssl = true

  request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path)
  request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer <token>'
  request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'

  request.body = {
    contactListId: '60d5ec49f1b2c72d9c8b4567',
    page: 1,
    limit: 20,
    email: 'jane'
  }.to_json

  response = http.request(request)
  puts response.body
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={null}
  {
    "success": true,
    "data": {
      "contacts": [
        {
          "id": "60d5ec49f1b2c72d9c8b1111",
          "email": "jane@example.com",
          "firstName": "Jane",
          "lastName": "Smith",
          "createdAt": "2026-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
          "updatedAt": "2026-02-20T14:45:00.000Z"
        }
      ],
      "pagination": {
        "page": 1,
        "limit": 20,
        "total": 1,
        "pages": 1
      }
    }
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

***

### Authorizations

<ParamField path="Authorizations" type="string | header" required>
  Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer `<token>`, where `<token>` is your auth token.
</ParamField>

### Body

Search parameters for retrieving contacts within a list

<ParamField path="contactListId" type="string" required>
  The ID of the contact list to search in.

  Example: `"60d5ec49f1b2c72d9c8b4567"`
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="page" type="integer">
  Page number for pagination (starts at 1).

  Minimum: `1`

  Default: `1`

  Example: `1`
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="limit" type="integer">
  Number of results per page.

  Range: `1` - `100`

  Default: `20`

  Example: `20`
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="email" type="string">
  Filter contacts by email address (partial match).

  Example: `"jane"`
</ParamField>

### Response

<span className="text-sm">Contacts retrieved successfully</span>

<ResponseField name="success" type="boolean">
  Indicates if the request was successful

  Example: `true`
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data" type="object">
  <Expandable title="child attributes">
    <ResponseField name="data.contacts" type="object[]">
      Array of contact objects

      <Expandable title="child attributes">
        <ResponseField name="id" type="string">
          Unique contact identifier

          Example: `"60d5ec49f1b2c72d9c8b1111"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="email" type="string">
          Contact email address

          Example: `"jane@example.com"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="firstName" type="string">
          Contact first name

          Example: `"Jane"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="lastName" type="string">
          Contact last name

          Example: `"Smith"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="createdAt" type="string">
          ISO 8601 timestamp of creation

          Example: `"2026-01-15T10:30:00.000Z"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="updatedAt" type="string">
          ISO 8601 timestamp of last update

          Example: `"2026-02-20T14:45:00.000Z"`
        </ResponseField>
      </Expandable>
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="data.pagination" type="object">
      Pagination metadata

      <Expandable title="child attributes">
        <ResponseField name="pagination.page" type="integer">
          Current page number

          Example: `1`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="pagination.limit" type="integer">
          Results per page

          Example: `20`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="pagination.total" type="integer">
          Total number of matching contacts

          Example: `1`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="pagination.pages" type="integer">
          Total number of pages

          Example: `1`
        </ResponseField>
      </Expandable>
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>


## OpenAPI

````yaml POST /contact-lists/contacts/search
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: AutoSend API
  description: AutoSend REST API for managing contact lists and segments
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.autosend.com/v1
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /contact-lists/contacts/search:
    post:
      summary: Get Contacts in List
      description: >-
        Retrieve paginated contacts within a contact list, with optional email
        filtering.
components: {}

````