GetContacts

Obtain the Client Contacts that match passed criteria

Request Parameters

Parameter Type Description Required
action string “GetContacts” Required
limitstart int The offset for the returned log data (default: 0) Optional
limitnum int The number of records to return (default: 25) Optional
userid int Find contacts for a specific client id Optional
firstname string Find contacts with a specific first name Optional
lastname string Find contacts with a specific last name Optional
companyname string Find contacts with a specific company name Optional
email string Find contacts with a specific email address Optional
address1 string Find contacts with a specific address line 1 Optional
address2 string Find contacts with a specific address line 2 Optional
city string Find contacts with a specific city Optional
state string Find contacts with a specific state Optional
postcode string Find contacts with a specific post/zip code Optional
country string Find contacts with a specific country Optional
phonenumber string Find contacts with a specific phone number Optional

Response Parameters

Parameter Type Description
result string The result of the operation: success or error
totalresults int The total number of results available
startnumber int The starting number for the returned results
numreturned int The number of results returned
contacts array The contact entries returned

Example Request (CURL)

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://www.example.com/includes/api.php');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
    http_build_query(
        array(
            'action' => 'GetContacts',
            // See https://developers.whmcs.com/api/authentication
            'username' => 'IDENTIFIER_OR_ADMIN_USERNAME',
            'password' => 'SECRET_OR_HASHED_PASSWORD',
            'userid' => '1',
            'responsetype' => 'json',
        )
    )
);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

Example Request (Local API)

$command = 'GetContacts';
$postData = array(
    'userid' => '1',
);
$adminUsername = 'ADMIN_USERNAME'; // Optional for WHMCS 7.2 and later

$results = localAPI($command, $postData, $adminUsername);
print_r($results);

Example Response JSON

{
    "result": "success",
    "totalresults": 1,
    "startnumber": 0,
    "numreturned": 1,
    "contacts": {
        "contact": [
            {
                "id": 1,
                "userid": 1,
                "firstname": "Test",
                "lastname": "Contact",
                "email": "[email protected]",
                "address1": "404 Street Not Found",
                "address2": "",
                "city": "Test",
                "state": "Test",
                "postcode": "TE5 5ST",
                "country": "GB",
                "phonenumber": "",
                "domainemails": true,
                "generalemails": true,
                "invoiceemails": true,
                "productemails": true,
                "supportemails": true,
                "affiliateemails": true,
                "created_at": "0000-00-00 00:00:00",
                "updated_at": "0000-00-00 00:00:00"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Version History

Version Changelog
1.0 Initial Version
8.0 Removed sub-account functionality