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# Get Contact

> Retrieve a specific contact by ID or email address

## Methods

### Get

```go theme={null}
func (s *ContactsSvcImpl) Get(options *GetContactOptions) (Contact, error)
```

Retrieves a contact by ID or email address.

### GetWithContext

```go theme={null}
func (s *ContactsSvcImpl) GetWithContext(ctx context.Context, options *GetContactOptions) (Contact, error)
```

Retrieves a contact by ID or email address with context support.

## Parameters

### GetContactOptions

<ParamField body="audience_id" type="string">
  Optional - Omit for global contacts. Include to retrieve an audience-specific contact.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="id" type="string" required>
  The contact ID or email address to retrieve
</ParamField>

## Response

### Contact

<ResponseField name="id" type="string">
  The unique identifier for the contact
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="email" type="string">
  The contact's email address
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="object" type="string">
  Object type ("contact")
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="first_name" type="string">
  The contact's first name
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="last_name" type="string">
  The contact's last name
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="created_at" type="string">
  Timestamp when the contact was created
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="unsubscribed" type="bool">
  Whether the contact has unsubscribed from emails
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="properties" type="map[string]any">
  Custom properties for global contacts. Currently, the API only returns string values.
</ResponseField>

## Examples

### Get Global Contact by ID

```go theme={null}
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "github.com/resend/resend-go/v2"
)

func main() {
    client := resend.NewClient("re_123456789")

    options := &resend.GetContactOptions{
        Id: "c1a2b3c4-d5e6-7f8g-9h0i-1j2k3l4m5n6o",
    }

    contact, err := client.Contacts.Get(options)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    fmt.Println("Email:", contact.Email)
    fmt.Println("Name:", contact.FirstName, contact.LastName)
    fmt.Println("Unsubscribed:", contact.Unsubscribed)
}
```

### Get Global Contact by Email

```go theme={null}
options := &resend.GetContactOptions{
    Id: "user@example.com",
}

contact, err := client.Contacts.Get(options)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

fmt.Println("Contact ID:", contact.Id)
fmt.Println("Created:", contact.CreatedAt)
```

### Get Audience Contact

```go theme={null}
options := &resend.GetContactOptions{
    AudienceId: "aud_123456",
    Id:         "user@example.com",
}

contact, err := client.Contacts.Get(options)
```

### With Context and Properties

```go theme={null}
ctx := context.Background()

options := &resend.GetContactOptions{
    Id: "user@example.com",
}

contact, err := client.Contacts.GetWithContext(ctx, options)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

if contact.Properties != nil {
    fmt.Println("Properties:", contact.Properties)
}
```

## Notes

* The `Id` field accepts either a contact ID or email address
* Omit `AudienceId` to retrieve global contacts
* Include `AudienceId` to retrieve audience-specific contacts