API:ContactNotes:Get
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Contents
API » Get Contact Notes
Base URL
Endpoint
/api/contact_notes/get/
Purpose
Retrieves notes associated with a specific contact in your CallProof company. Use this to view recent note history for a known contact, including who created each note and when it was created.
HTTP Method
GET
Headers
No required headers.
| Header | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| — | — | No headers are required for this endpoint. Authentication is provided via query parameters. |
Security
- Yes – Requires a valid API key and secret with permission to read contact notes.
Parameters
Query Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| key | string | Yes | Public API key assigned to your CallProof account. |
| secret | string | Yes | Private API secret paired with the API key. |
| id | integer | Yes | Unique identifier of the contact whose notes should be retrieved. Must belong to your company. |
Path Parameters
None.
Request Body
None.
cURL Example
curl -X GET "https://app.callproof.com/api/contact_notes/get/?key=YOUR_API_KEY&secret=YOUR_API_SECRET&id=789"
Successful Response (200)
Returns up to 100 notes associated with the specified contact, ordered from newest to oldest.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| results | array | List of contact note objects. |
| results[].id | integer | Unique identifier for the note. |
| results[].created | string | Date and time the note was created (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS).
|
| results[].created_by_id | integer | User ID of the person who created the note. |
| results[].created_by_email | string | Email address of the person who created the note. |
| results[].created_by | string | Display name of the person who created the note. |
| results[].contact_id | integer | Identifier of the contact associated with the note. |
| results[].contact | string | Display name of the associated contact. |
| results[].company_id | integer | Identifier of the company associated with the contact. |
| results[].company | string | Company name associated with the contact. |
| results[].note | string | Text content of the note. |
| errors | array | Empty list when the request succeeds. |
| code | integer | HTTP-style status value; 200 on success.
|
Example response:
{
"results": [
{
"id": 1001,
"created": "2024-06-15 14:30:00",
"created_by_id": 456,
"created_by_email": "rep@example.com",
"created_by": "Jane Smith",
"contact_id": 789,
"contact": "John Doe",
"company_id": 321,
"company": "Acme Corp",
"note": "Followed up on proposal."
}
],
"errors": [],
"code": 200
}
Notes
- The
idparameter is the contact ID, not the note ID. - The contact must belong to your company.
- Up to 100 notes are returned.
- Notes are ordered from newest to oldest.
- This endpoint does not support pagination or date-range filtering.
Error Responses
| Status Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request – The contact ID is missing, invalid, or does not match a contact in your company. |
| 401 | Unauthorized – The API key and/or secret is missing, invalid, inactive, associated with a disabled account, or lacks permission to read contact notes. |
| 405 | Method Not Allowed – A method other than GET was used. |
| 500 | Internal Server Error – An unexpected server problem occurred. Not specified in Swagger. |
400 response body example:
{
"results": [],
"errors": ["Invalid 'id' field"],
"code": 400
}
401 response body example:
{
"results": [],
"errors": ["Invalid API Key"],
"code": 401
}
405 response body example:
{
"results": [],
"errors": ["Method not allowed"],
"code": 405
}