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# Get contact by email

> Returns the full stored record under `data.properties` (snake_case keys). URL-encode the email (`@` → `%40`). A missing contact returns `400 BAS-E-002`.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.yaml get /v1/contacts/by-email/{email}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Inflection Developer API
  version: '1.0'
  description: >-
    A REST API for reading and writing the people in your Inflection workspace:
    their profiles, product and marketing activity, static lists, and emails.
servers:
  - url: https://api.inflection.io
    description: Production
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /v1/contacts/by-email/{email}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Contacts
      summary: Get contact by email
      description: >-
        Returns the full stored record under `data.properties` (snake_case
        keys). URL-encode the email (`@` → `%40`). A missing contact returns
        `400 BAS-E-002`.
      operationId: getContactByEmail
      parameters:
        - name: email
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
          example: jane%40acme.com
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Contact found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                allOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
                  - type: object
                    properties:
                      data:
                        $ref: '#/components/schemas/Contact'
        '400':
          description: Contact not found (`BAS-E-002`).
components:
  schemas:
    Envelope:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          description: 'Payload: object or array, shape depends on the endpoint.'
        pagination:
          type: object
          description: Present only on paged list endpoints.
          properties:
            pageNumber:
              type: integer
              example: 1
            pageSize:
              type: integer
              example: 20
            totalElements:
              type: integer
              example: 151
            totalPages:
              type: integer
              example: 8
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              errorCode:
                type: string
              message:
                type: string
              detail:
                type: string
        meta:
          type: object
          properties:
            status:
              type: string
              enum:
                - SUCCESS
                - FAILURE
            timestamp:
              type: string
              format: date-time
    Contact:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          example: 0001760c4a86bc38a4a60bcceae32540
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
        properties:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactProperties'
    ContactProperties:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Keys must be snake_case. camelCase keys are silently ignored (saved as
        null).
      properties:
        first_name:
          type: string
        last_name:
          type: string
        company_name:
          type: string
        _source:
          type: string
          description: Set by Inflection to identify the write source.
      additionalProperties: true
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        Personal Access Token or OAuth 2.1 access token, sent as a bearer
        credential. READ permission for GET, WRITE for POST/PATCH/DELETE.

````