> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.politicalcomms.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get Contact List

> Fetch a single contact list including import progress and phone-type analysis results. `downloads` links the CSV files: `original_url` always, `analyzed_url` once analysis is complete (null before). Both are API URLs, so request them with your `X-API-Key`; they do not expire.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /contact-lists/{id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Political Comms API
  summary: >-
    Direct-to-carrier political texting API for campaigns, PACs, advocacy
    organizations, fundraisers, and elected officials.
  description: >-
    Public REST API for the Political Comms platform. Surfaces include Projects
    (compose, test, schedule, send), Conversations (read inbound threads and
    reply inside them), Contact Lists (S3 import and analysis), Media Files,
    Organizations and hierarchy, Brands, Campaigns, Tracking Domains, Phone
    Numbers, Analytics, and Billing.


    Authentication is an API key passed in the `X-API-Key` header. Keys are
    generated from the dashboard at Admin → API and are prefixed `pc_live_`. All
    POST and PATCH endpoints that mutate state are designed to be safe to retry,
    with optional `Idempotency-Key` headers for stronger guarantees. Rate limit
    is 600 requests per minute per key (bursts up to 600, refilling at 10 per
    second, the same for every scope; the `X-RateLimit-Limit` header reports
    your key's exact limit, and `Retry-After` on a 429 is the seconds until your
    next request is allowed).


    Webhooks emit `message.sent`, `message.delivered`, `message.failed`,
    `message.replied`, and `link.clicked` events. Payloads are HMAC-signed;
    validate the signature before trusting any payload.


    A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server is available at
    https://docs.politicalcomms.com/mcp for AI agents that need to search the
    documentation programmatically. The developer hub at
    https://politicalcomms.com/developers/ has quickstart examples in cURL, raw
    HTTP, and Python.
  version: 1.4.1
  termsOfService: https://politicalcomms.com/terms/
  contact:
    name: Political Comms Support
    email: support@politicalcomms.com
    url: https://docs.politicalcomms.com
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://politicalcomms.com/terms/
  x-logo:
    url: https://politicalcomms.com/images/brand/pcomms-logo-left-of-text.png
    altText: Political Comms
    backgroundColor: '#ffffff'
    href: https://politicalcomms.com/
  x-mcp:
    url: https://docs.politicalcomms.com/mcp
    discovery_url: https://docs.politicalcomms.com/.well-known/mcp
    transport: http
    auth: none
    tools:
      - search_political_comms
      - query_docs_filesystem_political_comms
      - submit_feedback
servers:
  - url: https://api.politicalcomms.com/v1
    description: Production
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Projects
    description: Create, edit, test, schedule, and inspect projects.
  - name: Conversations
    description: >-
      Read inbound threads and reply inside them from the same number.
      Conversations are created by project sends; the API never starts one.
  - name: Phone Numbers
    description: List phone numbers across 10DLC campaigns and toll-free verifications.
  - name: Toll-Free Verifications
    description: >-
      List toll-free verifications (carrier registrations) across your
      organization hierarchy.
  - name: Brands
    description: List brands across your organization hierarchy.
  - name: 10DLC Campaigns
    description: >-
      List 10DLC campaigns (carrier registrations) across your organization
      hierarchy.
  - name: Email Campaigns
    description: >-
      Create, schedule, and report on email campaigns. Pause, resume, and test
      sends are deliverability decisions a human makes while watching a send,
      and live in the dashboard.
  - name: Email Templates
    description: Create and read saved email templates.
  - name: Email Senders
    description: >-
      Read the sender identities (From addresses) on your verified domains.
      Identities carry the physical mailing address and paid-for-by disclaimer,
      so they are created and edited in the dashboard.
  - name: Email Suppressions
    description: >-
      Read, add, and lift suppressions in bulk. This is the primitive for
      keeping your own opt-out record in sync with ours.
  - name: Contact Lists
    description: List, import, and analyze contact lists.
  - name: Email Lists
    description: >-
      Create email lists, read their contacts, and bulk-upsert or import
      addresses. To stop mailing someone use Email Suppressions, which survives
      a re-import.
  - name: Media Files
    description: List, import, and fetch media files.
  - name: Sending Domains
    description: >-
      Read the sending domains in your organization and the DNS records to
      publish. Domains are added in the dashboard: DNS is published by hand, so
      creation is not part of the API.
  - name: Tracking Domains
    description: >-
      List active link-tracking domains. Use the returned ids as
      `link_tracking_domain_id` on project create/update.
  - name: Organizations
    description: List descendant organizations and hierarchy.
  - name: Billing
    description: Usage and billing data across your organization.
  - name: Analytics
    description: Message statistics and delivery performance.
paths:
  /contact-lists/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Contact Lists
      summary: Get Contact List
      description: >-
        Fetch a single contact list including import progress and phone-type
        analysis results. `downloads` links the CSV files: `original_url`
        always, `analyzed_url` once analysis is complete (null before). Both are
        API URLs, so request them with your `X-API-Key`; they do not expire.
      operationId: getContactList
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdPath'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      list_id:
                        type: string
                      name:
                        type: string
                      brand_id:
                        type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                      organization_id:
                        type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                      imported_via_api:
                        type: boolean
                        description: >-
                          True when the list was created through POST
                          /contact-lists/import.
                      created_at:
                        type: string
                        format: date-time
                      available_merge_tags:
                        type: array
                        description: >-
                          The merge tags this list offers in message content,
                          one per mapped column. When the list was imported
                          without `merge_tags`, these are the tags assigned
                          automatically.
                        items:
                          type: object
                          properties:
                            tag:
                              type: string
                              description: >-
                                The merge tag name. Use it in message content as
                                `{tag}`.
                            column:
                              type: string
                              description: The CSV column the tag reads.
                            standard:
                              type: boolean
                              description: >-
                                True for a standard field such as first_name;
                                false for a custom tag.
                      import:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          status:
                            type: string
                            enum:
                              - uploading
                              - processing
                              - ready
                              - failed
                          progress:
                            type: integer
                            description: >-
                              Import progress percentage (0-100). Always 100
                              once status is ready.
                          total_rows:
                            type:
                              - integer
                              - 'null'
                          total_contacts:
                            type:
                              - integer
                              - 'null'
                          clean_contacts:
                            type:
                              - integer
                              - 'null'
                          duplicate_count:
                            type:
                              - integer
                              - 'null'
                          bad_number_count:
                            type:
                              - integer
                              - 'null'
                          opted_out_count:
                            type:
                              - integer
                              - 'null'
                          processing_started_at:
                            type:
                              - string
                              - 'null'
                          processing_completed_at:
                            type:
                              - string
                              - 'null'
                        additionalProperties: true
                      analysis:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          status:
                            type: string
                            enum:
                              - not_started
                              - processing
                              - complete
                              - failed
                          analyzed_numbers:
                            type: integer
                          breakdown:
                            type: object
                            properties:
                              mobile:
                                type: integer
                              landline:
                                type: integer
                              voip:
                                type: integer
                              invalid:
                                type: integer
                            additionalProperties: true
                            description: >-
                              Present only after at least one number has been
                              analyzed.
                        additionalProperties: true
                      downloads:
                        type: object
                        description: >-
                          API URLs for `GET /contact-lists/{id}/download`.
                          Authenticate with `X-API-Key`; the URLs do not expire.
                        properties:
                          original_url:
                            type: string
                          analyzed_url:
                            type:
                              - string
                              - 'null'
                            description: Null until `analysis.status` is `complete`.
                        additionalProperties: true
                    additionalProperties: true
                required:
                  - success
                  - data
                additionalProperties: true
              example:
                success: true
                data:
                  list_id: 3f7a9c1e-8b24-4d6f-a2e5-9c7b3f1a8d42
                  name: Spring Outreach List
                  brand_id: 7c1de5f0-9a42-4b6d-8e33-2f5a9c7b1e64
                  organization_id: 0d9f6a2e-1b34-4c8e-9f21-3e7a8b5c4d10
                  imported_via_api: true
                  created_at: '2025-03-15T10:00:00.000Z'
                  available_merge_tags:
                    - tag: first_name
                      column: First Name
                      standard: true
                    - tag: survey_link
                      column: SURVEY_LINK
                      standard: false
                  import:
                    status: ready
                    progress: 100
                    total_rows: 12500
                    total_contacts: 12500
                    clean_contacts: 11800
                    duplicate_count: 400
                    bad_number_count: 250
                    opted_out_count: 50
                    processing_started_at: '2025-03-15T10:00:05.000Z'
                    processing_completed_at: '2025-03-15T10:04:40.000Z'
                  analysis:
                    status: complete
                    analyzed_numbers: 11800
                    breakdown:
                      mobile: 11200
                      landline: 300
                      voip: 250
                      invalid: 50
                  downloads:
                    original_url: >-
                      https://api.politicalcomms.com/v1/contact-lists/3f7a9c1e-8b24-4d6f-a2e5-9c7b3f1a8d42/download?type=original
                    analyzed_url: >-
                      https://api.politicalcomms.com/v1/contact-lists/3f7a9c1e-8b24-4d6f-a2e5-9c7b3f1a8d42/download?type=analyzed
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
components:
  parameters:
    IdPath:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Resource ID
      schema:
        type: string
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing, malformed, revoked, or expired API key.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthErrorResponse'
          example:
            error: API key required
            message: Please provide an API key in the X-API-Key header
    Forbidden:
      description: >-
        The API key lacks the required permission scope, or the requested
        resource belongs to an organization outside the key's hierarchy.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            oneOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthErrorResponse'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          examples:
            missingScope:
              summary: Key lacks the required permission scope
              value:
                error: Insufficient permissions
                message: >-
                  This API key does not have the required permissions:
                  public:read
            orgAccessDenied:
              summary: Resource outside the key's organization hierarchy
              value:
                error: >-
                  Access denied: You do not have permission to access this
                  organization's data
                code: ORG_ACCESS_DENIED
                correlationId: de038205-7c9c-4d4a-99bc-d7275a52f07e
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found or not visible to this API key.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            error: Project not found
            code: PROJECT_NOT_FOUND
            correlationId: de038205-7c9c-4d4a-99bc-d7275a52f07e
    RateLimited:
      description: Rate limit exceeded. Check the Retry-After header.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          description: Seconds until the window resets.
          schema:
            type: integer
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitErrorResponse'
          example:
            success: false
            error: Rate limit exceeded
            message: Maximum 600 requests per 60 seconds
            code: RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
            statusCode: 429
            retryAfter: 3
    InternalError:
      description: Unexpected server error.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            error: An unexpected error occurred. Please try again later.
            code: INTERNAL_ERROR
            correlationId: de038205-7c9c-4d4a-99bc-d7275a52f07e
  schemas:
    AuthErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Short error summary.
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable detail.
      required:
        - error
        - message
      additionalProperties: true
      description: >-
        Error body returned by the API-key authentication layer (401 and
        permission 403s).
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
        code:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Machine-readable error code, e.g. VALIDATION_ERROR,
            ORG_ACCESS_DENIED, PROJECT_NOT_FOUND.
        correlationId:
          type: string
          description: Request correlation ID; include it in support requests.
        details:
          type:
            - array
            - object
          description: >-
            Present on some errors. For VALIDATION_ERROR, an array of { field,
            message, code } with one entry per rejected field (field is the
            dotted path); an object for other codes (e.g. insufficient-balance
            shortfall).
      required:
        - error
        - code
      additionalProperties: true
      description: >-
        Standard error body produced by the API error handler for 4xx/5xx
        responses.
    RateLimitErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          enum:
            - false
        error:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        code:
          type: string
          enum:
            - RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
        statusCode:
          type: integer
          enum:
            - 429
        retryAfter:
          type: integer
          description: >-
            Seconds until the rate-limit window resets. Also sent as the
            Retry-After header.
      required:
        - success
        - error
        - code
        - statusCode
        - retryAfter
      additionalProperties: true
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: >-
        Authenticate every request by passing your API key in the X-API-Key
        header. Keys are scoped to your organization hierarchy.

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