List orgContacts

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Get the list of organizational contacts for this organization.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	✅

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	OrgContact.Read.All	Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	OrgContact.Read.All	Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

GET /contacts

Optional query parameters

This method supports the $count, $expand, $filter, $orderby, $search, $select, and $top OData query parameters to help customize the response. Some queries are supported only when you use the ConsistencyLevel header set to eventual and $count. For more information, see Advanced query capabilities on directory objects.

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
ConsistencyLevel	eventual. This header and $count are required when using $search, or in specific usage of $filter. For more information about the use of ConsistencyLevel and $count, see Advanced query capabilities on directory objects.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a collection of orgContact objects in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Get organizational contacts for an organization

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/contacts

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Contacts.GetAsync();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc contacts list

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
contacts, err := graphClient.Contacts().Get(context.Background(), nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

OrgContactCollectionResponse result = graphClient.contacts().get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let contacts = await client.api('/contacts')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$result = $graphServiceClient->contacts()->get()->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Identity.DirectoryManagement

Get-MgContact

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

result = await graph_client.contacts.get()

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "value": [
    {
      "companyName": "Contoso",
      "department": "Marketing",
      "displayName": "Eric S",
      "givenName":"Eric",
      "jobTitle":"Accountant",
      "mail":"erics@contoso.com",
      "mailNickname":"erics",
      "surname":"Solomon",
      "addresses":[
        {
          "city":"MyCity",
          "countryOrRegion":"United States",
          "officeLocation":"MyCity",
          "postalCode":"98000",
          "state":"WA",
          "street":"Contoso Way"
        }
      ],
      "phones":[
        {
          "number":"111-1111",
          "type":"businessFax"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Example 2: Get only a count of organizational contacts

Request

The following example shows a request. This request requires the ConsistencyLevel header set to eventual because $count is in the request. For more information about the use of ConsistencyLevel and $count, see Advanced query capabilities on directory objects.

Note: The $count and $search query parameters are currently not available in Azure AD B2C tenants.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/contacts/$count
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: text/plain

893

Example 3: Use $filter and $top to get one organizational contact with a display name that starts with 'a' including a count of returned objects

Request

The following example shows a request. This request requires the ConsistencyLevel header set to eventual and the $count=true query string because the request has both the $orderby and $filter query parameters. For more information about the use of ConsistencyLevel and $count, see Advanced query capabilities on directory objects.

Note: The $count and $search query parameters are currently not available in Azure AD B2C tenants.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/contacts?$filter=startswith(displayName,'A')&$count=true&$top=1&$orderby=displayName
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Contacts.GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Filter = "startswith(displayName,'A')";
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Count = true;
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Top = 1;
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Orderby = new string []{ "displayName" };
	requestConfiguration.Headers.Add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual");
});

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc contacts list --top "1" --filter "startswith(displayName,'A')" --count "true" --orderby "displayName" --consistency-level "eventual"

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  abstractions "github.com/microsoft/kiota-abstractions-go"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphcontacts "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/contacts"
	  //other-imports
)

headers := abstractions.NewRequestHeaders()
headers.Add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual")


requestFilter := "startswith(displayName,'A')"
requestCount := true
requestTop := int32(1)

requestParameters := &graphcontacts.ContactsRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Filter: &requestFilter,
	Count: &requestCount,
	Top: &requestTop,
	Orderby: [] string {"displayName"},
}
configuration := &graphcontacts.ContactsRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	Headers: headers,
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
contacts, err := graphClient.Contacts().Get(context.Background(), configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

OrgContactCollectionResponse result = graphClient.contacts().get(requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.filter = "startswith(displayName,'A')";
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.count = true;
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.top = 1;
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.orderby = new String []{"displayName"};
	requestConfiguration.headers.add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual");
});

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let contacts = await client.api('/contacts')
	.header('ConsistencyLevel','eventual')
	.filter('startswith(displayName,\'A\')')
	.orderby('displayName')
	.top(1)
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Contacts\ContactsRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestConfiguration = new ContactsRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$headers = [
		'ConsistencyLevel' => 'eventual',
	];
$requestConfiguration->headers = $headers;

$queryParameters = ContactsRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->filter = "startswith(displayName,'A')";
$queryParameters->count = true;
$queryParameters->top = 1;
$queryParameters->orderby = ["displayName"];
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->contacts()->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Identity.DirectoryManagement

Get-MgContact -Filter "startswith(displayName,'A')" -CountVariable CountVar -Top 1 -Sort "displayName"  -ConsistencyLevel eventual 

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.contacts.contacts_request_builder import ContactsRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = ContactsRequestBuilder.ContactsRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		filter = "startswith(displayName,'A')",
		count = True,
		top = 1,
		orderby = ["displayName"],
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)
request_configuration.headers.add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual")


result = await graph_client.contacts.get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#contacts",
  "@odata.count":1,
  "value":[
    {
      "displayName":"Abigail Jackson",
      "mail":"abigailJ@contoso.com",
      "mailNickname":"abigailJ"
    }
  ]
}

Example 4: Use $search to get organizational contacts with display names that contain the letters 'wa' including a count of returned objects

Request

The following example shows a request. This request requires the ConsistencyLevel header set to eventual because $search and the $count=true query string is in the request. For more information about the use of ConsistencyLevel and $count, see Advanced query capabilities on directory objects.

Note: The $count and $search query parameters are currently not available in Azure AD B2C tenants.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/contacts?$search="displayName:wa"&$count=true
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Contacts.GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Search = "\"displayName:wa\"";
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Count = true;
	requestConfiguration.Headers.Add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual");
});

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc contacts list --search ""displayName:wa"" --count "true" --consistency-level "eventual"

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  abstractions "github.com/microsoft/kiota-abstractions-go"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphcontacts "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/contacts"
	  //other-imports
)

headers := abstractions.NewRequestHeaders()
headers.Add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual")


requestSearch := "\"displayName:wa\""
requestCount := true

requestParameters := &graphcontacts.ContactsRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Search: &requestSearch,
	Count: &requestCount,
}
configuration := &graphcontacts.ContactsRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	Headers: headers,
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
contacts, err := graphClient.Contacts().Get(context.Background(), configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

OrgContactCollectionResponse result = graphClient.contacts().get(requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.search = "\"displayName:wa\"";
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.count = true;
	requestConfiguration.headers.add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual");
});

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let contacts = await client.api('/contacts')
	.header('ConsistencyLevel','eventual')
	.search('displayName:wa')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Contacts\ContactsRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestConfiguration = new ContactsRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$headers = [
		'ConsistencyLevel' => 'eventual',
	];
$requestConfiguration->headers = $headers;

$queryParameters = ContactsRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->search = "\"displayName:wa\"";
$queryParameters->count = true;
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->contacts()->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Identity.DirectoryManagement

Get-MgContact -Search '"displayName:wa"' -CountVariable CountVar  -ConsistencyLevel eventual 

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.contacts.contacts_request_builder import ContactsRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = ContactsRequestBuilder.ContactsRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		search = "\"displayName:wa\"",
		count = True,
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)
request_configuration.headers.add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual")


result = await graph_client.contacts.get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#contacts",
  "@odata.count":22,
  "value":[
    {
      "displayName":"Nicole Wagner",
      "mail":"nicolewa@contoso.com",
      "mailNickname":"nicolewa"
    }
  ]
}