> ## 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.

# List Contacts

> List the contacts on an email list.

**Early access.** This endpoint returns `403 EMAIL_EARLY_ACCESS` until the email product reaches general availability. The contract below is stable and safe to build against.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /email/lists/{id}/contacts
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 100 requests per minute per key (60-second sliding window; write-only
    keys 60/min, delete-only keys 30/min; the `X-RateLimit-Limit` header reports
    your key's exact limit).


    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: 1.4.0
  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. **Early access:** this endpoint answers `403
      EMAIL_EARLY_ACCESS` until the email product is generally available.
  - name: Email Templates
    description: >-
      Create and read saved email templates. **Early access:** this endpoint
      answers `403 EMAIL_EARLY_ACCESS` until the email product is generally
      available.
  - 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. **Early access:** this
      endpoint answers `403 EMAIL_EARLY_ACCESS` until the email product is
      generally available.
  - 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. **Early access:** this
      endpoint answers `403 EMAIL_EARLY_ACCESS` until the email product is
      generally available.
  - 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. **Early access:** this endpoint answers `403
      EMAIL_EARLY_ACCESS` until the email product is generally available.
  - 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. **Early access:** this endpoint answers
      `403 EMAIL_EARLY_ACCESS` until the email product is generally available.
  - 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:
  /email/lists/{id}/contacts:
    get:
      tags:
        - Email Lists
      summary: List Contacts
      description: >-
        List the contacts on an email list.


        **Early access.** This endpoint returns `403 EMAIL_EARLY_ACCESS` until
        the email product reaches general availability. The contract below is
        stable and safe to build against.
      operationId: listEmailListContacts
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdPath'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EmailLimit'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EmailCursor'
        - name: status
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - subscribed
              - unsubscribed
              - bounced
              - complained
              - invalid
              - sunset
        - name: search
          in: query
          required: false
          description: Case-insensitive substring match on the address.
          schema:
            type: string
            maxLength: 320
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A page of contacts.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      data:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmailListContact'
                      has_more:
                        type: boolean
                      next_cursor:
                        type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                    required:
                      - data
                      - has_more
                      - next_cursor
                    additionalProperties: true
                required:
                  - success
                  - data
                additionalProperties: true
        '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
    EmailLimit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Rows per page, 1-200.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 200
        default: 50
    EmailCursor:
      name: cursor
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Opaque cursor from the previous page's `next_cursor`.
      schema:
        type: string
        maxLength: 4096
  schemas:
    EmailListContact:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        email:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - subscribed
            - unsubscribed
            - bounced
            - complained
            - invalid
            - sunset
        status_reason:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        fields:
          type: object
          properties: {}
          description: Merge fields for this contact.
          additionalProperties: true
        consent_source:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        consent_at:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
        validation_state:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Result of the most recent paid validation run, if any.
        added_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        last_engaged_at:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
      required:
        - id
        - email
        - status
      additionalProperties: true
    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. An array of field-level issues for
            VALIDATION_ERROR; 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
  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 100 requests per 60 seconds
            code: RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
            statusCode: 429
            retryAfter: 1800
    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
  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.

````