# Retrieve contact by phone number

**URL:** <https://integration.keap.com/t/retrieve-contact-by-phone-number/69849>\
**Category:** API Q&A\
**Created:** [July 15, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/retrieve-contact-by-phone-number/69849 "2019-07-15T23:51:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ZCH\_kORWIN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9fc348/32.png) [@ZCH\_kORWIN](https://integration.keap.com/u/ZCH_kORWIN)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/retrieve-contact-by-phone-number/69849/1 "2019-07-15T23:51:53Z")

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I’d like to retrieve a contact using the API, using the phone number (Phone3) as the lookup. The Retrieve contact function requires the contact id, which I don’t know until I look it up based on the phone number. Does anyone have a solution to this?

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**Author:** ![John\_Borelli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/integration.keap.com/john_borelli/32/11880_2.png) [@John\_Borelli](https://integration.keap.com/u/John_Borelli)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/retrieve-contact-by-phone-number/69849/2 "2019-07-16T03:36:51Z")

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@ZCH_kORWIN,

There’s a find by field method in the xml-rpc.

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