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Accounts

Contacts

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List contacts

GET/v1/accounts/{accountID}/contacts/list

List merged contacts for a specific account with cursor-based pagination.

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

accountID: string

Account ID this resource belongs to.

Query ParametersExpand Collapse

cursor: optional string

Opaque pagination cursor; do not inspect. Use together with ‘direction’.

direction: optional "after" or "before"

Pagination direction used with ‘cursor’: ‘before’ fetches older results, ‘after’ fetches newer results. Defaults to ‘before’ when only ‘cursor’ is provided.

One of the following:

"after"

"before"

limit: optional number

Maximum contacts to return per page.

minimum1

maximum200

query: optional string

Optional search query for blended contact lookup.

minLength1

ReturnsExpand Collapse

hasMore: boolean

True if additional results can be fetched using cursors.

items: array of User { id, cannotMessage, email, 5 more }

Merged contacts for the selected account.

id: string

Stable Beeper user ID. Use as the primary key when referencing a person.

cannotMessage: optional boolean

True if Beeper cannot initiate messages to this user (e.g., blocked, network restriction, or no DM path). The user may still message you.

email: optional string

Email address if known. Not guaranteed verified.

fullName: optional string

Display name as shown in clients (e.g., ‘Alice Example’). May include emojis.

imgURL: optional string

Avatar image URL if available. May be temporary or local-only to this device; download promptly if durable access is needed.

isSelf: optional boolean

True if this user represents the authenticated account’s own identity.

phoneNumber: optional string

User’s phone number in E.164 format (e.g., ‘+14155552671’). Omit if unknown.

username: optional string

Human-readable handle if available (e.g., ‘@alice’). May be network-specific and not globally unique.

newestCursor: string

Cursor for fetching newer results (use with direction=‘after’). Opaque string; do not inspect.

oldestCursor: string

Cursor for fetching older results (use with direction=‘before’). Opaque string; do not inspect.

List contacts

HTTP

HTTP

TypeScript

Python

Go

CLI Tool

PHP

curl http://localhost:23373/v1/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/contacts/list \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $BEEPER_ACCESS_TOKEN"

200 example

{
  "hasMore": true,
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "id",
      "cannotMessage": true,
      "email": "email",
      "fullName": "fullName",
      "imgURL": "imgURL",
      "isSelf": true,
      "phoneNumber": "phoneNumber",
      "username": "username"
    }
  ],
  "newestCursor": "newestCursor",
  "oldestCursor": "oldestCursor"
}

Returns Examples

200 example

{
  "hasMore": true,
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "id",
      "cannotMessage": true,
      "email": "email",
      "fullName": "fullName",
      "imgURL": "imgURL",
      "isSelf": true,
      "phoneNumber": "phoneNumber",
      "username": "username"
    }
  ],
  "newestCursor": "newestCursor",
  "oldestCursor": "oldestCursor"
}